- 1. RE: I drove an MGA yesterday/wonder whose it is? (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 08:27:27 -0400
- What's this.... Deutsch stealing cars again?
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00012.html (6,706 bytes)
- 2. RE: First problem (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 08:31:59 -0400
- Picked up the car on Friday afternoon. Mech-an-ick said he had = absolutely no idea as to what happened. Rear shoe was completely gone. = He fixed them, no charge, told me to have a nice day. Who kno
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00013.html (7,809 bytes)
- 3. RE: Re[2]: First problem (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:08:19 -0400
- All the wheel cylinders were replaced 300 miles ago, as were the lines, = the fluid, etc. We have no idea why it hung up, but it did. Now fixed. = =20
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00033.html (7,272 bytes)
- 4. RE: What's Cookin'? (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:10:02 -0400
- There was a long discussion regarding radiators. Seems the newer ones = have more core area, less ability to let air flow through, don't work as = well. Try some "Water wetter" or "40 below" and see
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00034.html (6,871 bytes)
- 5. RE: Re[2]: First problem (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:54:14 -0400
- Apparently, there is a relief valve in the master cylinder that can be = knocked off when the foot brake and the e-brake are applied at the same = time. There was, however, no indication that this wa
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00039.html (7,403 bytes)
- 6. RE: Re[2]: First problem (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 16:19:45 -0400
- Sounds as though Denise might have explained it. He kept talking about = a valve and cylinder and some such, but I am not a mech-an-ick and my = profession knows better than to stick our heads into t
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00051.html (7,369 bytes)
- 7. RE: Age & the Like (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:17:10 -0400
- There is a moral in that story somewhere, David. Not sure what it is, but it's in there.
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00082.html (6,561 bytes)
- 8. RE: I drove an MGA yesterday/wonder whose it is? (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 09:02:03 -0400
- Right! and you NEVER exceed 55 mph on Long Island.....=20 Stolen cars, abusive behavior at car meets, Domenic Barbara and outright = lies.... you are falling apart Deutsch. Hell, next thing you know
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00087.html (6,933 bytes)
- 9. RE: First problem (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 09:24:24 -0400
- Hmmmmm, good point. We did go to silicone, but we rebuilt the master. = I will ask Ed what he did in terms of trimming. But, since only the = rear shoe hung up, wouldn't that indicate that the piston
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00151.html (7,310 bytes)
- 10. RE: MGA cooling (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 15:49:54 -0400
- I had an overheating problem in the 56 MGA which we just finished = restoring. First thing I did was put in a new 180 deg. thermostat to = (no flames, please, it worked!) slow down the water flow and
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00317.html (7,232 bytes)
- 11. RE: LBC abuse (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 10:44:46 -0400
- My wife gratefully accepted the MGA as her birthday present. She cut her hair short so the wind wouldn't mess it up so much, bought a = bottle of SPF 25 to protect from sunburn, bought a light jacket
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00436.html (7,657 bytes)
- 12. RE: LBC abuse (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 12:38:00 -0400
- She took it out the other day, clear sunshine, high 70's, low humidity. = Put 170 miles on it before I got home. Wanted me to wash it for = her..... yeah, right! If I can't drive it, I don't wash it.
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00447.html (7,727 bytes)
- 13. NEW !!! MGB (almost or sort of) (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 09:55:22 -0400
- Just got a flyer from Moss... They have soon offering a complete MGB = body shell, with 68-74 specs (which I think means chrome bumpers) = original press dies and assembly jigs were used and it comes
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00531.html (7,584 bytes)
- 14. RE: FEISTY WOMEN (was LBC abuse) (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 14:30:18 -0400
- Isn't it amazing that we all gripe about them, but end up doing whatever = they want! My bride (we have only been married a little over a year) = teases me about the MGA but down deep I know that she
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00566.html (6,795 bytes)
- 15. Gotcha, er Gotme! (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 07:19:37 -0400
- Ok, so the evening was cool and calm and it was a perfect night to take = "Zoe" out for a run. I got home around 6:00 and my wife said something = about going out to dinner and I said something about
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00567.html (7,281 bytes)
- 16. RE: Bead Blasting (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 16:14:38 -0400
- I just finished the restoration of a 56 and we bead blasted the entire = car. No problem. They bead blast airplanes all the time and they are = all aluminum. Just make sure you go to someone who know
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00030.html (6,589 bytes)
- 17. RE: slick 50 (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 07:47:01 -0400
- What I find most interesting is that Dupont has stated from the outset = that they do not approve of this use of Teflon and that they will not = honor any claim relative to engine damage as a result
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00074.html (7,097 bytes)
- 18. RE: Dare to be British, New Windsor, N.Y. info (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 08:37:32 -0400
- Weather permitting, we will try to make it. The new garage is being = delivered Saturday morning, before 9, I am told, so if that comes about, = we may get there before the show starts. If not, we wi
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00077.html (6,694 bytes)
- 19. RE: DPW? (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 09:40:18 -0400
- Dumb previous wife? Yeah, I got one of them!
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00081.html (6,844 bytes)
- 20. RE: DPW? (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 15:11:10 -0400
- I won't be hard to find, white MGA, big grin, gorgeous and smiling wife...(2nd)
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00100.html (6,833 bytes)
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