- 201. Re: Is the Air Pump Really Necessary? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:02:20 -0500 (EST)
- Not wiser at this end, only ahead of you on this issue... A friend rode in my 76B with air pump and ZS carb...he said it felt like a middle of the road (size!) motorcycle. I removed the air pump, re
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00620.html (8,780 bytes)
- 202. Re: Woo Hoo!! (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:26:55 -0500 (EST)
- The contagion is wonderful, Rory. Not a problem. Was out myself last Friday for my first trip this year and returned in the rain. Was I ever excited. Even after driving for 35 years, the B gives me a
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00913.html (8,271 bytes)
- 203. virus warning (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 16:16:03 -0500
- I just received a handful of messages and my virus checker complained. I deleted the virus before I identified the source (sorry ...paranoia will do that). Still, be aware that you might be a carrier
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00181.html (6,847 bytes)
- 204. Re: MGB Air cleaner fitment (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 15:02:26 -0500 (EST)
- I took the brute force method. I used the 2" circular K&N filters. To get the rear one to fit, I took my trusty table saw and cut one side of the rubber mounting off (still have all my fingers) and
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00388.html (8,882 bytes)
- 205. Re: MGB Air cleaner fitment (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 18:36:36 -0500 (EST)
- FYI, rather than my cutdown filter solution, Eric at British Racing Green suggested, like Jeff, the conical filters but since I already had the others, I couldn't see my way to spending yet more mone
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00394.html (9,160 bytes)
- 206. Re: was I am on a Quest now Scotch (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 10:05:04 -0500 (EST)
- I keep a bottle of Jameson in my desk draw at the lab. After several years of trying both, I prefer Crown Royal over Chevas, and at home, Glenfiddish special for single malts. Sheep dip is good, too.
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00549.html (8,642 bytes)
- 207. Re: haynes v shop manual (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 10:16:15 -0500 (EST)
- Don't know what the manuals said so wHen I fairly blindly removed the ZS carb for replacement, I found some leakage for about 2-3" when measured in the radiator. As you found out, the hot water chok
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00551.html (8,637 bytes)
- 208. Re: haynes v shop manual (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:59:54 -0500 (EST)
- Well, maybe it wasn't re-cored ...age/memory loss/time... since 15 months and 2200 miles have passed. Still, I have a spigot now and crummy black paint. Thanks for the probable correction. Bill
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00560.html (8,347 bytes)
- 209. question re seats (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:44:40 -0500 (EST)
- Hi list, About 6 weeks ago I replaced the seat webbing and added about 1 inch of padding under the seat. After driving around, I found that that 1 inch of padding was enough to reduce the seat "side
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00615.html (7,159 bytes)
- 210. Re: question re seats (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:07:13 -0500 (EST)
- I wish my professional acquantances were as droll and succinct and to the point as Ed. I guess there is something fundamental to working with one's hands. Of course being behind a desk.... Bill Saide
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00635.html (7,222 bytes)
- 211. Re: New Baby (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 09:34:24 -0500 (EST)
- Been awhile for my SO & me. One word of advice. Remember the event and these early years well. Down the road, you'll know that it happened but you might not remember much about it happening. From he
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00778.html (8,045 bytes)
- 212. Re: Tall Guy and MGB (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:12:02 -0500 (EST)
- OKOKOK, so now I feel insignificant and short after reading about all you 6 footers (or is it 1.84 m) and your problems in seeing the road in a B. Maybe that is why I feel so comfortable in my B? At
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00846.html (8,629 bytes)
- 213. Re: Chicago traffic (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:25:35 -0500 (EST)
- After driving in Boston (where I learned to drive), Dade county, FL and the DC area, I vote for DC as the worst, Dade as dangerous, and Boston has the worst reputation but does not deserve it. Commen
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg01004.html (8,285 bytes)
- 214. Re: Take a Seat! (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 22:30:42 -0500 (EST)
- Hi Dan, Funny about your message. Saturday, I decided to install the new bottom straps on my driver's seat. The seat covering is in good condition but I was tired of bouncing off the floor. Last fall
- /html/mgs/2001-01/msg00122.html (10,198 bytes)
- 215. Re: Was: Dumb Carb Question, Now: Those Wacky CatCons (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 09:26:27 -0500 (EST)
- Dan, when I converted to Su's, the catcon went into the dumpster, well my private stockroom. I took the car to be inspected at a private place where a grizzled old mechanic worked. He leaned out the
- /html/mgs/2001-01/msg00327.html (9,021 bytes)
- 216. Re: Protectors, was: Wire wheel tube protection thingy (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:06:50 -0500
- I, too, was trained as a "bio"engineer and I too never used pocket protectors. My garage work shirts all have this funny blue and/or black stain on the lower part of the pocket because cloth loves to
- /html/mgs/2001-01/msg00644.html (8,737 bytes)
- 217. canvas & top questions (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 14:08:42 -0500 (EST)
- Tell you what...in the middle of our winter, a top down ride is just the thing to raise one's blood from SAD and hibernation effects. But then the rain's came and I had to raise the top. Is claustrop
- /html/mgs/2001-01/msg00940.html (7,595 bytes)
- 218. Re: What holds on '72 wiper blades? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:02:08 -0500
- I just replaced wiper blades in a 76B. The connector was a single small hole (dimple?) on the bottom end of the arm, top side. Moss catalog separates 69-72 from 73+ arms (164-640 vs 164-650 respectiv
- /html/mgs/2001-01/msg01047.html (7,827 bytes)
- 219. Re: Rear Wheel Cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 08:08:43 -0500 (EST)
- I guess I became a novice regular on this here list when I dealt with those stupid clips. Yes, I ended up using snap rings. They work fine. Bill '76B BUT I was told by several that the stupid clips
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00004.html (8,784 bytes)
- 220. Re: Falling Spares (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:16:23 -0500 (EST)
- Ah Richard, That story was so damn familiar. In my poorer days, I lived in a low rent district of Boston (Mass) with my wife to be called Sommerville. The place was a cold water flat and the building
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00220.html (10,987 bytes)
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