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341. Re: 5 speed question (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (Bob Howard)
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 10:32:12 EST
For years and years, it was the practice to have top gear at 1 to 1. An overdrive unit was then bolted on in order to achieve the OD ratios, .87 to 1 or whatever. Making the top gear with an OD rati
/html/mg-t/1999-01/msg00005.html (8,263 bytes)

342. Re: 5 speed question (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (Bob Howard)
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 11:28:32 EST
I'll have to defer to greater expertise than mine to debate this further. My observations have always been, though, that one hears of an OD unit but not an OD rear-axle gear. BOb
/html/mg-t/1999-01/msg00007.html (10,309 bytes)

343. Re: 5 speed question (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (Bob Howard)
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 20:23:24 EST
I agree with your thought that these cars were designed for high revs per mile, but think that was not very important at the time they were built. When they were built, less than half the roads in E
/html/mg-t/1999-01/msg00017.html (12,815 bytes)

344. Re: Seat Slide Ass'y (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (Bob Howard)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 07:41:45 EST
The lower half of the seat tracks does set right onto the carpet. The bolts pass through the front end of the track. On the back of the seatback is a metal pocket into which one leaf of the hinge fi
/html/mg-t/1998-12/msg00042.html (8,660 bytes)

345. Re: Generator, application unknown (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (Bob Howard)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:22:50 EST
After posting the info abou my TD generator, I went into the WS manual and found this: " The Dynamo. Type The dynamo on early models is a Lucas Model C39PV, service No. 22257A. On later models a Luca
/html/mg-t/1998-11/msg00024.html (9,965 bytes)

346. Re: TD vibration (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 08:52:57 EDT
Hi Dave, After I replaced the rear engine mounts in my TD, a vibration was suddenly missing. My guess is that it was there for so long that I had become accustomed to it, but its absence is certainly
/html/mg-t/1998-09/msg00001.html (7,162 bytes)

347. Re: My old MG TD.....The Search (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:26:44 EDT
It's a long shot, perhaps, but a call to Harris Publishing, the company that did the NEMGT Register's directory in 1997, might reveal if they have the ability to sort their data base by car number,.
/html/mg-t/1998-09/msg00008.html (6,609 bytes)

348. generators & five-post regulators (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 07:25:48 EDT
I would appreciate advice on this problem. Here's what happened: We started out in the TD yesterday for a 65 mile drive. About five miles down the road, I-95 in CT, the ammeter suddenly jumped from
/html/mg-t/1998-08/msg00020.html (7,632 bytes)

349. Re: TD Help (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 20:36:58 EDT
Weak dampers or their being low on fluid, bent wheel, tire balanced but out of round, under or over-inflated tires. He's getting the engine revs up there at a true 60 mph. Do you know if he runs at
/html/mg-t/1998-08/msg00021.html (6,749 bytes)

350. Re: More TD help (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 21:34:11 EDT
Hi Pat, Moss may be giving him the correct info. The TD setup is unusual. Dave Raymond, NEMGTR #96, wrote this, which was printed in the April, 1990 issue of TSO: "Most TCs and TDs are running around
/html/mg-t/1998-08/msg00025.html (8,652 bytes)

351. Re: More TD help (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 07:29:15 EDT
Maybe so, maybe not. I don't know. Dave Raymond has worked on a few thousand more TDs than I have ever seen, and it was he who wrote the information that the editor of TSO saw fit to publish. Perhaps
/html/mg-t/1998-08/msg00029.html (11,275 bytes)

352. Re: TD Front Suspension (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 13:17:53 EDT
They go this way in my car too. In the illustration in the parts book, the one bolt showing in plate A fits this way. Bob '52 TD MkII On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:36:51 -0400 acace@juno.com (Richard W Wait
/html/mg-t/1998-08/msg00037.html (6,104 bytes)

353. Re: starter renovation (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 17:50:46 EDT
/html/mg-t/1998-06/msg00001.html (7,008 bytes)

354. Re: Bolt finish (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 11:11:18 EDT
Hi Russ, There are a couple of brands of "rust resolver" products that my meet your need, if you cannot find one that's specific to it. I'm referring to the liquids that are applied to rusty surfaces
/html/mg-t/1998-05/msg00002.html (8,059 bytes)

355. Re: reversing polarity (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 21:14:08 EDT
Hi Steve, The radio is the key to this question. Some radios, especially those that are 20+ years old, have a switch that allows you to select Pos or Neg earth. You will want to check the radio or it
/html/mg-t/1998-05/msg00007.html (7,049 bytes)

356. Re: TD Information (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 16:49:54 EDT
Hi Ron, My TD's engine came out a few weeks ago (perhaps you remember my call for help finding a crankshaft. I was able to bolt it up to the US style engine stand, though I was also worried about the
/html/mg-t/1998-05/msg00013.html (8,737 bytes)

357. CT MG Club (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 20:51:26 EDT
A reminder--the monthly meeting is Tuesday night, at the Ebb Tide, Yalesville (Wallingford). It's Rte 68 near Rt 5, the "old" place. Business meeting begins about 7:30, but the tall tales and adventu
/html/mg-t/1998-05/msg00016.html (6,450 bytes)

358. Re: TD Information (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 20:51:26 EDT
Hi David, I was thinking about how you modified the engine stand. In my case, the bolts with the stand were long enough to permit the mounting tubes to be bolted to the stand, and the flat part of th
/html/mg-t/1998-05/msg00017.html (8,050 bytes)

359. Re: TD manifold (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 08:41:51 EDT
Airborn Coatings, in E. Hartford, CT, did a nice job with aluminum/ceramic coating on my TD's manifold, $70 for inside and outside. Call Jinx (a guy) at 860-528-8281. Bob On Sun, 10 May 1998 06:15:0
/html/mg-t/1998-05/msg00022.html (7,233 bytes)

360. Re: Removing radiator from MGTD (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 07:29:41 EDT
Hi Jim, Those bottom nuts are tough to get at. I went through this a couple of weeks ago. For what it's worth, here's how I did it. Soak with liquid wrench Turn them off as far as you can Raise the r
/html/mg-t/1998-05/msg00027.html (7,452 bytes)


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