- 1. attachment points, front fender (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:14:09 -0500 (EST)
- Hi gang, Spring opened with a 77F here in NJ today, about 50 days early. So I had to pull my 76B out of the garage and change the oil. In doing so, I grabbed onto the base of the front fender just be
- /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00080.html (7,999 bytes)
- 2. RE: attachment points, front fender - Fini (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:32:45 -0500
- Hi Kelvin, Turns out the rocker had a run still intact so the longish self-tapper worked. I found another rattle, too. Traced it to the passenger mirror. In a fit of pique, I just removed the plastic
- /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00099.html (9,643 bytes)
- 3. Re: 79B dual carb conversion -- which type of carb? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:21:30 -0500
- I cannot compare SU or HIF's because HIF's is a type of SU carb. I think you mean HIF's vs HS4's. All I can say is that I changed out the ZS carb from my 76 to HIF's and a friend described the chang
- /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00145.html (8,828 bytes)
- 4. Re: And, I make S curves as I drive down the road (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:38:11 -0500
- I had the same symptoms last year...the swerve and then settles down. I replaced the terminal rubber brake hose at each front wheel and that corrected my problem. I guess one of them had collapsed in
- /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00234.html (9,921 bytes)
- 5. What is the name of the ... (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 12:48:59 -0500 (EST)
- plastic bits that snap the door panels to the door? TIA, Bill BMCSNJ '76B
- /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00083.html (6,659 bytes)
- 6. Re: What is the name of the ... (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:58:16 -0500
- Thank you both. I am rebuilding my passenger's side panel (skeletal erosion in the front half) and documenting the process for my club. I had no idea what to call these bits and on first glance, did
- /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00090.html (7,284 bytes)
- 7. Re: Pearls of wisdom needed.... (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:47:23 -0500
- Have you put paper under the bits of the car where brake couplings are located (wheels, etc)? You might locate the leak that way. Bill 76B
- /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00256.html (7,593 bytes)
- 8. Re: off topic: information wanted-1902 General (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:06:40 -0500
- So am I to understand that with all the knowledge about MG's and other matters, no one on this list has ever hear of the 1902 General? [BTW, the car looks like a pyramid with the point facing forward
- /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00000.html (7,412 bytes)
- 9. Re: replace headilights (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:54:16 -0500
- The headlight rims are spring loaded. Carefully pry them off. If you look closely, you'll see one of the spring assemblies and that will provide you a place to start. Bill '76B
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00129.html (7,785 bytes)
- 10. Re: There's this book.... (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:48:19 -0500 (EST)
- Anyone read the NYTimes book review today? Ray Blount, jr (from NPR, Wait, Wait, Don't tell me...a comedy news hour) reviewed this book fairly appropriately. a vomit omelette? Bill '76B BMCSNJ
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00178.html (9,661 bytes)
- 11. Re: Donald Malling (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:21:56 -0500
- and from South Jersey
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00230.html (7,188 bytes)
- 12. off topic: information wanted-1902 General (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:43:23 -0500 (EST)
- Does anyone have info or a lead to the GENERAL motor company of London & Mitcham, England, 1902-1903, 1903-1905? They made a bizarre looking racer in 1902 called the 1902 General. I am looking for pi
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00285.html (6,725 bytes)
- 13. Re: FW: MG Is Born on DVD (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:49:50 -0400
- Hi Scott, What is this MG DVD? Bill '76B ** Dr. William Saidel Assoc. Prof. Vocal phone (856) 225-6336 Department of Biology FAX (856) 225-6312 Science Building email: saidel@crab.rutgers.edu 315 Pen
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00196.html (9,648 bytes)
- 14. anyone in the New Jersey or Eastern Penn region (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:10:35 -0400
- I am looking for a knowledgeable British car mechanic for a colleague in the New Brunswick, New Jersey area (mid-New Jersey). Does anyone on the list from this region have a recommendation? Bill '76B
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00214.html (6,803 bytes)
- 15. homemade windblocker (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:20:34 -0400
- I thought it would be 'cool' to be able to talk with my SO while zipping around in my B, so I built a windblocker to fit behind the seats, just like I saw at a couple of web sites and in a BMW M-3 th
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00000.html (8,702 bytes)
- 16. Re: what do you think? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:19:40 -0400 (EDT)
- I'm about as competent as you with cars and when my clutch cylinder went (76B), I replaced the slave and main simultaneously and had to replace the line between them because it snapped at a fitting
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00047.html (8,614 bytes)
- 17. need help identifying steering wheel (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:06:54 -0400 (EDT)
- I bought a 14" steering wheel to replace the original in my '76B but it out the bolt-on pattern is distinctly different. Now I have to buy a replacement hub. Are there individuals on the list with su
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00095.html (6,815 bytes)
- 18. RE: package arrived (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:17:02 -0400
- A few weeks ago, I asked the list for help on mounting an unidentified steering wheel on my 76B. Kelvin came to the rescue. He not only identified it. He had in his own parts collection (not Moss's!)
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00177.html (9,015 bytes)
- 19. Re: big white cloud (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:39:51 -0400
- Hi Martin, IWhite smokescreen, eh?...I'm not a pro but I thought that is the sign of a blown headgasket. At least it was on the 2 vehicles I had that decided to blow their headgaskets. How ya doing w
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00041.html (8,262 bytes)
- 20. Foam in radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:05:11 -0400 (EDT)
- Morning all, Just wondering...what does 1-3 teaspoons of 'foam' in the radiator indicate? I changed coolant and found it both in the old and new. I did manually open the heater valve to flush that, t
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00082.html (6,743 bytes)
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