- 61. MG 1100 advert (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 96 15:23:29 PDT
- Fellow 1100 fans (all three of us): Yesterday, I received a copy of the 1100 ad that Mike Leckstein taped off of the TV and kindly sent me. 10Q! 10Q! 10Q! It's precious! And sure enough, the thing's
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00322.html (7,315 bytes)
- 62. Re: Positive Ground MG and jump starting (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 96 18:50:57 PDT
- A blessing upon thy head and make sure there's oil in the crankcase. If you did anything to the cam and/or lifters, don't forget to appease the wear-in gods by running the engine at not less than 25
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00328.html (9,080 bytes)
- 63. '69 BGT to be parted out (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 96 12:15:55 PDT
- Fellow MG rescuers, This one is very unlikely to be saved. Last Saturday, my boyfriend and I pulled the head off of the $200 '69 BGT and discovered that the head was cracked in more places than I tho
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00414.html (7,839 bytes)
- 64. Re: Everything tools (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 12:01:01 PDT
- This probably won't get through because nothing I've written lately has. My company recently installed a firewall and they obviously consider my comments inflammatory. Jay Tilton responded: That's "p
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00509.html (9,934 bytes)
- 65. Chrome/rubber bumpers (was: MGB's) (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 96 10:32:03 PDT
- Bob Donahue replied: This is my memory of the justification, also. In addition, there was a two mph limit for the rear that was later rescinded. I don't know if I'm stating the obvious or not, but th
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00537.html (8,364 bytes)
- 66. Re: Denise Thorpe Rumor (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 11:48:01 PDT
- Glen Wilson and Will Zehring abused me thusly: He wanted 300 bucks from the SPAM council which consists of only me and I've got three 1100 mouths to feed! And it's PRIESTESS! It was only one, and, an
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00682.html (8,519 bytes)
- 67. MGs in San Diego (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 96 18:35:57 PDT
- Dennis Blevins said a few days ago: Sorry I didn't answer this earlier, I hadn't gotten anything from the list since Monday and I didn't think to see if I'd been inadvertantly unsubscribed until toda
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00845.html (8,028 bytes)
- 68. Buying a title (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 96 18:57:46 PDT
- On Monday, Stephen Brook explained: Darn. A cable station here recently showed either the House of Lords or Commons, I don't know which, in action. It was hysterical! They heckled each other unmercif
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00846.html (7,002 bytes)
- 69. GOF West (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 96 17:15:55 PDT
- Where and when is GOF West this year? And how did I miss hearing about it? Denise Thorpe thorpe@kegs.saic.com
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00982.html (6,841 bytes)
- 70. Re: Shooting troubles (or Tribbles?) (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 96 09:56:06 PST
- Dear Puzzled in Seattle, You missed the part where he said it might be flooded. I think you turn the car over to let all the water out. If you didn't do this, the spark might drown. '67 Sprite _o___o
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00008.html (8,405 bytes)
- 71. '77 B for sale (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 96 11:01:45 PST
- This one's _not_ from the San Diego MG Club newsletter. Here in San Diego, there's a '77 MGB with no title for sale for US $600. I haven't seen the car, but here's what the current owner, a friend wh
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00082.html (6,747 bytes)
- 72. Re: '65, '66 or '67 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 96 14:10:04 PST
- Joseph asked: My three B's are all registered (or titled) as '67's, however, the one I've owned for 17 years is really a '66. The major difference between it and the other two is that it doesn't have
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00097.html (9,645 bytes)
- 73. Re: It's An Engine Thing (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 96 16:34:29 PST
- "Prayer" is not exactly the word I'd use. I'll consecrate a homebrew to the MG gods in your name, meaning I'll think of you and the gods while drinking it. One of the joys of paganism is that "sacrif
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00147.html (6,555 bytes)
- 74. Re: Rear Brake Adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 96 15:05:47 PST
- Ross asked: I had trouble with this too the first time I adjusted the brakes. I may have been a professional mechanic, but I didn't grow up in the garage like the guys I worked with. They had a genet
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00193.html (9,692 bytes)
- 75. need a smog head for a '69 MGB GT (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 96 12:18:33 PST
- Fellow sufferers, I knew it would happen. My boyfriend has caught my deadly disease. Last night he bought and brought home a $200 '69 MGB GT with a cracked head. He even gave up his precious Toyota t
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00228.html (7,300 bytes)
- 76. '67 B upgraded (?) to later car (was: '65, '66, etc.) (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 96 12:32:13 PST
- < snip > The early starter can be used with a slight modification to the late engine backing plate. If I could remember what that modification is, I'd tell you. People claim that the later starter is
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00262.html (9,532 bytes)
- 77. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 96 14:10:41 PST
- Air filters: The silver part of the air cleaner that is actually held against the body of the carburettor by those long bolts needs to be in the correct orientation. The two holes that are above the
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00272.html (10,460 bytes)
- 78. Re: '67 B upgraded (?) to later car (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 96 15:13:43 PST
- Okay, now I've got to remember the trick. It involved tapping and putting a helicoil in a through hole in the late backing plate so that one of the early starter mounting bolts actually screws into t
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00276.html (9,585 bytes)
- 79. stupid comments about MG's (was: Timing question) (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 11:16:46 PST
- Try asking a parts store clerk for parts for an MG 1100. Even if they know about MG's, they don't believe that MG ever made a sedan. The only thing that makes it worthwhile is when they ask me what s
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00338.html (7,025 bytes)
- 80. Re: Gulp valves and their ilk (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 96 09:52:59 PST
- Concerned citizens: Have I mentioned lately that the Datsun 240Z had a similar gulp valve? Well, it did. It's not identical, but I'm told it works sufficiently to be used alternate years in conjuncti
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00390.html (6,876 bytes)
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