- 41. RE>Re- SOL identifiers (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 29 May 92 09:07:54
- Reply to: RE>Re: SOL identifiers Not particularly car-friendly unless you put it on a pennant on the aerial or something. ** Beware of pennants on aeriels! I picked up a vintage "MG CAR CLUB" pennant
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00651.html (7,844 bytes)
- 42. RE>VIN plates (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 29 May 92 13:17:43
- Older British cars used pop rivits which are easy to drill out and replace. ** On my MGA, the VIN plate was held on with convenient screws, and little nuts on the other side. - Jerry
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00672.html (6,902 bytes)
- 43. Electronic Rust Prevention (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 29 May 92 13:25:34
- Reply to: Electronic Rust Prevention Something like this is done with large underwater constructions, such as the San Francisco Transbay tunnel. Sacrificial electrodes are placed in the water at some
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00674.html (6,898 bytes)
- 44. RE>VIN number plates (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 29 May 92 14:22:51
- Reply to: RE>VIN number plates If the cops ever inspect the Clankster closely, I'm in trouble. Yes, the VIN plate is there. Yes, it's held on with the original rivets. But NO, IT DOESN'T MATCH THE PI
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00690.html (6,807 bytes)
- 45. Hidden locations for VIN nu (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 29 May 92 15:18:06
- Reply to: Hidden locations for VIN numbers On MGA's the second VIN number is located on the top of the passenger side frame rail separating the front floorboard from the middle floorboard. Of course,
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00691.html (6,738 bytes)
- 46. TR3 Steering Center Hubs... (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 1 Apr 92 10:56:30
- TR3 Steering Center Hubs... Has anybody else gotten the latest Roadster Factory flier? Looked at page 6? Noticed that they shall shortly have NEW TR3 STEERING WHEEL HUBS? -- WOW! -- These have been u
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00011.html (7,574 bytes)
- 47. RE>RE- coils and ballast re (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 1 Apr 92 15:30:02
- That's probably why the ballast is insulated in ceramic (low heat coefficient), as opposed to just electrically insulating it, which would be much cheaper. ** Ballast resistors are wound on ceramic c
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00018.html (6,924 bytes)
- 48. RE>RE- LBC's in tha commute (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 1 Apr 92 18:02:02
- Reply to: RE>RE: LBC's in tha commute Seen today in Santa Clara: An English Ford, the kind with the reverse-tilted rear window. - Jerry
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00023.html (7,535 bytes)
- 49. CLANK VI- Quality Woes (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 3 Apr 92 10:12:36
- CLANK VI: Quality Woes Got my cylinder head back from the machine shop last night. Sprayed it glossy black, and proceeded to install it on the block. New head gasket, of course, and all new head stud
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00070.html (7,870 bytes)
- 50. CLANK XII- BACK IT GOES! (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 6 Apr 92 15:58:50
- CLANK XII: BACK IT GOES! After yet another pair of 12-hour work days, the engine is back in the clankster. Naturally, everything took longer than I thought it would. For example, it took about four h
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00114.html (10,037 bytes)
- 51. CLANK XIII- Oil'er up! (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 7 Apr 92 13:18:19
- CLANK XIII: Oil'er up! A few nights ago, I had a strange dream. I dreamt that I had put my TR2 together, and went for a ride, stopping at the local convenience store. There I realized that I had forg
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00137.html (8,028 bytes)
- 52. CLANK XIV- VRRROOM! (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 9 Apr 92 10:27:16
- CLANK XIV: VRRROOM! Stayed up til 10:00 last night working on the TR2. Got up 6:00 this morning and CONTINUED working on the TR2. Got everything vital together this morning at 9:00. Primed the fuel p
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00161.html (6,828 bytes)
- 53. CLANK X1V- The Clankster Cl (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 14 Apr 92 09:46:36
- CLANK X1V: The Clankster Clanks Again This weekend I was tuning the TR2 up, and running it around the neighborhood, and I noticed a funny thing: it STILL CLANKS. ** ARGHHH!!!! ** So I guess this mean
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00258.html (7,950 bytes)
- 54. TR3 Brake Calipers (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 14 Apr 92 14:08:20
- It was late last night, I was tired... I was pulling a brake caliper off the Clankster. I started with a couple of the bolts at the edge. Then I realized that the actual bolts that fasten the caliper
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00289.html (7,467 bytes)
- 55. RE>EEZIBLEED (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 14 Apr 92 15:42:32
- Reply to: RE>EEZIBLEED You can get an Eze-bleed for FREE at the Roadster Factory this month; it's one of the premiums for the Winter parts sale. - Jerry
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00296.html (6,502 bytes)
- 56. TR3 Calipers Update (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 15 Apr 92 08:00:24
- TR3 Calipers Update Last night, I had a talk with my britcar mechanic friend about my TR2's Girling brake calipers. As you may remember, I had loosened two of the bolts holding them together, and was
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00313.html (7,120 bytes)
- 57. Tuning Zenith-Stromberg Car (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 15 Apr 92 08:21:28
- Tuning Zenith-Stromberg Carburetors Since rebuilding my TR2 engine, the carburetors won't tune right anymore. When I simply bolted things together, they were obviously running lean. Backing the needl
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00314.html (7,669 bytes)
- 58. CLANK XV- It just won't le (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 16 Apr 92 09:13:38
- CLANK XV: It just won't let go.... ...Of my pocketbook. Every time I think I've spent the last cent on this car it demands a little more. This time it's the disk brake caliper pistons. Just a little
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00358.html (7,324 bytes)
- 59. DOT5 with EEZI-BLEED (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 20 Apr 92 13:42:26
- DOT5 with EEZI-BLEED Has anybody had good luck bleeding brake systems with an "Eezibleed" and DOT5 silicon fluid? I tried to do this over the weekend and got strictly nowhere. The stream of tiny bubb
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00425.html (6,833 bytes)
- 60. LAYCOCK OVERDRIVES (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 21 Apr 92 14:11:15
- Reply to: LAYCOCK OVERDRIVES Actually, the Laycock overdrive is perhaps the pinnacle of man's achievement in the field of automotive engineering, or at least cool gadgetry. In particular, it is speci
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00470.html (7,090 bytes)
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