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1. Re: Compression ratio puzzlement (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:44:29 -0500 (CDT)
Good question. Partly correct. What we usually call "compression ratio" is really geometric compression ratio, without any regard to valve timing (see below). Only if you have the throttle plates ful
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg00902.html (8,196 bytes)

2. Re: Found one! (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:48:58 -0500 (CDT)
When I did my top, my header rail already had a small hole. Fifteen minutes of random shaking got all the little nubs out. The hole looked as though it had always been there, rather than having been
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg00903.html (7,863 bytes)

3. Re: Found one! (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 12:07:40 -0500 (CDT)
The top goes up under two distinct, but not mutually exclusive, conditions: 1. It's raining and the car's not moving, and/or 2. I'm about to go to bed. As regards the first, it rains a lot here in "w
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01097.html (8,262 bytes)

4. Re: scuttle shake (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 09:35:06 -0500 (CDT)
The good news: This problem fixes itself eventually. The bad news: The process takes almost exactly nine months. -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01682.html (7,184 bytes)

5. Re: List Wisdom:HT/Aux Lamps (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 15:07:56 -0500 (CDT)
Crappy US-spec sealed beams will do this. Properly designed H4 lamps will not. Guess what my car sees with. -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg00050.html (6,691 bytes)

6. A few more days in the life (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 11:57:45 -0500 (CDT)
The entanglement of my MGB into the rest of my muddled life continues: - My twin 6V batteries finally succumbed, so after a few weeks of parking on hills (Hills? So close to the Mississippi Delta and
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg00849.html (12,051 bytes)

7. Re: Holes behind cockpit (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 12:40:38 -0500 (CDT)
My '74 has these too. One hole has a plastic plug which I can only assume is original. The other has no plug. I've never seen mention of this piece in any of the catalogs. My best guess is that it's
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg00854.html (8,997 bytes)

8. Re: A few more days in the life (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 12:47:37 -0500 (CDT)
130k, with the odometer spinning dizzily each and every day... -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer or give me death
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg00855.html (7,105 bytes)

9. Re: Transmission, Blue TRV instead of Gaskets? (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:30:50 -0500 (CDT)
"Oh, my!" (No posts in a month, then a flurry today. Sheesh.) -- Todd "Dorothy was an idiot" Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer that doesn't wan
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg00860.html (7,346 bytes)

10. Re: Tires (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 09:22:28 -0500 (CDT)
I run 185/70R14s on my Rostyles (not sure if these are optimum for wire wheels). Any modern tire, even the cheaper ones (as long as they're made by a reputable manufacturer) will be light years bette
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg00926.html (7,832 bytes)

11. Re: Tires (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 09:24:53 -0500 (CDT)
This much I already knew... ... but this part I didn't. I had assumed that lower tire pressures increased grip; don't ask me what twisted brain functions arrived at this conclusion. Anyway, I like th
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg00992.html (7,854 bytes)

12. Re: Backfire (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 09:36:18 -0500 (CDT)
How, if the motor is running lean and burning all of the available fuel, do you get fuel into the exhaust system? This is a genuine question; one that I've been pondering for quite some time, as I've
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg00994.html (8,162 bytes)

13. Re: Door Problems, more leaky bodies. (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 09:42:04 -0500 (CDT)
My bet's on adjustment. I've gone through this myself. Arthur Pfenninger replies: Additionally, if the "chuck" of your impact driver is removable and driven by a 3/8" square drive, as mine (Auto Zon
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg00996.html (7,679 bytes)

14. Re: Overheating (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 09:13:24 -0500 (CDT)
Please note that plain water will wick away more heat from your block than coolant. The coolant really only serves as a temperature limiter, anti-corrosive, and water pump lubricant. This info gleane
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg01112.html (8,062 bytes)

15. Re: Brake modultaion...help! SOLVED! (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 13:50:04 -0500 (CDT)
This is something that I've never understood about the 'B, and when I can't understand something about the typically anvil-simple 'B, it bugs the holy shit out of me. What possible harm can come from
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg01138.html (8,909 bytes)

16. Re: What's the best. (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 12:01:12 -0500 (CDT)
Chrome Rostyles? Were these available from the factory? Milady's '65 Mustang has Styled Steel Wheels, which are functionally (and somewhat aesthetically) similar to the Rostyles, except of course her
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg01313.html (7,509 bytes)

17. Re: Modulation Gone! Now what? (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 13:40:49 -0500 (CDT)
Having reviewed the procedure in detail once again, I present my original question, which hasn't yet been answered to my satisfaction: Why, exactly and technically, is this necessary? -- Todd Mullins
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg01318.html (7,961 bytes)

18. Re: Modulation Gone! Now what? (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:49:17 -0500 (CDT)
Actually, it did reach me, and you raise an interesting point, but I'm still not quite satisfied. This is an interesting and unique observation. It makes a lot of sense and tickles all the right fuzz
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg01327.html (10,249 bytes)

19. [NC] Nonsense Chat (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 12:56:14 -0500 (CDT)
I do. -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer sitting in silence, top folded ...
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg02007.html (6,516 bytes)

20. Re: Alloy valve covers (score: 1)
Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 15:29:41 -0500 (CDT)
Skip Kelsey writes back: Hmmm. Unless y'all are talking about something totally different, the smog fitting on the back of the valve cover pulls fuel vapors from the carbon canister, through the bloc
/html/mgs/1997-07/msg00036.html (7,763 bytes)


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