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121. Re: From disc to wire wheels-shim question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 18:02:21 -0700; I would be inclined to treat this as an opportunity to "zero out" all your wheel bearings, starting from scratch with all new components. You probably wouldn't want to be digging back into this in a; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00220.html (8,100 bytes)
122. Re: Chrome at Home? was Re: [Fwd: Chrome costs -- ouch] (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 09:52:33 -0700; I've heard of kits for cadmium plating at home (that's the gold-colored coating you see on certain fasteners), and I imagine hobbyists do copper plating and even silver plating. But chrome plating is; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00241.html (8,700 bytes)
123. Re: Chrome costs (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 10:54:42 -0700; Car wax should do it.... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at ht; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00273.html (7,702 bytes)
124. Re: Carburetors for MGB (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 10:59:26 -0700; That would be a "no"... but you're right, it is a common mod, especially on RB cars. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00274.html (8,299 bytes)
125. Re: Manuals and other documents (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 10:57:47 -0700; Robert Bentley is the name of the publisher that has reissued the workshop manual and driver's handbook in a combined edition. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's th; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00275.html (7,471 bytes)
126. Re: tire wear (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:30:35 -0700; Weight distribution is pretty even on a GT, I think, but the fronts do most of the braking. If the fronts are wearing out really fast it may be a sign you have too much understeer. You should be able; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00312.html (8,136 bytes)
127. Re: MGB makes a pilgrimage! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:42:25 -0700; Not the same one? You mean you wore it out? <g> -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/major; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00327.html (9,300 bytes)
128. Re: mixture and octane (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:52:15 -0700; AFAIK it has nothing to do with mixture, just timing. It's not like the total energy contained in premium fuel is greater, it just has better anti-knock qualities (which I think has to do with flame; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00329.html (7,796 bytes)
129. FTM horror story (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:29:34 -0700; I don't know how many of you recall the story of "Finger-Tight Malcolm" which someone related on the list some time ago. Well, I just met the Mother of All Finger-Tight Malcolms. I was helping a frie; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00471.html (7,944 bytes)
130. Re: Speedometer ???? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 23:00:23 -0700; That seems way off. I would expect about 3100 at 60 in OD (IIRC). -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00484.html (7,377 bytes)
131. Re: Heater Core Removal (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:56:51 -0700; If you're talking about an MGB, you're not even halfway there... You have to undo the cable from the defroster knob, or at the flap end, if you can get to it. You have to remove the defroster hoses f; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00490.html (8,284 bytes)
132. Re: Carpet set recommendations (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:42:10 -0700; I know I've mentioned this before, but for the benefit of new listers, IMHO when dealing with roadsters it is prudent to avoid gluing carpet to the floors wherever possible. A little unexpected rain; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00511.html (11,334 bytes)
133. Re: Carpet set recommendations (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 18:55:46 -0700; I believe so. I know I bought a few when I did mine. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00518.html (7,727 bytes)
134. Re: Carpet set recommendations (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 18:57:58 -0700; I wish I had thought of using the rubber sills. They are the most likely part to get damp, and the carpet wears out really fast by your left foot, since there is no dead pedal. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GH; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00519.html (8,186 bytes)
135. Re: Carpet set recommendations (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:27:10 -0700; "Jute" is the non-foam pad crap <g>. It leaves a stringy, fibrous residue. Foam leaves, well, a foamy (?) residue... you know what I mean. Either way, it's a PITA -- and either kind soaks up water an; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00521.html (9,127 bytes)
136. Re: Distributor clamp nut and bolt (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 14:23:08 -0700; I would assume it is SAE -- I know I always use SAE tools on mine. But some PO could have replaced yours (or mine, I suppose). -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's th; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00554.html (7,604 bytes)
137. Re: Battery Box (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 18:51:49 -0700; Huh. So, when you put grocery bags on the rear shelf, do they fall in the holes? Does the carpet just flop over the openings? Do neighborhood cats accidentally short the battery posts when spraying?; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00560.html (8,365 bytes)
138. Re: Fuel Additive (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:54:15 -0700; Why do you think you need a lead additive? Real world experience seems to indicate that under normal street conditions these engines get by perfectly OK on unleaded fuel. IME the additives are (1) a; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00586.html (8,594 bytes)
139. Re: Fuel Additive (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 14:20:24 -0700; OK, I admit I was assuming that pretty much every B-series engine head out there had been rebuilt by now (more than once, probably), and thus had hardened seats. Rebuilding without doing the seats wo; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00590.html (9,824 bytes)
140. Re: Fuel Additive (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 14:17:54 -0700; Remember, that 98 octane figure is probably not using the R+M/2 method the US uses -- it's probably using the international method, and translates to about 90-92 US. I don't know what timing you're u; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00591.html (9,150 bytes)

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