- 221. Re: Duty time for alternator or dynamo (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:41:19 -0000
- Good point, although I'm not sure how it does this since it senses battery voltage and controls output by varying the resistance in the ground side of the field winding (the voltage on the 'hot' side
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00317.html (8,536 bytes)
- 222. Re: Duty time for alternator or dynamo (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:39:08 -0000
- Thanks, Blake, but the dynamo (generator) and control box for the MGB is covered in some detail in the Leyland Workshop Manual. Cheers, PaulH. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http:
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00343.html (8,652 bytes)
- 223. Re: starting saga-9weeks! (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:41:53 -0000
- Fit points /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00417.html (6,990 bytes)
- 224. Re: Importing a MG from England (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:40:01 -0000
- Absolutely not, none of it. Twin SUs, CO limit was 4.5% from 1st Aug 75. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00448.html (7,579 bytes)
- 225. Re: Burning Oil (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:44:25 -0000
- You do a wet and dry compression test. The wet test consists of putting about a tea-spoonful of oil into each cylinder. If the compressions go up significantly any low readings are due to bore/ring w
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00449.html (7,331 bytes)
- 226. Fw: Start and finish stations. (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:28:20 -0000
- Watch out, there's a (potential) virus about from daveandcathp@netscapeonline.co.uk. Comes with attachment Digipeaters.com. As usual delete it and especially don't open the attachment. easier \tab to
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00472.html (7,251 bytes)
- 227. Re: 71 mgb soft top installation (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:24:43 -0000
- Your best bet is to get a copy of Lindsay Porters 'Guide to Purchase and DIY Restoration of the MGB', reissued as 'MGB Restoration Manual'. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://w
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00473.html (6,879 bytes)
- 228. Re: wiring question (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 16:35:49 -0000
- Measure the voltage on each horn terminal when the button is pushed. Ideally you should see 12v on one side and 0v on the other. If you do the horn is bad (noted that yours works on another voltage s
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00484.html (7,413 bytes)
- 229. Re: Vent window frame removal (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 16:31:55 -0000
- No special tools, but you may well find the pivot bolt and nut have corroded if you need to separate the two halves, mine were and snapped off both sides. New pivot bolts, nuts and springs are availa
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00485.html (8,349 bytes)
- 230. Re: REAL NICE TR7 (err, Nice try anyway!) (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:23:52 -0000
- With the best will in the world as a devoted MGB owner ... I know little about Triumphs but they did have IRS as you say (OK, questionable in a tight corner) and FI in the 60s and 70s. By contrast MG
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00527.html (7,762 bytes)
- 231. Re: Importing a MG from England (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:11:48 -0000
- Because it is *theirs*? To a lot of people this means a lot more than just any old B. PaulH. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00528.html (7,677 bytes)
- 232. Re: Clutch Problems (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:51:04 -0000
- When you say "the cylinder and it is moving" do you mean the master or the slave? When correctly bled you should get around 1/2" of movement of the slave piston. I can't really see how you could be g
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00532.html (8,449 bytes)
- 233. Re: Brake Pressure Switch (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:43:46 -0000
- Not sure whether you mean the brake light switch or the pressure failure switch, but the former is item 16 on 'MGB Minor Electrical' and the latter is included as part of item 28 (USD330, yikes!) on
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00536.html (7,248 bytes)
- 234. Re: Clutch Problems (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:33:33 -0000
- RE: Clutch ProblemsVery likely, and re-bleeding (or draining and refilling from the slave) is the first thing to try. PaulH. -- Original Message -- From: Ryan, Wesley To: 'paul.hunt1@virgin.net' ; Ry
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00537.html (7,350 bytes)
- 235. Re: Front end clonk (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:43:30 -0000
- Can also be elongated holes in the wishbone arms and worn bolt at the bottom of the kingpin. PaulH. a clonk that is heard when I apply the break, it happens only when the break is applyed and not dur
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00588.html (8,170 bytes)
- 236. Re: Abingdon (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:02:28 -0000
- He must go around with his eyes shut. The MGCC have their headquarters there and a number of runs each year include Abingdon. The works stretch for miles? I don't think so. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00675.html (7,466 bytes)
- 237. Re: Are you sure its Iris Blue? (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:04:39 -0000
- The serial number represents the date the car was built. The registration date is always later than that, sometimes many months. My own 73-registered roadster was 72-built, but to complicate matters
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00676.html (7,410 bytes)
- 238. Re: Dash Crinkle Paint (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:13:30 -0000
- Here in the UK crinkle (or crackle, or wrinkle ) paint is available in aerosol cans. The instructions give the ambient temp required and call for one thin coat immediately followed by a thick coat. D
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00677.html (8,048 bytes)
- 239. Re: B on the Dyno (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:09:09 -0000
- Quoted HP occurs at a specific rpm. The acceleration performance of a vehicle depends on the area under the torque curve. In the 70s there was a bit of an HP battle between BLMC and Frord. The latter
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00678.html (7,852 bytes)
- 240. Re: Virus (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:49:34 -0000
- It wasn't till I read this reference to blank email messages (I don't see the raw return address unless I look at Properties) that I made the connection. I've been getting a spate of these from diffe
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00679.html (7,540 bytes)
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