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61. Re: Cooling, Midget Kingpins, Stainless Studs (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 14:15:57 -0500 (CDT); Ummmm... Nope. -- Todd "just a noisy spectator" Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer that RUNS (witty quote here); /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00209.html (8,260 bytes)
62. Re: Guages... (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 10:05:12 -0500 (CDT); Two?!? That's all? This one is easy. First, turn the ignition on (but don't start the car). Second, disconnect the hot wire from the sending unit and touch it to a good grou^H^H^H^Hearth. You may hav; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00294.html (8,291 bytes)
63. Re: Fuel Guage - calibration? (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 09:22:52 -0500 (CDT); Hi Chris. Does your temp gauge read high? I assume that your '76 Midget is similar to my '74 'B, in that the fuel gauge and the temp gauge both need a constant 10 volts to operate properly. This is p; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00362.html (8,371 bytes)
64. Tire PSI (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 08:46:13 -0500 (CDT); Yes, Kai's right. Optimum tire PSI depends not on the particular tire, but on the overall weight and weight distribution of the car. The idea is to keep the tire's contact patch consistent. Too littl; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01317.html (8,071 bytes)
65. Re: 1275 Midget: PCV valve (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 09:36:00 -0500 (CDT); [ Nasty emoticon snipped. ] Right so far. [ Note: The following technical information is based upon my knowledge of MGB engines. I have every reason to assume that the corresponding model year Midget; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01323.html (11,878 bytes)
66. Re: Tire PSI (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 10:00:37 -0500 (CDT); I'm afraid I don't know. I once read in _european car_ that the optimum PSI was unrelated to tire/wheel size; IOW, when going to larger wheels or wider tires, the OEM recommended tire pressures were; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01325.html (8,115 bytes)
67. Re: Carbon Cannisters (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 10:19:07 -0500 (CDT); I keep reading this sort of thing, and one question continually spins through my mind: How can you tell?!? -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB T; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01618.html (7,396 bytes)
68. Re: desmogging a B (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 10:32:20 -0500 (CDT); The air pump and gulp valve are not part of PCV. On my '74, PCV is quite simply handled by a hose running from the front tappet cover to a Y splitter, which routes one hose to each of the carbs. That; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01619.html (7,712 bytes)
69. Re: Midget Fuel System (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 11:35:19 -0500 (CDT); I like to say "SU Carbs need an SU Fuel Pump", but that's just my snooty obstinence poking through. In reality, anything that's not too powerful (this includes most every aftermarket fuel pump) will; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01688.html (8,068 bytes)
70. Re: Air vent - Midget (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 09:18:52 -0500 (CDT); This is indeed the factory approach. Please note that the valve cover inlet has a restrictor on the end; the actual opening is not much bigger than a pinhead. Thus, the system actually draws very lit; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01769.html (7,528 bytes)
71. Re: Rod bearings- a maintenance item? (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 13:00:56 -0500 (CDT); Coincidentally, amidst the frolic of disassembling my spare 'B motor - the absolute first time I've cracked an engine open - I noticed a very similar comment in the Haynes manual. They suggest doing; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01854.html (7,802 bytes)
72. Re: MGB dwell (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 15:26:51 -0500 (CDT); Gap IS Dwell, dude. Like, in the total harmonic convergence of the universal Mother Life called Lucas, We Are All Connected. Setting gap is the same as setting dwell, you just tune in to a different; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01873.html (8,146 bytes)
73. Computer shit (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 16:33:44 -0500 (CDT); Robert Allen writes lots of good stuff about setting dwell, then concludes with: Others have abused this forum with grumblings about modern cars, so now it's my turn. The reason that my MGB occupies; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01880.html (10,405 bytes)
74. Re: Seat rail replacement (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 10:58:58 -0600 (CST); My rails work just fine. In fact, they slide more freely than those in my "modern" car ('84 Volvo 245). You must have an alignment problem or some other clearance problem. Could the seat rail captive; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00055.html (7,906 bytes)
75. Re: brake conversion -- MGB GT (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:04:06 -0500 (CDT); Rear disks are infinitely cool, but they won't make your braking system noticeably better. (BIGNUM)% of the braking is handled by the front brakes, and the rear drums are more than adequate for the r; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00243.html (7,427 bytes)
76. Re: Fuel Out of Vent Tube (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 15:41:11 -0500 (CDT); Done there, been that. Your needle valve is sticking open, filling your float bowl and dumping gas through the overflow tube, which goes directly to the charcoal canister. This also seriously richens; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00261.html (8,640 bytes)
77. Re: 1978 MGB - Mallory Distributor (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:57:17 -0500 (CDT); For reference, the box-stock Lucas dizzy on my box-stock '74 uses manifold vacuum, taken from one end of the balance pipe. It's definitely closer to the block than to the carb butterfly. -- Todd Mull; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00296.html (8,451 bytes)
78. Re: 1978 MGB - Mallory Distributor (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 09:46:11 -0500 (CDT); In fact, if you reverse the words "advance" and "retard" in Barney's paragraph above, you arrive at my current understanding of the system. Sure thing. When you're hard on the gas, you want the timin; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00349.html (11,086 bytes)
79. Re: The MGC and the Crank Pulley (Long, Windy, etc.) (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 09:56:24 -0500 (CDT); When discussing Loctite, be careful in specifying which color you use. I once bought some Loctite which was designed to allow pieces to be disassembled with hand tools. It came in a red tube, but the; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00352.html (8,124 bytes)
80. Re: Thinking in a Vacuum -- the thread lives! (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 10:54:20 -0500 (CDT); Damn. I forgot about that. I still don't see why this is necessarily true. Perhaps instantaneous vacuum levels are higher nearer the valves, but integrating over the time periods during which vacuum-; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00357.html (8,226 bytes)

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