- 1. Free MGB-GT, Massachusetts Berkshires (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:06:52 GB
- My '72 MGB-GT is emmitting lots of smoke and a strange clanging sound from the engine. I have to get back to England on the 16th of September and don't really have time to deal with it, so one way or
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00384.html (7,479 bytes)
- 2. Re: Free MGB-GT, Massachusetts Berkshires (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk
- Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:56:42 GB
- I've had several replies from people interested in my MG, so it is sure to go to one of the early respondees. Thanks for all the interest! Douglas -- This message was sent using UNIS MailSystem. Chec
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00420.html (6,708 bytes)
- 3. Re: Tire diameter question (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 03 13:21:50 +0100
- I've been running 175/r-14 on the front for some time, the nearest Goodyear franchise had them in stock as a cancelled order, and as I'd had a blow out on tires that came with the car I took what was
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00075.html (7,874 bytes)
- 4. 72 GT for sale (Ohio) (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 21:30:46 GB
- I've just learned that my storage is no longer available, so I have an MGB-GT that is in search of a good home before I leave the country on Saturday. The car is not in great shape, but we just drove
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00311.html (7,001 bytes)
- 5. Inertia/Classics (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 12:10:59 +0100
- My parents purchased one of the Chevy wagons just after they changed to the bulbous shape. It amused me at the time that its empty weight was 6 lbs. over the "anti-truck" weight limit on some local r
- /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00127.html (6,828 bytes)
- 6. Re: Fw: 5 speed conversion (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:09:13 +0100
- is The Sierra was sold in the US briefly as a "Merkur" model. Did any of the US ones have a transmission that would be useful to MG folk? Douglas McKinnie /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list ///
- /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00347.html (6,898 bytes)
- 7. Re: Gas Prices (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:51:17 +0100
- In the UK, there was just a big fire at a refinery that produces a big fraction of the petrol used here. As the supply went down, the price went up. Over the easter holiday week, when there was much
- /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00852.html (8,231 bytes)
- 8. RE: Wiring basics (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:42:43 +0000
- It has been written:>That's what I do when I need to join a couple of Since most of us on the list are beginners in SOME aspect of working on our MG's, I'll chip in where I have some expertise: The B
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00152.html (10,745 bytes)
- 9. Re: Wiring basics - Oh No! Big point missed! (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:02:50 +0000
- ptegler wrote>Solder itself is only designed to maintain the Thanks for the critique. My work has been in audio, and in soldering to most audio connectors you stick the tinned wire in a tinned 'cup'
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00160.html (9,149 bytes)
- 10. Re: UK BBS (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 19:16:39 +0000
- Bud Krueger wrote:>... There must be some reason why we should use the mirror There is a rumour that the 'net is free, but believe me the cables and satallites that carry the information are not. In
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00182.html (11,326 bytes)
- 11. RE: 67BGT carpeting/interior directions? (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 19:38:56 +0000
- Duinhoven_Hans wrote:>Subject: RE: 67BGT carpeting/interior directions? I used the 3M spray on generic auto carpet that I cut to fit using a newspaper pattern that I created myself. My advice for wha
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00187.html (7,379 bytes)
- 12. Re: Is the Air Pump Really Necessary (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 20:07:53 +0000
- As far as I know Ohio still has two sorts of tests for emissions.If you are in an EPA "bad" zone, then you get a dynomometer tailpipe check. If you are in a good zone, then you get a visual inspectio
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00800.html (7,224 bytes)
- 13. Re: Tall Guy and MGB (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 01 11:30:27 +0000
- AGreenberg@aol.com said:>I'm thinking of some modifications so I can be more 1st step, *recline* the seat to make your head lower. 2nd step, lower the seat frame. I've never seen the shims that peopl
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00878.html (9,520 bytes)
- 14. Re: MGs and the Lake Michigan Ferry (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:19:21 +0000
- The interstate portion of the highways is great, it is the portions that are within cities that are the problem. Traffic density too great, constant lane shifting for entrance and exit, and often cur
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg01060.html (8,003 bytes)
- 15. Re: No MG-American topical-NOW UK-specific (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 00 11:29:41 +0000
- "When asked what american television was like, he responded that it was all like Channel 5: nothing but Bush and Gore" (note: this is a convergence with the UK slang thread...)
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00205.html (6,410 bytes)
- 16. Re: Anybody use 175R14? (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 00 12:12:50 +0000
- I've got 175R14 on the front of my BGT. I only needed 2 new tires at the time, and the nearest Goodyear Auto Center was owned by a Healey fanatic who said these were the closest fit of what he had in
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00270.html (7,649 bytes)
- 17. Re: A little advise please (B-GT what to look for) (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 00 12:29:35 +0100
- You are in luck, as the rusty spots on a GT correspond exactly to the rusty spots on a roadster, with the possible exception of the lower tailgate. Just look for the problems you already know about,
- /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00229.html (7,066 bytes)
- 18. Re: Biggest Tire Size (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 00 11:53:19 +0100
- Jay Donoghue replied: Not all situations, but certainly in wet snow and very heavy rain. The question is really whether you want the footprint to be large on the surface of the road, or on the surfac
- /html/mgs/2000-10/msg00604.html (8,602 bytes)
- 19. Re: Fiero Seats instructions and Tonneau suitability. (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 00 16:59:13 +0100
- Chris Thompson asked: I haven't seen the answer here, so I'll pass on some hearsay: The fiero seats have a "recline" lever. Just recline the seats, and there is plenty of room over them for the cover
- /html/mgs/2000-10/msg01049.html (7,219 bytes)
- 20. Re: UK Imported part / buyer B-ware (score: 1)
- Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 00 11:35:05 +0100
- Note that there are 4 distinct charges above. I had an occasion to ship an item frm myself in the USA to myself in Canada, and the "Gotcha!" was not the Duty (which goes to the government) but what
- /html/mgs/2000-10/msg01375.html (9,145 bytes)
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