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281. Re: Was GT6, could be TVR!!!! Help! (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 10:50:00 -0400 (EDT); Can't help you on the car, but I fancy I can offer advice on spouses. Explain to spouse that divorce would most likely cost more than $8800 just for legal fees, never mind property settlement and ali; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00515.html (8,732 bytes)
282. Re: MG Museum Revisited (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 11:00:52 -0400 (EDT); Roger --> Gerry Trombone --> Horn Stable --> Barn (subtle distinction, except to Vermonters) Recommend the trip to anyone --> absolutely. This is one of the (or *the*) largest private MG collections; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00546.html (7,618 bytes)
283. Book reviews... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 13:02:45 -0400 (EDT); I am considering some book purchases. I'd appreciate opinions from those who have, or have read, any of them. I'm tired of $40 books that don't prove very interesting. Original Sprite and Midget, by; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00552.html (6,888 bytes)
284. Significant others (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 16:46:42 -0400 (EDT); Well, list, I dunno. All these stories of wonderful spouses and spousal equivalents depress me. My ex-wife had brief periods of understanding during which she would agree to my starting an automotive; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00567.html (8,529 bytes)
285. Re: Flex-Hones (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 17:37:36 -0400 (EDT); Interesting question. The mechanic who did my engine had all but about 4 of the mechanic's certifications available for Volvo mechanics, as well as 20 years working on lbc engines, and particular exp; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00667.html (8,794 bytes)
286. 4 vs. 6 cyl tach (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 09:40:19 -0400 (EDT); 25 or 30 years ago, I built a tach from instructions in Popular Science or Mechanics. I suspect the design is pretty much universal. As I recall, one picks up signals from the input to the points (co; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00687.html (7,672 bytes)
287. Re: 4 vs. 6 cyl tach (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 09:58:11 -0400 (EDT); Whoops. Or I suppose you could decrease the voltage of the pulses. The meter I built did have a switch for different numbers of cylinders, but it has been a *long* time since I built it. Ray Gibbons; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00689.html (6,786 bytes)
288. Re: Using New Bolts (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 09:50:00 -0400 (EDT); How close would I be if I hazarded a guess that he was selling bolts, fasteners, stuff like that? Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlingt; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00751.html (7,223 bytes)
289. Re: Using New Bolts (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 09:59:46 -0400 (EDT); I began to think about this. Torquing a bolt presumably elongates it, and the axial force clamps the pieces together. Details aside, I wonder if one is really concerned about the clamping force in mo; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00796.html (7,695 bytes)
290. The spirit is willing, but the flash is weak... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 15:42:53 -0400 (EDT); Cor blimey, list, there must be as many ways to wire turn signal indicators as there are automotive engineers. "Now, connect a wire from the X terminal to your right earlobe, and screw a christmas tr; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00807.html (8,946 bytes)
291. Re: TR6 engine confusion. Help! :-) (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 10:29:45 -0500 (EST); Uh... Amanda is pinging, dieseling when shut off, and has a fast idle, among other things. If she is supposed to have a vacuum retard, and it is disconnected, my (perhaps naive) reasoning is that tim; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00002.html (7,751 bytes)
292. Re: Midget just decided not to start (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 15:11:52 -0500 (EST); Dear Marcus, This will be rough because I am trying to write it in time to help. In regard to whether voltage is getting to the coil. Seems to me you should start at the plugs and work backward. Take; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00014.html (10,295 bytes)
293. Re: cars for sale (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 12:21:14 -0400 (EDT); ... Hmmmm, if it was Canadian dollars it'd be almost cheap enough to buy for winter use when the bugeye is stored. Would a 427 Cobra handle well on hard-packed snow and ice? Ray Gibbons Dept. of Mole; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00106.html (7,647 bytes)
294. Re: bugeye striker plates, etc. (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 15:11:44 -0400 (EDT); I encountered this, too, and at first thought I had welded the car together wrong. But the doors fit perfectly, so I realized that was impossible. Once my heart rate returned to normal, I took a hack; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00129.html (8,023 bytes)
295. Re: bouncing some more ideas around (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 11:10:19 -0400 (EDT); When everything else has been eliminated, whatever is left, however improbable, must be true (apologies to A Conan Doyle). Misfires under load, but not at same RPM under no load. One difference (amon; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00145.html (7,749 bytes)
296. Re: [Q] Bugeye Frame (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 15:09:38 -0400 (EDT); I worried about that too. But rest easy, the frame rails are supposed to be bent that way. I have heard a story, which might even be true, about an owner who stripped his bugeye to save money, prepar; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00233.html (8,037 bytes)
297. Don't give them Spit... (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 16:15:03 -0400 (EDT); it all and I believe that there is no import duty on british-made goods being reimported to their country of origin. My impression from reading 3-4 british car mags per month for several years is tha; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00241.html (8,528 bytes)
298. Re: Relatively scarce bits for Mk.IV Spit sought (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 17:55:59 -0400 (EDT); When my son bought his house, I found a couple of rusty bolt-on wire wheels in the weeds. I gave them to a very knowledgable british car mechanic (since gone). He was convinced they were for a Spitfi; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00246.html (7,325 bytes)
299. RE: Torqueing Head Bolts (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 09:30:31 -0400 (EDT); This doesn't sound right to me. Assuming the extension is at right angles to the handle along the axis of the nut or bolt being torqued, I cannot see what it would have to do with anything. I have ne; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00283.html (7,176 bytes)
300. Re: US victims forced to buy UK sports cars (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 09:56:34 -0400 (EDT); Dear Paul and fellow british car fans, Please don't get all bent out of shape. It was said in jest, complete with a smiley. I even have a friend who thinks the Austin America was a great car. He's pr; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00285.html (6,970 bytes)

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