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181. Winter Rebuilds (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:04:58 -0600
I just finished rebuilding the A's generator. I replaced the front and rear bearings and the brushes. I also had to reinforce the paper insulator between the thru bolt and the wire connecting the fie
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00989.html (8,492 bytes)

182. A good weekend (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 17:12:02 -0600
Friday afternoon the sun was out (rare for Minnesota this year) and the snow was gone. I had a ton of work to do so like any model employee, I took half a day vacation and got the MGA running. I have
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg01394.html (8,569 bytes)

183. MGA superiority, long strokes, RBB stuff, Fergussons, Venolia (score: 1)
Author: William Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 21:23:24 -0600
I appreciate the pontification but I don't know if I deserve it. I am simply following the Call. Although I haven't seen a post yet, I am sure Bob Allen is foaming at the mouth and drooling on his ke
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00023.html (9,085 bytes)

184. Different Strokes (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 17:15:35 -0600
Oh, the agony of the digest! All of these interesting threads and I can't participate in real time. Well, I can still bore you all a day or two late. I haven't done the math lately nor will I since m
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00447.html (9,244 bytes)

185. Vega engines (score: 1)
Author: William Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 21:06:55 -0600
Worst engine ever? The Vega block used an aluminum that was loaded with silicon. The cylinders were honed to expose the silicon and the pistons (iron plated) road on the silicon, not the aluminum. Th
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00493.html (7,087 bytes)

186. Superchargers (score: 1)
Author: William Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 21:52:00 -0600
Sick of me yet? I am between projects at home so, once again, the list get punished ;-) Supercharger is the generic term for any device that forces air into an engine above atmospheric pressure. Supe
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00494.html (10,135 bytes)

187. Shocks as travel stops (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 16:52:26 -0600
Telescopic shocks are the travel stop on virtualy every leaf spring solid axle car made in America. I had an international Scout (great little truck, by the way) where I snapped both bottom eyelets o
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00616.html (7,454 bytes)

188. Re: Shocks as travel stops -Reply (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 08:41:08 -0600
Bob and others, I am sure that every car is different on how well the springs limit travel on a leaf spring car. I suppose that once the shackle lines up with the spring, you would run out of length
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00645.html (8,938 bytes)

189. Cam Timing (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 14:24:45 -0600
<<<< I have just installed a performance camshaft in my new engine, and it hasno guts. I have been told it is the cam timing, so I puchased a degreewheel. I have installed it on my car and it is set
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00820.html (9,285 bytes)

190. MG keeps quitting (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 11:08:43 -0600
You may want to try to run it without the gas cap. I have had this problem before when the fuel tank is not vented properly. If the problem goes away, you can probably buy an older vented gas cap to
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00958.html (6,867 bytes)

191. Adjusting valves, power loss (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 13:05:40 -0600
To know when you are at top dead center, remember that on a four cylinder engine, the middle two cylinders (2 and 3) come up at the same time as do the outer two cylinders (1,4). I roll the engine un
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00970.html (8,286 bytes)

192. Rear Seal Leak (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 16:20:07 -0600
I believe what makes seals go is that as they get old they get hard and don't move much. As your enging gets old the bearings get looser so the crank moves around more. The old seal can't compensate
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg01168.html (7,034 bytes)

193. Octane rating, Leaded Valves (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:42:13 -0600
Not to be a Cliff Claven or anything but: The octane rating of a fuel is based on the formulation's performance in a special one cylinder engine with variable compression ratio. The rating system got
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg01371.html (8,656 bytes)

194. Passing gas- an exhaustive study (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 13:04:20 -0600
I have been watching this thread for a while and have now decided to pitch in with my two cents. I have simplified quite a bit in this diatribe so it isn't perfect but is does show trends and orders
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg01530.html (10,796 bytes)

195. Re: Passing gas- an exhaustive study -Reply (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 16:29:18 -0600
Now gaseous combustion But remember, petrol goes in not as a gas but as a vapour, which is technically particles of liquid suspended in air. The liquid petrol is MUCH more dense than the gas exhaust.
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg01543.html (11,147 bytes)

196. Getting the B to fire (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:06:37 -0600
I have been reading your trials and tribulations getting your B to awaken from the dead. I too have spent many frustrating hours trying to get a motor going. Sometimes it seems that divine intervent
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg01604.html (9,775 bytes)

197. Welcome fellow MGA'er (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 08:36:43 -0600
Welcome to the group! As you have probably found out be now we are an unruly bunch held together be a common interest. You will also find that as an MGA owner, you have and extra responsibility to u
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg01720.html (7,378 bytes)

198. MG Styling and "Retro" (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 11:51:09 -0600
What has gone on before: <<<<<<I bet that in three or four years retro will be retro and all those cars will look well out of date. The MGF, on the other hand, has timeless lines, rather like the 911
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg01736.html (10,572 bytes)

199. MGA distributor Q (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:54:14 -0600
Last week I finished my big home improvement project for the winter (hanging a suspended ceiling in the basement) and to celebrate I pulled the MGA's distributor. The vernier timing adjustment was fr
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg02041.html (7,905 bytes)

200. MGA Distributor rebuild (score: 1)
Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:03:15 -0600
After some deliberation, I decided that I am not patient enough to go through some treasure hunt for a new set of distributor springs. I cleaned and relubed everything with various wonder lubricants
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg02224.html (7,235 bytes)

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