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1. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: Saabnutty@aol.com; Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 13:37:06 EST; Two years ago my uncle found and fixed a 1970 MGB for his nephew in Florida. It was ready to drive home in February of last year and when they got in it to drive from Colorado to Florida it was some; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00004.html (7,255 bytes)
2. radiator cover (score: 1): Author: "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>; Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:44:17 -0600; A second quick post while I'm thinking about it:-) It's damn cold here in NE Missouri and I think I could get more heat out of the heater of my daily driver (79B) if I installed a piece of cardboard; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00285.html (7,793 bytes)
3. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: <mjanacek@snet.net>; Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:45:54 -0500; Maybe mount it on the rear side of the rad? Airflow would still be blocked. '79B; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00294.html (8,259 bytes)
4. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>; Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:38:08 -0600; Larry Hoy suggested the same thing. Monte blocked. or or ruin with I -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date:; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00295.html (9,308 bytes)
5. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:32:00 -0700; Back when my 71BGT was my daily driver with a 52 mile drive to work (oneway) in northern Wyoming, I used a thin piece of cardboard. It just slipped in on one side of the radiator so it stayed in plac; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00299.html (8,818 bytes)
6. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:43:05 -0000; I wouldn't use cardboard. In the 70s it was popular to use aluminium foil ... until people found the edges shredded in the wind and blocked the air filter. I can imagine wet cardboard doing much the; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00301.html (8,795 bytes)
7. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:02:29 -0700; I used a sheet of cardboard that was more like posterboard, not the more common corrugated cardboard used in shipping. It never got wet but if it could, it likely would have just wrinkled up some. On; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00305.html (10,069 bytes)
8. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: "Bob Donahue" <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:53:20 -0500; How do modern cars regulate their temperature so well? They still have mechanical thermostats. Are the new thermostats that much better? The cars with digital readouts show they're holding the temper; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00310.html (10,374 bytes)
9. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:11:23 -0600; While my Altima warmed up to normal running temperature this morning driving it, my heater never got the car uncomfortably warm. Which is what I was going for. It was -9F driving in.; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00312.html (8,549 bytes)
10. RE: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: "Larry list account" <list@marketvalue.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:41:58 -0700; Bob, there is a computer between the coolant temp sensor and the gauge. They tell you what they want to tell you. Larry Hoy; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00314.html (8,018 bytes)
11. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:40:12 -0600; <<<Snip>>> How do modern cars regulate their temperature so well? <<<snip>>> I think it's more of the difference in radiator and cooling system efficiency. On older MGs designed for Britians tempera; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00320.html (8,152 bytes)
12. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:47:11 -0800; Just realised that I have not removing the lines when replying to the list so all my pearls of wisdom have not gone out. I drove my 1970 MGB GT through many Canadian winters. I stuck a piece of cardb; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00322.html (9,014 bytes)
13. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:49:00 -0000; As someone else has said they don't, the ECU is between the sensor and the gauge. The gauge only goes up if the ECU thinks the sensor is reading higher than a normal range. The RV8 has this feature,; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00343.html (8,453 bytes)
14. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:24:42 -0800; A trip to the hardware store would yield an appropriate-sized piece of 1/8" acrylic (Plexiglass) or 1/16" aluminum, either of which would be a non-self-destructing, permanent alternative, for very li; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00356.html (9,456 bytes)
15. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 22:30:38 -0600; I installed one today; a piece of 1/4 inch plywood cut to fit behind the radiator and clamped into place. I drove it 20 miles and it seemed to work fine. If it continues to work fine, I do have a pie; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00365.html (10,438 bytes)
16. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: MGBnutt@aol.com; Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:17:11 EST; My uncle in Colorado uses aluminum foil to cover his oil cooler in the winter. Easy to apply in the cold and easy to remove when it gets warm. donny v 1978 MGB; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00413.html (7,583 bytes)
17. Re: radiator cover (score: 1): Author: Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>; Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:57:22 +0100; I've seen this method being used in England in the seventies so many times. But then the foil was covered over the outside front - looked a bit amature like. Funny it never became a habit overhere in; /html/mgs/2004-12/msg00433.html (8,218 bytes)

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