- 121. Re: Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:47:32 -0000
- I wouldn't have commented on mods for racing as I know nothing about the subject, but using MGBs as daily drivers I *do* know something about. Hondas are more reliable than VWs, according to various
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00163.html (9,199 bytes)
- 122. Re: Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:55:41 -0000
- They were more interested in your money. If I were selling one of mine you would have to ;o) -- Original Message --
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00176.html (8,543 bytes)
- 123. Re: OT/no MG content - funny video (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:16:37 -0000
- Top Gear last night had Premiership Footballer Ian Wright as the 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car'. He related how some years ago he was run over by a car he didn't recognise and asked what it was. H
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00190.html (7,180 bytes)
- 124. Re: Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:02:12 -0000
- You would be surprised, perhaps, at how little difference this makes to brake pressure. PaulH. -- Original Message --
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00192.html (8,440 bytes)
- 125. Re: Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:32:31 -0000
- I've heard of that test, but neither of mine do it. A non-functioning servo is also supposed to be an MOT failure, mine both pass, so I don't know how they do test them. Unless it is the clicking dyi
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00194.html (7,783 bytes)
- 126. Re: Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:44:13 -0000
- I know it well, I have a Black Tulip roadster. We never formally named it but she grew up to be known as 'Bee' which is hardly original I know. At a classic car show I spotted an enamel badge of a ho
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00198.html (7,454 bytes)
- 127. Re: Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:09:41 -0000
- Funnily enough, as the owner of the 'other' Black Tulip, my V8 is Tahiti! PaulH. -- Original Message --
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00201.html (6,973 bytes)
- 128. Re: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:22:03 -0000
- Oh yes. Beautiful, especially with chrome bumpers and chrome wires. Had a superb picture taken of it on a run - http://www.ph012b2086.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/beevee/images/n0201.jpg. It's a very difficu
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00202.html (9,447 bytes)
- 129. Re: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:36:12 -0000
- Makes a change from 'baby poo' (Harvest Gold). Had one of those in the past too. Harvest Gold, that is, had two baby pooers as well. PaulH. -- Original Message --
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00204.html (8,534 bytes)
- 130. Re: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:23:46 -0000
- Attached ... which means you should get personally, not via the list of course. The copy at the URL I posted was from Bee and Vee's blog and I keep the pictures there at minimum res to save space. Ch
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00210.html (8,784 bytes)
- 131. Re: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:45:48 -0000
- Clausager is very sniffy on the subject. Maybe he got miffed when someone pointed out that with all the other detail he covers, he forgot that. PaulH. -- Original Message -- in in
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00231.html (8,568 bytes)
- 132. Re: Black Tulip, was Brake servo, was Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:47:38 -0000
- On its way ... Cheers, PaulH. -- Original Message -- Can I have one too? [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/tiff which had a name of btmgb.JPG]
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00232.html (8,100 bytes)
- 133. Re: Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:49:14 -0000
- That should get the old thermostat argument going again, very topical ... -- Original Message -- on
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00233.html (8,519 bytes)
- 134. Re: Top/Fifth Gear, was OT/no MG content - funny video (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:06:56 -0000
- Top Gear is really just a 'top-shelf' lads mag whereas Fifth Gear (only has five gates on its gear shift, does that make it a three-wheeler?) at least tries to maintain a more general interest, which
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00234.html (7,575 bytes)
- 135. Re: Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:31:16 -0000
- I only have experience of the remote servo i.e. the ones where disconnecting the vacuum made very little difference. Maybe the direct acting type offer much more assistance and hence are more noticea
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00240.html (8,818 bytes)
- 136. Re: Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:46:34 -0000
- That's what I said, albeit the other way round, i.e. "Maybe the direct acting type offer much more assistance and hence are more noticeable when it is disconnected" -- Original Message -- Could it be
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00244.html (8,002 bytes)
- 137. Re: Faultless MGB-GT [now brake boost] (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:53:44 -0000
- I can believe that the direct acting type *are* like that i.e. offer more assistance but give the same retardation, and maybe Hans was talking about a failed direct servo. The remote servo was an opt
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00246.html (7,616 bytes)
- 138. Re: electrical demons (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:53:24 -0000
- Are you sure a PO hasn't fitted an intermittent wiper control ... ;o) A 73 has the wipers, heater fan (and electric washers) powered off the accessories position of the ignition switch as well as the
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00260.html (8,103 bytes)
- 139. Re: clutch slip or OD? (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:12:34 -0000
- Does it slip in OD only, normal drive only, or both? OD slip usually happens in reverse or on the overrun, not drive. Also clutch slip is more likely to happen in 4th first, progressively happening i
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00275.html (7,593 bytes)
- 140. Re: wiper switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 10:06:25 -0000
- You need to say whether North American spec or not. NA had a column switch in 73, UK and some other markets still had the dash switch. Whilst many of the names on this list are familiar and they will
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00283.html (6,696 bytes)
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