- 241. State Comparisons (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 12:48:28 EST
- VINCE Wrote> Today in San Antonio, it was a balmy 75 degrees F (San To Which LARRY Responded> No snow - rainy and cold. Top down cruise today. Sucker you get all the lousy weather!! (Near Philly, PEN
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01000.html (8,018 bytes)
- 242. Re: Exercise (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:18:04 EST
- Bugeye" Hey watch it, sonny! That's the year I was born! (Kids these days.... Bah!) time in this car with a girl madly in love with me and the same age as the car, I could be arrested... RICH's $.02
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01379.html (7,614 bytes)
- 243. Cost estimate (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:32:57 EST
- I was lurking in some back alleys the other day (well, actually, I turned too late and had to go around the block...) when I spotted, under a couple of tarps, a rubbered-bumpered Midget and a rubber-
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01381.html (6,874 bytes)
- 244. Flickering oil light (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 12:08:16 EDT
- Miss Molly, my '79 Midget has developed the habit of flickering her oil light at me under these conditions: * A hot engine (after she's ran for a half-hour to forty-five minutes, no over heating occu
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00209.html (7,952 bytes)
- 245. Flickering oil light (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 07:41:21 EDT
- In re: Miss Molly, my precocious '79 Midget, developing a habit of winking her oil light at me when her engine is hot. This just occurred to me: I have not reset the valve lash since I went through h
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00276.html (7,315 bytes)
- 246. Motoring.... (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 07:41:21 EDT
- It appears that I will have to put Miss Molly away for the winter until I have the time and additional funds (we poor college students/single parents have a distinct lack of bucks) to replace her her
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00277.html (7,463 bytes)
- 247. Carbs, etc.... (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 09:13:40 EDT
- For next to nothing, I picked up a ZS manual choke carb of indeterminate origin that appears to have the same mounting pattern as the ZS from my '79 Midget; also this seems to be a 'non-smog' carb as
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00930.html (7,473 bytes)
- 248. In re: 'For Sale' items, non-LBC content, etc... (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:01:47 EDT
- In re: 'For Sale' items, non-LBC content, etc... I agree that it is important to keep the bandwidth clear of extremely extraneous material, as well as blatant commercial advertising. However, I think
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00936.html (10,499 bytes)
- 249. Re: MGA wheels- safety or no? (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 10:26:17 EDT
- tire came loose from the rim before stopping ... I don't believe I have knowingly ever run tire pressures less than 25 psi, and I've never had one lose pressure from a bead separation ... never had a
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01257.html (7,604 bytes)
- 250. Alternator Swap (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 10:26:17 EDT
- I had offered earlier to post this and never got around to it -- my apologies. My conscience was nudged by some recent posts on a similar topic. When Miss Molly, the '79 Midget from Hell, was in the
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01258.html (12,127 bytes)
- 251. Re: Alternator Swap (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 10:21:17 EDT
- You know, I'm pretty sure you're right, ie, that there is more than one model the GM/AC-Delco alternator, but I'll be damned if I know what the model number is for the one I used. The reason is that
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01347.html (10,285 bytes)
- 252. Correction: Alternator Swap Wiring (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 21:57:25 EDT
- In re: my instructions on swapping alternators, Dan Masters has corrected my error (hope no one fried their harness). terminals you list below are backwards. terminal #1 goes to the brown/yellow wire
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01457.html (8,024 bytes)
- 253. Damper cap loosening.... (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 13:25:21 EST
- In re: Damper Cap loosening.... Back before I saw the light, I owned a Tr**ph and the cap loosened on it regularly. I replaced the washer and it didn't help; if I had thought of it then, I would have
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01919.html (6,596 bytes)
- 254. Road trip.... (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 13:57:27 EST
- I am considering driving Miss Molly from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Roseland, Florida next summer (which, after this weekend's snow, can't come too soon) to visit my sister. I think I'll be taking the s
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01925.html (6,905 bytes)
- 255. Re: Old Fart question--NO LBC (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:35:54 EST
- While I am not an OF, I am a gear-head (and if you ask my SO, she'll tell that I am a virtual storehouse of arcane knowledge...). [H]ow did you open the doors without handles back in the 50's when th
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01994.html (8,453 bytes)
- 256. Sources of parts/information (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 09:04:23 EST
- Today is doing a remarkable imitation of Monday, and I accidentally deleted the message you wrote informing the list of Benjamin Ruset's <sp> acquisition of an MGB, and including your 'intoduction'
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg02059.html (6,660 bytes)
- 257. Re: Rubber Bushing Lube (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 00:47:22 EDT
- On Thursday, 4 September 1997, at 11:43, the following was addressed: to fit With all respect, I would not use oil (used or not) to lubricate a rubber part, as it will cause deterioration over time.
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00186.html (7,839 bytes)
- 258. Re: Rubber Bushing Lube (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 11:24:59 EDT
- You're welcome. Again, you're welcome. The quote is one of my favorites (the author, as you know, was once a British subject, and that country eventually produced LBCs, thus keeping us on topic, eh?
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00266.html (7,565 bytes)
- 259. Re: Midget wheels not rolling! (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Sun, 07 Sep 1997 13:13:07 EDT
- free What is the Vega rim treatment, and what are the advantages? I now own a '79 Midget (Molly Maguire), and used to own several Vegas, including a '72 with a 400 cid small-block V8. Somewhere (in a
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00469.html (9,286 bytes)
- 260. Re: Brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:24:27 EDT
- I recommend that you skip the suggested, and skip something cheaper, and switch to a DOT 5 silicone brake fluid: * Higher boiling point * Works in drum or disc systems * Does not absorb water * Lubr
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01143.html (9,246 bytes)
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