- 61. Re: Valve Tick Tick / Valve Recession (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:42:41 -0000
- Ditto, and that was when using leaded. Eventually I determined to try and find out what was happening, and discovered that, on my engine anyway, the gap was either increasing or decreasing, depending
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00141.html (8,067 bytes)
- 62. Re: SU HS4 carbs on 68 MGB/GT (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:33:50 -0000
- Amen. And they will keep their tune for many thousands of miles if one takes the time and trouble to set them up correctly and not fiddle about with them afterwards. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailin
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00142.html (7,005 bytes)
- 63. Re: Safety Fast - Cops are not all that bad. (OT) (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 15:01:12 -0000
- You should be so lucky, in the UK we can't display our at all without planning permission, although American companies can fly the Stars and Stripes and claim it is part of the signage of the premise
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00153.html (8,433 bytes)
- 64. Re: Dist. replacement. - hesitation (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:57:36 -0000
- Could be a couple of things, Hans. Could be weak on pick-up i.e. not enough damping hence enrichment when the throttle is opened, easy to check by pulling out the choke when the hesitation is happeni
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00154.html (9,288 bytes)
- 65. Re: Lost oil pressure found, no clutch (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 15:08:33 -0000
- If you are getting 1/2" or so of movement at the slave piston then bleeding is not the problem. If the piston is moving the arm the same distance, and if the arm is returning under the heavy spring p
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00157.html (8,104 bytes)
- 66. Re: Safety Fast - Cops are not all that bad. (OT) (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 16:23:34 -0000
- No, Lawrie, that is 'fag' ... you're /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00168.html (9,022 bytes)
- 67. Re: Dist. replacement. - hesitation (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 16:33:37 -0000
- wait Ah, mixture then. Do you have K&Ns? Could be the needles. Is it backfiring in the exhaust after a missfire? If so that sounds like ignition. Is the tach fluttering at the same time? If so ignit
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00173.html (8,977 bytes)
- 68. Re: Kick Panel, quick question (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:36:26 -0000
- Door switches were provided from the 67 'model year' so you should have them already, it is normal to tap into the purple-white somewhere easy like by the courtesy light for an alarm. The only way yo
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00211.html (8,648 bytes)
- 69. Re: Dist. replacement. - hesitation (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:28:47 -0000
- what the Non-federalised 18GD and GG engines had FX as standard, No. 5 as rich, GZ as weak - presumably all fixed. Federalised 18GKs had spring-loaded AAL. the That could be cross-firing between cyl
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00212.html (8,963 bytes)
- 70. Re: Cooling Hoses, Passenger Door and other bits and pieces (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 15:01:37 -0000
- The only time I went in for mass replacement was after the third failure in the first few months of ownership of a Scimitar GTE - 13 hoses! On the B I have changed two - between the heater and the m
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00251.html (7,833 bytes)
- 71. Re: spring compressor (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 15:01:44 -0000
- Once you have removed the shock-absorber, or either the top or bottom bolt, just push the spring pan down and you should be able to pull the spring out. a in disassemble on /// /// mgs@autox.team.net
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00299.html (7,740 bytes)
- 72. Re: Overdrive problem..... (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 14:56:13 -0000
- Could be electrical, and should be the first thing to check anyway. Unfused ignition (white) is fed to the manual switch on the dash, which feeds it down on a yellow (my diagrams show it changing to
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00300.html (9,175 bytes)
- 73. Re: alternators (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:02:57 -0000
- In what way are you 'going through' them? How are you verifying that each new alt is charging the battery? How are you verifying the alt is no longer charging? Are they being independantly tested e.g
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00337.html (7,995 bytes)
- 74. Re: Back in the shop (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:06:19 -0000
- You *may* keep the fumes out that way, but better to stop them at source. What kind of fumes? Exhaust? Oil? Sound connections should prevent the first. The 2nd could be due to a missing or blocked cr
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00338.html (7,593 bytes)
- 75. Re: alternators 2 (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:24:47 -0000
- Again, how are you checking if it's charging? When an alternator is charging you should see about 14.5v on, say, the brown at the fusebox. When it isn't you will only see about 12v or less as the bat
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00354.html (8,587 bytes)
- 76. Re: Back in the shop (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:18:34 -0000
- Apart from via an open rear hatch you shouldn't get any fumes inside the car unless they are coming from somewhere other than the open end of the exhaust. The rear window catch is of the 'over-centre
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00361.html (7,642 bytes)
- 77. Re: MG TV AD (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:28:03 -0000
- I think I'm not downloading an EXE to run on my machine. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00380.html (6,830 bytes)
- 78. Re: Carb question, grinding into third (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 10:58:48 -0000
- Not very pretty but in desperation I would drape a short length of wire or something over the top of the damper cap and down the sides of the dashpot cover and secure it with a hose-clip. /// /// mgs
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00419.html (7,787 bytes)
- 79. Re: tach and hesitation (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:36:06 -0000
- Classic (!) symptom of an intermittent connection in the ignition LT circuit, a break in this circuit will affect both running and the tach. Check the connections in the white - tach - white - coil -
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00431.html (7,798 bytes)
- 80. Re: tach and hesitation (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:00:48 -0000
- The other thing I should have mentioned is that earlier coils had riveted spades. These were later changed to studs and nuts as the rivets work loose over time - BT, DT. weekend /// /// mgs@autox.tea
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00443.html (7,387 bytes)
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