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1. A TR3 thing. (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Mon, 9 Jan 95 00:54:04 -0600; Hello all - a belated merry Christmas and happy New Year. I spoke with my uncle the other day and he has a deal I may not be able to pass up. You see, he just purchased a TR3 and has since decided he; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00214.html (7,962 bytes)
2. I know I should know this.... (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 12:30:46 -36803936 (CST); Hi all! I hate to bother everyone with this, but could someone tell me how to change from digest to the other format for this list? Thanks a lot! Michael Chaffee mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00358.html (6,249 bytes)
3. Re: MGA Temp sensor line woes (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 13:37:24 -36803936 (CST); I won't guarantee they can help you, but Winner's Circle in OH says they'll gladly rebuild (including, if necessary, replace the sending line) the dual oil pressure/temp gauges in Spridgets. Unless; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00477.html (7,246 bytes)
4. Oil them? Let them oil themselves! (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 12:36:17 -0600; And if any of you out there doubt the efficacy of this, let me say that it appears to work. I was unintentionally involved in a test of this rustproofing method back when I had a VW Diesel Rabbit. T; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00717.html (8,408 bytes)
5. Fun with Midget! (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Thu, 26 Jan 95 11:47:00 -0600; OK all, I have a potential problem and my curiosity is aroused. At the last autocross of the season, the safety steward (who took FTDI in a very stock and very pretty '58 MGA), in teching (inspecting; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00900.html (8,174 bytes)
6. Re: Fun with Midget! (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Mon, 30 Jan 95 12:30:26 -0600; I must have missed something here... On Harvey, I just put a couple 2X4's under the spring seat, put a bottle jack on the 2X4's, ran it up until the spring was a bit compressed, unbolted, and eased; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg01058.html (8,071 bytes)
7. Re: Importing into US (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Mon, 30 Jan 95 12:35:14 -0600; Or you could do what my father did when he imported an Italian-spec '73 BMW: He paid about five or six different shops about $20 each for receipts showing that the improvements necessary had been do; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg01059.html (7,965 bytes)
8. The Jag-backing-up thing (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 23:03:53 -36803936 (CDT); When I read Roland's claim that the car's orientation relative to the Earth's magnetic field was causing the miss, I was at first skeptical. Actually, the coil-low-on-oil thing made so much sense I g; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00967.html (7,287 bytes)
9. Re:Biggest tires for a Midget (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Sat, 15 Oct 94 01:23:50 -0500; Assuming the rubber-bumper Midgets use the same wheels as the chrome-bumper ones, and assuming you have disc and not wire wheels, then my example is valid. I have Yokohama A-509 tires in a 185/60-13; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01007.html (7,501 bytes)
10. Re: Fuel Injection Question (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Thu, 29 Sep 94 00:04:54 -0500; Actually, most of the current systems are sequential; Bosch Motronic and GM systems I know are, anyway. As for the fuel-getting-distributed-on-port-walls problem, I think the best argument that this; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00776.html (7,405 bytes)
11. Rite of Spring or something. (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Sun, 8 May 94 16:36:16 -0500; Well, here at the lovely University of Illinois, classes have ended and finals have not yet begun. This gives me five solid days of study to bolster my sagging grades. So I went home and spent some t; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00191.html (11,221 bytes)
12. A Few Midget Issues (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Tue, 10 May 94 18:46:03 -0500; First, to the gentleman who suspects A-arm cracking, I can't say how to determine cracks without dismantling the whole thing, but on the bright side, the Spridget front suspension is pretty damn easy; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00257.html (7,708 bytes)
13. First autocross of the season, and my shame. (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Sun, 17 Apr 94 22:38:39 -0500; Well, the Champaign County Sports Car club just held its first two autocrosses of the season this past Sat. and Sun. And I was deeply thrilled (DEEPLY thrilled) to finally have a car to autox, a marv; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00392.html (7,395 bytes)
14. Weber Trumpets (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 14:03:56 -0500; Sorry, I don't know where one can find Weber trumpets, but I would not recommend stuffing a bit of foam in the trumpets. First, this probably will not filter very well, and will clog quickly. Second,; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00638.html (6,766 bytes)
15. Tyres - another done-to-death question, I'm sure. (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Mon, 25 Apr 94 16:53:34 -0500; Well! I have finally found time in my busy schedule to go and fetch Harvey the Mighty Midget (peep!) from its cold, dark barn. I intend to run in one autocross (I hope) and then spend the remainder o; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00686.html (8,173 bytes)
16. Midget Confusions (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Wed, 2 Mar 94 02:36:35 -0600; Hello all - Well, it's slowly approaching spring, and that means it's almost time to free Harvey the '74 Midget from its Rent-A-Barn and go to work. This should be a semi-productive season; I have a; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00028.html (9,141 bytes)
17. Miscellany (score: 1): Author: mchaffee@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu; Date: Fri, 25 Mar 94 14:28:46 -0600; A few disjointed thoughts. First, re: the Midget dizzy and EI conversions, has anyone tried a Bosch setup? A friend of mine installed a Bosch electronic ignition (magnetic timing trigger in dizzy sen; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00606.html (7,451 bytes)

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