- 1. Good Bye for a short while... (fwd) (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Pokrefke <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:12:09 -0600 (CST)
- I found out today that I received the promotion that I had been hoping for and will soon be relocating from Hattiesburg, MS, to Chicago, IL. I will be unsubscribing until I settle in and the snow mel
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01330.html (6,734 bytes)
- 2. MGA for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 17:04:51 -0500
- 58 MGA Roadster reb,black wirewheels professionally rebuilt engine and suspension drives great, nice car $8900 call Jim 601.764.2665 (day) 601.764.3321 (leave msg) No financial interest, etc. I thou
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00069.html (6,732 bytes)
- 3. Fw: MGA for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 17:56:39 -0500
- I'll try this again..... Forwarded by Thomas James Pokrefke, III <pokrefke@netdoor.com> -- Original message follows -- From: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com> To: mgs@autox.team.net
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00116.html (7,057 bytes)
- 4. Re: Steering column UJ (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 10:22:59 -0500
- On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 17:23:03 +1000 "Neil Cotty" <neilc@apphosting.com> wrote (and I quote): Replaced with what? When I did this job last month, the steering column bushes, especially the top, were no
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00144.html (8,135 bytes)
- 5. Engine Conversions (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Pokrefke <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:15:20 -0500
- I was driving several of my associates to a meeting yesterday in a 15 passeneger Ford van with a Triton V-10. What an engine!!! Space issues aside, I would love to put one of those in an MG!!! Thomas
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00479.html (6,431 bytes)
- 6. Re: Timing Light (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Pokrefke <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 17:10:42 -0500 (CDT)
- Just a suggestion, but what if you hooked the + and - up to another vehicle, and hook the ignition lead up to the MG? Failing that, email me the model # of the timing light. I'll see what happens if
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00630.html (8,112 bytes)
- 7. Re: Cooling System Question (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Pokrefke <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:29:04 -0500 (CDT)
- Another factor that contributes to the smaller radiator and the higher pressure systems is the style of newer vehicles. I can't think of a specific example at the moment, but most newer cars have onl
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00886.html (9,939 bytes)
- 8. RE: Should I rebuild? (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Pokrefke <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:13:51 -0500 (CDT)
- I had the same problem when I ran the Weber on my 1970 MGB. The float height is a crucial setting, as you can see by your off-idle hesitation. I forgot the exact setting (I think it's 51 mm), and my
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00907.html (8,877 bytes)
- 9. Steering Wheel Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 18:59:29 -0500
- Has anyone considered replacing the nut that holds the steering wheel in place with a cotter key or locking pin? I thought that if I drilled a small hole through the end of the steering column, I cou
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01025.html (7,804 bytes)
- 10. Miscellaneous Rumblings <Long> (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 22:31:58 -0500
- Everyone always tells you not to apply excessive force to a tool unless you have checked what lies on the other side of the tool. It's good advice; I only wished I had followed it. I was attempting t
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00030.html (8,885 bytes)
- 11. Re: And other small furry things (meow){Gross, WAY OFF TOPIC} (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:20:54 -0500
- On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 01:29:35 EDT "Steven C. Zabel" <stubalub@juno.com> wrote (and I quote): I thought it was called 'gerbiling'. Of course, that post begs me to tell a story I heard on the radio a f
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00052.html (8,228 bytes)
- 12. Re: loss of power (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:30:56 -0500
- I was just laying underneath my 'B, tightening the exhaust pipe, and realized how much work I've done on it in the last 36 hours for less than $75. I've tightened up the steering wheel, insulated th
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00062.html (8,114 bytes)
- 13. 2, 4, 6, 8: Improve your MG and Insulate! (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 13:44:57 -0500
- Wow! I hate to admit it, but my MG is like a different car with the insulation in place. Cruising down the road at 35 mph, I cannot hear the engine. Same thing at 55. Big difference for a little $. T
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00068.html (7,157 bytes)
- 14. Re: 2, 4, 6, 8: Improve your MG and Insulate! (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 20:50:27 -0500
- My next post was going to be how I threw away those cork valve cover gaskets and started using RTV Blue to make my own gasket. I always used the stuff to 'glue' the gasket in place, but when you use
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00096.html (8,412 bytes)
- 15. Re: Dallas-area LBC graveyard (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 19:52:58 -0500
- Anybody going? Keep your eyes out for a set of mini-lite reproductions that fit spline-drive wheels. I'll pay you for your trouble..... Thomas James Pokrefke, III pokrefke@netdoor.com Audentes fortun
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00158.html (7,507 bytes)
- 16. Re: MGB Brake Shoe Orientation (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 01:09:17 -0500
- Cripes Barney. What the hell do you do for a living? I have never met anyone who is so car-oriented in my life. Very eloquent elaboration. I wonder if the Triumph list has a mental - powerhouse like
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00215.html (10,585 bytes)
- 17. Re: leaky front float/exhaust questions. (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:50:50 -0500
- On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:31:14 -0500 Tyson Sherman <mts3@ra.msstate.edu> wrote (and I quote): LET ME !!! LET ME!!! Tyson, The best tool I have found to 'extracting' more sound from your muffler involve
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg01147.html (8,212 bytes)
- 18. Re: Repair Costs, thanks ya'll (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 22:07:33 -0500
- On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 18:57:14 -0500 "M. Edwin Vaughan" <edvaughan@juno.com> wrote (and I quote): He's obviously from the South, but he forgot to tell us where. I'm in Mississippi, and I'll volunteer t
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg01548.html (6,859 bytes)
- 19. Misc Thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 22:06:17 -0500
- I was driving home from dinner with a friend in the MG, and as we crossed a set of railroad tracks, she asked me why I clutched when we crossed the tracks. She assumed that it was the same as young c
- /html/mgs/1999-08/msg00093.html (7,165 bytes)
- 20. Steering Column (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@netdoor.com>
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 23:53:17 -0500
- The time has come, the Walrus said, to replace the upper steering bushing. I can get the column out of the car with no problem, I just have the following concerns: 1. How does one seperate the inner
- /html/mgs/1999-08/msg00097.html (6,548 bytes)
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