- 201. Re: MGB seat questions (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 10:45:38 -0000
- All you need to do is use thicker or additional spacers and longer bolts under the existing runners, which retains the fore and aft movement. It would be much more work to remove the runners. Les Ben
- /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00475.html (7,514 bytes)
- 202. Re: MGB seat questions (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 15:03:17 -0000
- If it has not been used for about a month I run mine for 20mins or so with the windows open and the heater on. I run it at a fast idle, 1500rpm or so, but with a wedge in the throttle pedal, not with
- /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00480.html (7,034 bytes)
- 203. Re: loose bonnet (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 15:04:23 -0000
- Could also be a worn bonnet pin, which can be 'fixed' by rotating it 1/4 /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00481.html (7,715 bytes)
- 204. Re: Seat questions-now running in storage (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 16:47:24 -0000
- Well there we must differ. The engine is doing quite a lot of work - it is acting as a massive vacuum pump for one thing. And it doesn't have cold air blasting over it. With the door closed and the e
- /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00484.html (7,731 bytes)
- 205. Oil Viscosity. Was: How NOT to change your Oil.... (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 10:48:08 -0000
- Speaking of changing oil I only noticed a couple of changes ago that GTX in the UK has changed from 15W/50 to 15W/40. Might be my imagination but the engine seemed to sound more rattly than usual whe
- /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00500.html (8,737 bytes)
- 206. Re: dizzy transfer (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:11:03 -0000
- Just make sure which coil you have, and make sure you have the appropriate voltage feed to it. A 12v coil typically measures about 3 ohms, a 6v coil typically about 1.5. The 6v coil will require a ba
- /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00552.html (7,667 bytes)
- 207. Re: adsorption canister hookup (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:02:33 -0000
- In addition to the replies on the canister and hoses: The valve is the anti-runon valve, which wasn't fitted until 1973 so is not applicable to your engine, it all depends which emissions kit you hav
- /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00553.html (7,968 bytes)
- 208. Re: Help!... Questions (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 11:29:15 -0000
- The 1972 model year which began in Aug 71 with chassis number 258001 had a new console and dash with glovebox and air vents. They would take quite a lot of work to change from an earlier car for not
- /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00569.html (7,610 bytes)
- 209. test (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:39:11 -0000
- /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00014.html (6,273 bytes)
- 210. Re: starting saga....continued (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:51:51 -0000
- As others have implied, try replacing the electronic ignition with a bog-standard points/coil system. Electronic modules are notoriously difficult to test as they all have different operating charact
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00015.html (8,189 bytes)
- 211. test (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 19:11:00 -0000
- /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00038.html (6,262 bytes)
- 212. Re: Alternator trouble (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:51:50 -0000
- He's telling you porkies. If your coil measures about 1.5 ohms and you have a ballast resistor in circuit (approx 6v measured at the coil +ve with the points closed) you have the correct setup. There
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00039.html (7,227 bytes)
- 213. Re: Heater switch and fan. (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 18:57:38 -0000
- Your diagnosis of the switch seems ok, but when you jumpered the switch did you still have good voltage on post 1? A high-resistance on the green could supply enough power to light your lamp but not
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00040.html (8,568 bytes)
- 214. test reply (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 20:04:13 -0000
- /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00042.html (6,149 bytes)
- 215. Re: electrical problems (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:13:21 -0000
- warning Yes. This symptom is usually (but not exclusively) caused by bad diodes or other problems in the alt. From a strictly technical point of view it lights because it has a diffierent voltage on
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00164.html (7,537 bytes)
- 216. Re: MGB HELP (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:15:43 -0000
- This just isn't so, and I speak as someone who has replaced the mounts twice with the rack in-situ. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00165.html (7,358 bytes)
- 217. Re: leak (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:55:32 -0000
- Yes. You may have to hacksaw off the existing nuts and replace them in order to fit gaskets. &4 week the flow...and I /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/ma
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00201.html (7,107 bytes)
- 218. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:53:30 -0000
- I seem to recall someone (Bob Munch?) posted before and after pictures using halogen stop/tail lights and they were concerned about the relative lack of differentiation between the two filaments. ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00244.html (8,345 bytes)
- 219. Re: An electrical problem (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 16:32:57 -0000
- No diodes in the dynamo or its control box. One side of the the warning light is connected to the output terminal of the dynamo and the other to the ignition. When the dynamo generates sufficient vol
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00268.html (11,196 bytes)
- 220. Re: Ignition warning light (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:12:54 -0000
- PaulH. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00280.html (7,306 bytes)
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