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41. Re: Hesitating/backfiring (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 15:21:46 -0400; This area I don't know but that never stopped me before. Could the symptoms suggest something like delayed vapor lock primed by the initial trip? Bill; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01484.html (7,317 bytes)
42. Re: Service Manuals (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:35:11 -0400; For the fixes I've worked on, I used Bentley's manual, Haynes, and have found interesting tid-bits in Lynch's Survival manual and Porter's book. Frankly, after I learned the language from those manua; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01603.html (7,742 bytes)
43. air filter for HIF I've replaced the Stromberg-Zenith with a pair of HIF's on my 76B and (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 07:30:38 -0400 (EDT); Unfortunately, for reasons I have no clue about, the rear filter is blocked from seating by the brake booster. I have three options at this point. 1. Ask you all if there exists a thinner air filter; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00324.html (7,442 bytes)
44. woodpeckers and fuel filters (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 14:50:56 -0400 (EDT); A while ago, a thread passed through here about fuel filters that sounded like woodpeckers. What was that all about? I replaced my fuel pump and the new one (Lucas new) sounds like a woodpecker altho; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00344.html (6,414 bytes)
45. woodpeckers and fuel filters-NO PUMP (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 16:14:42 -0400 (EDT); NO NO...fuel PUMP - that damned proofreader screwed up again!!!; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00348.html (6,827 bytes)
46. Re: Timing Light?? (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 10:14:32 -0400; I used my jumper cables. Bill; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00383.html (7,531 bytes)
47. Re: J-B Weld, is it really that good? (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 11:16:20 -0400; So Barnay, Would J-B Weld be good body filler for the Crack O'Doom until a real solution is attempted? Bill; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00639.html (8,655 bytes)
48. too lean (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 15:57:13 -0400; My carbs are running too lean: SU HIF's...how do I know...with the choke fully extended, the car drives quite smoothly without backfiring. Of course, that means the idle is going like a bat out of he; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00650.html (6,481 bytes)
49. timing info wanted (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 19:13:12 -0400 (EDT); Could someone fill me in with info re setting stroboscopic timing? The car is a 76B, engine 18V802AE with dual HIF's. According to Bentley for a 76B with a Stromberg-Zenith, ignition timing should b; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00691.html (6,914 bytes)
50. air filter for HIF Ok, let's clear something up. Someone at the NJ LBC car show this past (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 15:07:03 -0400; 1) is that accurate? While salivatating amongst the absolutely stupendous MGA's (and A-H's!) and the V-6 and V-8 MGB's, someone else suggested using the thin K&N filters with a paper filter that had; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00783.html (8,780 bytes)
51. Passing NJ emissions with a ... (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 14:59:37 -0400; The day is lovely. First without rain in ?a week? with rain predicted off & on for the long weekend (but George Clinton is coming to Philly on Monday and that is worth the trip in the rain!). With mu; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg01220.html (7,277 bytes)
52. RE: Fashion Gods Dictate Terminal Ugliness (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 22:30:50 -0400 (EDT); Why is that no one has mentioned the Tseries or the Caterham Seven or the original Super 7 for beauty and distinction? As much as I like my B, I'd still rather a Seven or a TF. Both just ooze style a; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg01266.html (9,105 bytes)
53. RE: Fashion Gods Dictate Terminal Ugliness (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 07:49:33 -0400 (EDT); But Larry, the Vega is one of the top 5 worst cars of the previous millenium according to Tom & Ray's poll. I didn't even mention the Chevette I had which was also in the top 5 worst, but I would def; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg01338.html (9,442 bytes)
54. question on alternator (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 17:36:46 -0400 (EDT); Went for a drive today with my significant other and just about at maximum distance from home, I heard a whirring noise almost like a table saw in the garage of a neighbor followed by the onset of th; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg01413.html (7,492 bytes)
55. Re: windshield repair (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 23:18:04 -0400 (EDT); I tried this system on a windshield defect and in my hands, it partially worked. Basically the trick is to create a vacuum in the crack so the resin is sucked into it. Obviously, if the vacuum is no; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg01427.html (7,884 bytes)
56. Autozone on alternators (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 09:08:07 -0400; Craig, where do you live? In my area of NJ (outside of Philly), your $65 replacement from Autozone is $85 which is still << than the Moss Catalog, but not all that much less than my local LBC dealer.; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg01438.html (6,344 bytes)
57. Re: Choosing a carb for a '79B (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:11:12 -0400; Hi Dave, The only thing I can tell you about having replaced stock ZS carbs with twin HIF's is i) it passed emissions without a catalytic converter ii) it sounds nicer iii) my wife said it is running; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg01541.html (9,007 bytes)
58. Re: Choosing a carb for a '79B (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 16:09:20 -0400; For 2 more cents, how about a comment about HS4's compared with HIF's?; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg01566.html (10,103 bytes)
59. Re: MG Car Company Sold Again (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 08:44:13 -0500 (EST); Better than that. I started checking my check book in anticipation. Uhg...and it is only 8:21am, 4-1-00.; /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00008.html (6,855 bytes)
60. Re: help with diagnosing carb settings? (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>; Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 12:52:44 -0400 (EDT); I did spend time with my carb on April fool's day. If all AFD were as good. I sat down with the SU Carburetters Tuning Tips & Techniques Brooklands Book (which I highly recommend based on the day's e; /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00055.html (11,824 bytes)

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