- 121. RE>PAINT (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 20 Dec 91 14:46:25
- My old girlfriends father was a painter and decorator in UK. He painted her old boyfriends mini with good Dulux gloss and his paint brush. ** We had a family friend who did just that too! He was an a
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00507.html (8,482 bytes)
- 122. RE>restore (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 91 10:36:20
- When the time comes to strip the paint off I had hot tanking in mind[...] When time comes to rustproof, the rustproofing is unable to get into thoses places and will eventually rust. ** I would not b
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00522.html (7,140 bytes)
- 123. RE>thermostats... (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 91 09:10:31
- Reply to: RE>thermostats... Jim TenCate asks about thermostats: are all thermostats pretty much equal? Sounds like Honda's "two-stage" thermostat is meant to lessen thermal shock to the cylinder head
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00561.html (6,988 bytes)
- 124. RE>RE- Condensor-speak (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 1 Oct 91 10:47:22
- Reply to: RE>RE: Condensor-speak Um, if the capacitor is big enough, there can be enough charge in there to do SERIOUS BODILY HARM to the hapless toucher. Some of the really high-voltage caps can foo
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00012.html (7,214 bytes)
- 125. Electronic tricks (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 1 Oct 91 14:24:24
- Reply to: Electronic tricks Here's one I did once: I came in after hours and opened up my neighbor's VTVM. I wired a 100 ohm, 1/4 watt resistor across the AC input leads, just after the power switch.
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00026.html (6,515 bytes)
- 126. Dickn's Battery Bozo (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 2 Oct 91 16:35:52
- Reply to: Dickn's Battery Bozo It's very easy to convert those older britcars to negative ground. You just swap the battery leads, repolarize the generator, and swap the coil primary leads. I've done
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00052.html (7,095 bytes)
- 127. Re- Kingpin(rollpin) replac (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 3 Oct 91 16:07:23
- It's all arduous if not too complex do-it-yourself work except for installing the new bushings into the stub axle and reaming those bushings to the proper size. Pressing the new bushings in (and the
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00076.html (7,565 bytes)
- 128. RE>Re- Engine and gearbox (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 10 Oct 91 10:10:37
- Reply to: RE>Re: Engine and gearbox vib Don't TRs have a composition-board tunnel over the tranny? Seems I see the TR shops advertising plastic replacement part. ** TR4's and later have the compositi
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00163.html (6,726 bytes)
- 129. RE>Re- Puzzle from Joe Luca (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 10 Oct 91 12:03:33
- (Asbestos suit on.) This may be a totally stupid suggestion, but if the right and left blinker have diffrent connections or seperate blinkers, you might want to check the voltages going into the flas
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00168.html (9,478 bytes)
- 130. PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 10 Oct 91 13:35:44
- Yeah is is hard to belive what the proverbial "former owner" (aka "Meathead former owner") has done to cars. ** I once bought a nice little Datsun 1200 coupe from this guy. Shortly after buying it, t
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00176.html (8,259 bytes)
- 131. RE>Re- PREVIOUS OWNER BASH (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 11 Oct 91 14:34:06
- ** Wayne, I think that's the winner so far , with the arc-welded gray blob under the fuse block a close second. :-) - Jerry
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00215.html (6,690 bytes)
- 132. PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 14 Oct 91 08:56:38
- Reply to: PREVIOUS OWNER BASHING Folks, I think I have a new winner in the "P.O.B." contest. This is from my friend Dave. Once upon a time, Dave bought a E-type coupe. He found that the frame had bee
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00235.html (8,414 bytes)
- 133. The dumbest thing (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 14 Oct 91 13:54:55
- In retrospect the dumbest thing I've ever done was to drive the 50 miles with no brakes in rush hour traffic... ** Well, I once did something similar. Back in my college days, I bought a SAAB 96 for
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00251.html (7,074 bytes)
- 134. Superglue (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 16 Oct 91 12:03:20
- Reply to: Superglue Folks, I've had varying luck with this stuff. Sometimes it sticks like a bulldog, and at other times, it just sort of wets the parts. Kind of like trying to stick them together wi
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00289.html (6,691 bytes)
- 135. Measuring Starting Current (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 17 Oct 91 12:02:14
- Reply to: Measuring Starting Current There is a MUCH CHEAPER way to measure high currents, than the clip-over type probes that Pat discusses. The cheap way is called a "Meter Shunt". A Meter Shunt is
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00313.html (8,051 bytes)
- 136. COLOR TUNE NOT FIRING? (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 17 Oct 91 15:14:53
- Reply to: COLOR TUNE NOT FIRING? Shortly after I got my TR2 I used the colortune to tune it. The colortune showed me that cylinder 3 was not firing at idle. When I revved up the motor, cylinder 3 wou
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00320.html (8,207 bytes)
- 137. RE>re- Classic car auto ins (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 21 Oct 91 11:48:30
- Reply to: RE>re: Classic car auto insura You know, this whole classic car insurance thing really pushes my buttons. Last time I discussed this with my insurance 'droid, he told me that "stated value"
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00387.html (8,257 bytes)
- 138. RE>Re- Engine paint & colou (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 22 Oct 91 09:16:12
- Oops. Sorry about that, I've got engine on the brain... It's a 1975 TR6. ** Aw gee whiz, after I spent all last night looking up Oldsmobile engine colors for you! - Jerry
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00410.html (6,574 bytes)
- 139. RE>positive ground (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 24 Oct 91 09:36:28
- Also the book I read on converting it said, "though the original reasons for having positive ground are still valid ....." Well I'm just curious which reasons those would be? ** It's really simple, E
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00448.html (7,304 bytes)
- 140. WHY DO WE USE BALLAST RESIS (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 25 Oct 91 11:15:19
- Reply to: WHY DO WE USE BALLAST RESISTORS? Okay, this is going to be hard. I hope I'm not going to lose the non-engineering types on the list.... Jim Muller asks why we use a 6V coil and a ballast re
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00479.html (9,678 bytes)
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