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41. Re: Shock Oil (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Sat, 9 Oct 99 18:03:58 +0100; stuff Peter C replied: My problem is that the shocks work fine except that the fluid eventually leaks out. Would the 'seal swellers' used in motorcycle fork oil or engine hoise oil help to extend the; /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00308.html (7,316 bytes)
42. Re: Road And Track MG Rumors... (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Mon, 25 Oct 99 11:10:34 +0100; Last week there were news reports here about where BMW might build their Rolls Royce factory. Knowing that Volkswagen had beaten BMW in the purchase of the Rolls Royce automobile company, it took me; /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01141.html (9,441 bytes)
43. Re: Gauge Problem (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Fri, 4 Dec 98 12:21:00 +0000; There were two unrelated causes to the petrol smell in my MGB-GT. One was a leaky tank. Many have rust holes on the TOP of the tank due to accumulation of muck thrown up from the road, mine also had; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00201.html (8,129 bytes)
44. Re: MGA 5-speed (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Mon, 7 Dec 98 10:10:51 +0000; For those of you in North America, Ford Sierra = Merkur XR4Ti.; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00360.html (6,494 bytes)
45. Re: Lead Additives (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Wed, 25 Nov 98 13:11:09 -0000; This is a big issue over here where Lead is only now being phased out. Keep in mind what the lead is for: 1.) raising the octane rating of the fuel, a task admiraby performed by other compounds. 2.); /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01416.html (8,102 bytes)
46. diesel MG-B 1800 block (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Wed, 25 Nov 98 13:23:02 -0000; Didn't the little diesel Austin van that used the 1800 block also use the Rover 5-speed now so popular on MGB-V8s? Would the fuel injection system from a diesel be of any use on a petrol engine using; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01417.html (6,751 bytes)
47. Re: "B" Series Diesel Engine (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Wed, 25 Nov 98 13:56:56 -0000; A quick web search came up with the following: http://www.codesmiths.com/offroad/images/Sherpa.jpg Useful if anyone wants to know what they look like. This one has been extensively modified to make i; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01418.html (6,969 bytes)
48. purple circuits (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Mon, 30 Nov 98 12:14:54 -0000; If anyone has tips on common causes for loss of the purple circuit, please pass them on. I'll be visiting my car (and also stopping in to see my parents, who live on the same side of the pond) for C; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01655.html (6,850 bytes)
49. Crash safety and SUVs (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Mon, 30 Nov 98 13:44:14 -0000; And yet, the typical SUV will probably kill you in a head-on crash with a barrier or another vehicle. SUV's such as the Nissan Patrol and the little Blazer/Frontera of not-so-long-ago were designed; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01656.html (8,978 bytes)
50. RE: Adventures in tipping (was adventures in towing) (score: 1): Author: mup1dm <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Fri, 23 Oct 98 14:20:08 -0000; One would think that not hurting the car was just part of the job, but the evidence seems to be that many either don't know or don't care enough to do a proper job. I tip partly out of self-interest; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01076.html (9,035 bytes)
51. Re: Webers (score: 1): Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Thu, 11 Jun 98 11:34:35 +0100; My 72 B-GT came to me with a Weber. At the time that the DPO needed a carb rebuild, new SU's were not available and bolting on a Weber was something he felt confident enough to do himself. So in thi; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00759.html (7,347 bytes)
52. Re: Black or Navy Interior color? (score: 1): Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Thu, 11 Jun 98 12:20:09 +0100; My 72 B-GT started life Blaze on the outside and Navy inside. On of the reciepts in the file was for "Black Aerosol Carpet and Vinyl Dye". This explains my funny colours. Douglas McKinnie; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00761.html (7,589 bytes)
53. Re:splicing wires... (score: 1): Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Thu, 11 Jun 98 12:39:50 +0100; To be even more 'right' get some solder on the connection. RS used to sell some 'solder tape' that would make this possible even without tools or skill -- just wrap the splice in the foily stuff and; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00763.html (7,270 bytes)
54. RE: Dashboard puzzle (score: 1): Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Thu, 11 Jun 98 13:35:39 +0100; All of the cars that I've driven lately in the UK have had the turn signal stalk on the left. The only one I've ever driven with the stalk on the right was a Mitsubishi van that I drove in Malta. It; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00767.html (7,730 bytes)
55. Re:5 speed vs. OD conversion (score: 1): Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Tue, 5 May 98 09:50:03 +0100; If I remember the comments from the John Twist tech pages correctly, the overdrive is a placebo on the MGB. It does no harm to run the engine that fast, and there are no gains in either economy or pe; /html/mgs/1998-05/msg00234.html (8,805 bytes)
56. Re: Rechroming (score: 1): Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Tue, 5 May 98 11:30:55 +0100; I don't really want to resurrect the tree-hugging debates, but for my own car, which is NOT for show but for driving, I have decided to go with pitted old chrome, polished and preserved such as it ca; /html/mgs/1998-05/msg00235.html (8,410 bytes)
57. Re: lug nuts & spares (score: 1): Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Fri, 8 May 98 16:23:21 +0100; A tire shop I used had some lovely photos taped to the wall showing what was left of another shop after an encounter with a tire inflated by a propane-filled 'flat-fixer' can. Yes, sparks are not co; /html/mgs/1998-05/msg00454.html (7,492 bytes)
58. Re: Sunroofs (score: 1): Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Tue, 12 May 98 11:50:16 +0100; I must figure out where that heater drain tube is, because every time I drive my GT in the rain the passenger gets wet legs. Anyway, I think the operative phrase in the above sentance is 'cool lookin; /html/mgs/1998-05/msg00638.html (7,994 bytes)
59. Defogging inside of windscreen (score: 1): Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Tue, 12 May 98 12:16:00 +0100; In the 'mountains' of western Massachussets it often gets cool in the evening and I find that the windscreen fogs up. The GTs heater system is little help, and more often than not makes things worse.; /html/mgs/1998-05/msg00639.html (7,887 bytes)
60. Head Rest Removal (score: 1): Author: Douglas McKinnie <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; Date: Mon, 25 May 98 11:57:24 +0100; I was reupholstering my seats when I removed mine, so I could twig the catch from inside the seat. It did occur to me at the time that removal could be done by sliding some sort of slim-jim down the; /html/mgs/1998-05/msg01449.html (7,270 bytes)

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