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21. Re: tired LFB engine prices (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 08:03:44 -0800; Other than a vague feeling that it should not be much, I have no idea what a tired LFB engine would cost. (Don't forget you'll have to grind that cast octagon off the block to keep the logo police a; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00230.html (6,880 bytes)
22. Re: Did the list dry up? (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 09:46:01 -0800; It's undoubtedly the statistics of small numbers (there's less than 450 names on this list it appears only about 10-20% are talkative) and the fact that postings are not independent events that make; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00297.html (7,381 bytes)
23. Re: M*ss selling Mi*ta spares?? (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 12:26:23 -0800; Denise asked: I say, only if the Miata is of older vintage than, and hence, potentially of comparable stature to, the MG we are driving at the time. Russ Wilson "Stop the drift - reunite Gondwana"; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00301.html (7,021 bytes)
24. battery voltage bet (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 15:48:13 -0800; Speaking of 17 volts from errant voltage regulators, does anyone know the theoretical maximum voltage available from a fully-charged automotive lead-acid battery. I'm involved in an bet on this subj; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00484.html (7,005 bytes)
25. Dieseling (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 10:37:13 -0800; If there was anything dumb about the "dumb but important" original question on dieseling, it was the implication that the timing should be set so as to control dieseling. The responses so far seem to; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00505.html (7,327 bytes)
26. Re: Brighter headlamps (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 14:17:16 -0800; For decades I have noted the caveat, "illegal for street use in California" in descriptions of accessory auto lights. I understand why California might want stricter emission regulations but, headlig; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00604.html (7,907 bytes)
27. Re: oil starvation (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 08:03:04 -0800; Will Z. responded: Will - You're right on. I was hoping someone else would check Denise on this one (I have to be nice if there's to be any hope of borrowing tools from her). If the oil pickup tube; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00692.html (7,542 bytes)
28. Re: Does Waxoyl really work? (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 11:17:40 -0800; Well, no I didn't think of that, but things are getting complicated. What I really think I'll do is coat the inside of the sills with oil and save the Waxoyl for more exposed areas. Somewhere I saw; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00033.html (8,196 bytes)
29. Re: To lead or not? (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 09:43:26 -0800; Tom Wannerburg asks: We (well, I anyway) install stellite valves and hardened valve seats at the next opportunity. Engines need high octane gas because of a high compression ratio and leaded gas to p; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00036.html (7,197 bytes)
30. Re: Does Waxoyl really work? (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 08:44:46 -0800; My heated, but unthinned, Waxoyl did indeed *flow* freely; the problem was that it would not *spray* when the long application tube was used. I got globs on the bottom of my cardboard "sill". I have; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00056.html (8,399 bytes)
31. Re: Does Waxoyl really work? (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 07:31:04 -0800; I think this explains the discreptancies in this thread. It's the thinning. Clark uses Waxoyl in the winter and it runs out of his sills for weeks; I use it in the summer and it congeals in the spray; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00087.html (8,016 bytes)
32. Why is SU fluid an issue? (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 11:24:41 -0800; I'confused. Why is there so much discussion about damper fluid for SU's? It's not as if we're inventing something new. The SU has been around for a long time and there are well-documented factory rec; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00394.html (8,266 bytes)
33. Re: What's In YOUR Toolbox? (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 11:18:51 -0800; My toolbox includes several paper clips, chewing gum and tape as a result of the following experiences: In the middle of nowhere in Northern California I once resuscitated my B's fuel pump by replaci; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00460.html (9,025 bytes)
34. Re: Winter Storage (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 16:28:03 -0800; This point is forever being repeated but is contrary to my observations: The problem I have with such statements is that I have never seen an engine with dry bearings. I recently disassembled a TC en; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00482.html (8,463 bytes)
35. Re: Oil expert? Oil - over time? (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 11:49:58 -0800; Ira replied: Yup. (But don't let it go to your head. There are lots of experts on this list - just ask them!) ;) Whoa! I am one. But I don't do oil, and it's a mystery. That's reasonable and, if ther; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00506.html (8,964 bytes)
36. Winter Storage & oil pump priming (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 13:11:34 -0800; The List's concensus (if responses from two people can be called that) on the subject of oil draining from bearings in engines that are stored for an extended time is that the observation of well-lub; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00563.html (8,363 bytes)
37. Re: My husband screwed up my car! (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 11:19:41 -0800; John Van Valkenburgh responded: To which I add: Then the fuel pump would fail. I suspect even gravity could be corrupted under such adverse conditions. Russ Wilson; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00324.html (8,196 bytes)
38. Re: a cool warm place (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 08:27:34 -0800; Append the following to my previous note on your 190F thermostat question: My comment was that the oil cooler was not the cause of your low engine temperature. Mark Dodd had a good point (in his disc; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00466.html (7,625 bytes)
39. Re: a cool warm place (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 07:37:25 -0800; Jerry Caused asked: My '63 runs at 175-180 degrees with a 180 thermo. Hardly. The function of an oil cooler is cooling oil, to keep its viscosity up, not to cool the engine. The oil doesn't even go t; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00507.html (8,848 bytes)
40. Zehring's leak theory (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 10:05:07 -0800; Has anyone else out there heard of this fix (no, not cleaning garage floors with Foster's - line boring to reduce oil leakage)? Will Z. and I swapped messages on this subject several weeks ago and, a; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00531.html (8,567 bytes)

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