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201. Re: MGF vs BMW Z3 (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:23:50 -0600 (CST); A couple of points: - The MGF is not a rival of the Z3. The MGF is a mid-engined Hydragas-suspended roadster, while the Z3 uses front-engine/rear-drive and conventional BMW suspension. Okay, so they'; /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00166.html (8,025 bytes)
202. Re: Dead Batteries and Electron Flow (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 09:01:14 -0600 (CST); Right. You'd have to have the negative terminal connected to earth, or something silly like that. All this talk is conjuring images in my poor feeble brain of some sort of electron fence placed betwe; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00035.html (9,118 bytes)
203. Re: '77 Midget Ignition Switch (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 16:18:17 -0600 (CST); Don't forget that the plastic part of the switch carries live wires. Be careful what you touch! -- Todd "I know whereof I speak" Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA); /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00360.html (7,188 bytes)
204. '74 MGB idle speed varies (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 14:31:57 -0500 (CDT); I've kinda been wondering: Why does my bone-stock HIF carbed '74 idle slightly higher after a run? Hot start yields 1000 rpm, decel to idle from a run yields ~1300 rpm. Might it have something to do; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00198.html (6,647 bytes)
205. '74 exhaust (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 10:34:54 -0500 (CDT); Hi, me again. Thanks for the responses on the idle speed inquiry; I forgot to mention that my butterfly plates were already soldered up (I guess I shouldn't have claimed that the car was "bone-stock"; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00228.html (7,147 bytes)
206. Re: Miatas (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 16:37:10 -0500 (CDT); So who's doing the research on this? Any interesting findings yet about why the weenies won't cram the canvas? -- Todd "It's got to be easier than a 'B" Mullins todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil On the lov; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00283.html (7,611 bytes)
207. Re: FWD: Lowering Rubber Bumper MGBs (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 16:46:10 -0500 (CDT); Might it have something to do with the lever shock's range of motion? Shorter springs should change the arc through which the lever arms (and the A-arms, come to think of it) move, and you'd probably; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00358.html (7,517 bytes)
208. Re: Why is SU fluid an issue? (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 13:51:23 -0500 (CDT); I was instructed, when I took possession of my 'B, that "if you can hear a sucking sound when the plunger is removed, the oil level is fine". When I try to fill them, they simply run over through the; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00396.html (7,265 bytes)
209. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 09:47:25 -0500 (CDT); Yeah, I think you are. I drive a '74 in a fairly rainy climate, and have never - uh, never mind. -- "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00500.html (7,381 bytes)
210. Re: Non-Lucas electrical problem (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 09:18:52 -0600 (CST); Check the schematic for the relay, but it sounds as though one side of the "SWITCH" terminal should be connected to the switched side of your dimmer switch, and the other side to ground. "LIGHTS" and; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00539.html (10,184 bytes)
211. Re: 1967 MGB mystery (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 15:55:13 -0500 (CDT); Got 'em ('74). When I bought my new OEM fuel pump, I noticed the two small fittings, and then noticed the two small hoses under the car. They're not connected, because 1) the hoses are old and brittl; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00046.html (7,633 bytes)
212. Speaking of coolant... (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 12:05:49 -0500 (CDT); ... I had an odd experience the other day. On the way home from work, my car ('74 'B, 180deg thermostat, heavy-duty 4-row core radiator, no recovery system) was running a little hotter than usual: Th; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00143.html (7,223 bytes)
213. Re: Oil Pressure Questions... (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 12:16:16 -0500 (CDT); Uh-oh. Does anybody know why I get - 75 psi at cold idle - 50 psi at hot idle (well, actually 1000 rpm) - 70 psi at anything above idle on a hot engine (Bone-stock and mostly original [like, I replac; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00145.html (8,335 bytes)
214. Re: Oil pressure valve -reply (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 11:00:37 -0500 (CDT); What, while stationary? This has been experienced. :\ -- Todd Mullins todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer with shiny new Rostyle hub cap emblems "A life l; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00164.html (7,025 bytes)
215. Re: Fuel sending unit resistance values. (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 16:14:16 -0500 (CDT); Small correction: The fuel gauge and the temp gauge, at least on the later cars, are fed a constant 10V from the (you guessed it) voltage stabilizer mounted under the dash. I don't remember if the or; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00169.html (8,889 bytes)
216. Re: leaf spring sag (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 12:24:03 -0500 (PDT); Actually, I've been spending an abnormally large amount of time thinking about this, and I have a theory as well (which, coincidentally, involves Glenn's). An unoccupied car will sit perfectly flat a; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00005.html (8,031 bytes)
217. Re: Pollution equipment (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 16:06:24 -0500 (PDT); A vehicle which has undergone an engine swap must meet the pollution regs for the later of either the chassis or the engine. In your example, the '68 engine would have to meet '72 specs. (One of the; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00141.html (9,572 bytes)
218. Re: Aftermarket Radiater Fan (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 15:43:35 -0500 (CDT); Ahem. Engine warmup time does not depend on what kind of fan your car has. The coolant doesn't even reach the radiator until the thermostat opens, at which time the engine is at (or close to) normal; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00335.html (7,551 bytes)
219. Re: fuel pump (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 09:57:03 -0500 (CDT); Only one comment, and it really doesn't amount to much, but I've always felt that a downdraft carbie looks a bit funny on an LBC (excepting those with Vee engines, of course [lucky dogs]). -- Todd Mu; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00343.html (7,370 bytes)
220. Re: Top (was Signal lites) (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 13:16:23 -0500 (PDT); Yes, I've tried that, in a vain attempt at convenience. I should have known better. "Good things come to those that wait", and all that. This is wrong. Both my owner's manual and the sticker attached; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00213.html (7,840 bytes)

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