- 41. Re: MGB jack (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 15:42:30 -0500 (EST)
- ...more good stuff I'm omitting about how sills and jacking points may have deteriorated so that using the original jack may not be a good idea. This reminds me of a technician I hired in Chicago who
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00854.html (8,517 bytes)
- 42. Re: Pulling engines (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 16:07:22 -0500 (EST)
- I infer that umr.edu is University of Missouri Rolla. You are therefore most likely studying engineering. We, on the other hand, have demonstrated time and again that we collectively have all the eng
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00856.html (8,793 bytes)
- 43. Re: MGB jack (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 10:54:09 -0500 (EST)
- As Churchill is rumored to have said when a censor circled a sentence in one of his speeches because it ended with a preposition, "This is obviously the work of an impertinent clerk, and is something
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00892.html (8,737 bytes)
- 44. Re: Address for Hemmings (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 11:54:42 -0500 (EST)
- I will take that one, since Hemmings is published near here. Hemmings Motor News P. O. Box 100 Subscription Department Bennington, VT 05201 USA There is a toll-free number for calls within the US. I
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00897.html (7,433 bytes)
- 45. Re: Oil Treatments on restored cars (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 17:42:03 -0500 (EST)
- I spent a lot of time trying to figure how to fit "anal retentive" on a vanity license plate--that would be worth $40 extra or whatever it is per year--but we're only allowed 7 letters. Even NLRE10IV
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00920.html (10,818 bytes)
- 46. Re: Oil Treatments on restored cars (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 17:45:10 -0500 (EST)
- Oh, yes, and you really should see "War of the Roses." During my divorce, Kermit was stored in my ex-garage at my ex-home with my ex-wife, and seldom a day went by that I did not think of "War of the
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00921.html (7,395 bytes)
- 47. Re: Bondo removal (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 17:48:03 -0500 (EST)
- Paint remover will soften it so it can be removed. If you are sure that heat won't distort the metal too much, a propane torch will soften it like old paint. Smelly, though, have a window open. Ray G
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00922.html (7,057 bytes)
- 48. Saab turbo and 007 (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 14:03:48 -0500 (EST)
- A friend (from England, in fact) drives a Saab Turbo 3 dr. He likes it because he can carry a dozen bags of bark mulch home at 90 mph. As 007 matures, such considerations probably have become more im
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00973.html (7,092 bytes)
- 49. Re: Oil Treatments on restored cars (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 14:18:48 -0500 (EST)
- She didn't hurt him. We had a lot of problems, but she isn't completely unreasonable. Besides, and this is a big besides, she and the courts regarded half of him as hers. I assume yours was not an am
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00975.html (8,305 bytes)
- 50. Re: Anal Retentive Vanity Plate? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 16:45:07 -0500 (EST)
- Anal re ten four?? No, I got it. Not bad. Not bad. Hmmmmm. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (8
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg01010.html (7,510 bytes)
- 51. Re: Fun with Midget! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 09:50:13 -0500 (EST)
- There's an easier way. Make 4 long "bolts" from threaded stock, available at hardware stores. Slip the springs through the holes in the lower A arms, and put the spring pans under them. Use the secti
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg01042.html (7,733 bytes)
- 52. Re: Anal Retentive Vanity Plate? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 09:52:16 -0500 (EST)
- If I were willing to accept almost there, the license plate would be a lie. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpo
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg01043.html (7,666 bytes)
- 53. Re: Spridget springs (was Fun with Midget!) (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 14:50:18 -0500 (EST)
- And Mr. Chaffee replied: I now rebut: How to do this depends in part on whether you have been through the neurotic anal-compulsive twit phase and have all your suspension bits painted with epoxy prim
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg01064.html (9,346 bytes)
- 54. Dehumidifiers (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 17:09:01 -0500 (EST)
- OK, folks. I got the Aircraft Spruce catalog, and it is neat. But in regard to the Goldenrod Dehumidifiers--does anyone know how these things work (or if they *do* work)? It says, "This compact, low
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg01074.html (8,198 bytes)
- 55. How many angels can dance on a box beam? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 11:01:12 -0500 (EST)
- Oh, damn. I haven't the faintest idea. But if I *were* going to do it, I would just guess at it and err on the side of making it much too strong. You want something that can stand on edge and be reas
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg01104.html (9,585 bytes)
- 56. It's not a &*%^&* MG!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 2 Dec 1994 16:09:51 -0500 (EST)
- Yeah, I sure think its great. We spend a kazillion dollars and hours getting a Bugeye or Humber Super Snipe just about perfect, and the great unwashed multitudes pull up along side and ask, "What yea
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00064.html (9,082 bytes)
- 57. Re: Californian Cars? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 15:45:27 -0500 (EST)
- Instead of "C," the lowest division on the temperature gauge is marked "Like Totally Cool" on true California cars. Ray Gibbons
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00155.html (6,881 bytes)
- 58. Re: diodes for spike supression on SU fuel pumps. (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 09:48:03 -0500 (EST)
- There is a short article on SU fuel pumps, including servicing, diodes, and capacitors, in the current issue of Chatter, the magazine of the Austin Healey Club of America. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecu
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00257.html (7,141 bytes)
- 59. RE: J.C. Whitney (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 09:50:31 -0500 (EST)
- This may not be quite correct; I think this impression may be a result of confusion deliberately caused by Whitney. A quarter century ago (I know I don't *look* as if I am old enough to remember a qu
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00258.html (8,292 bytes)
- 60. re: Cleaning/Degreasing (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 10:13:27 -0500 (EST)
- The tip Colin read would let insoluble material (e.g. sand) fall to the bottom of the water. However, most of the grunge is water insoluble, which is why we use organic cleaners. If the cleaner simpl
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00260.html (8,486 bytes)
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