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21. Re: Body solder (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 19:17:18 -0800 (PST); ** Have you ever noticed how bondo cans always say ``Light-weight Body Filler'' or somesuch? Body solder is *heavy*. If you use a lot of it, you increase the weight of the car. This makes it slower,; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00677.html (7,902 bytes)
22. Re: British Cars Digest #1502 Wed Dec 28 01:15:00 MST 1994 (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 09:51:53 -0800 (PST); ** A few years ago, I did a project with Motorola's 68332 CPU chip. This was created specifically for automotive purposes, and there was a distributorless ignition system described in the app notes.; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00774.html (8,782 bytes)
23. Re: Spitfire Clutch Internal Spring (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 08:42:24 -0800 (PST); ** Funny, I've always found the clutch cylinders, both slave & master, to be a wear point in all of my cars. As a rule I have to replace `em because the bores are worn out. Somebody told me that peop; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00799.html (7,657 bytes)
24. Re: Engine color for an early '65 B (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1994 07:33:30 -0800 (PST); ** BTW, the MG engine paint that Moss sells has minimal hiding power. It's wise to prepaint the engine with a more pedestrian red engine paint, and then overcoat with the Moss stuff. I was somewhat d; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00823.html (7,243 bytes)
25. Re: TR6 ring gear (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1994 08:17:14 -0800 (PST); ** Me too! I've been driving the Clankster with a missing tooth out of the first-gear countershaft for about a year now. I think I've had four transmissions in the thing. The trouble has always been; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00825.html (7,581 bytes)
26. JC Whitney MGA top (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 20:35:53 -0800 (PST); Some 10 years ago ( has it really been that long? ) I obtained my `58 MGA. The car was, shall we say, in ``used'' condition, and I immediately started a complete trickle ( dribble? )restoration. Amo; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00038.html (7,411 bytes)
27. Re: Generator -> Alternator (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 17:14:10 -0800 (PST); ** You also have to reverse the primary wires to the spark coil! If you don't, the polarity of the spark will be reversed, and the car will run badly. It will stumble on acceleration, and in general; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00115.html (7,398 bytes)
28. Re: Non LBC related (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 07:46:32 -0800 (PST); ** Well, I never heard of ``maugre'', but _malgre_ means ``in spite of'' in French. I wouldn't be surprised to find a corruption thereof in Middle English ( shortly after the Norman conquest ). - Jer; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00156.html (7,199 bytes)
29. Re: Katana carbs (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 19:56:00 -0800 (PST); ** Sure. That's the carbs they use in BMW motorcycles. - Jerry Kaidor; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00397.html (6,849 bytes)
30. Re: The evil that POs (and British engineers) do (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 19:21:58 -0800 (PST); ** You must have forgotten the first step: 1) Remove Engine from Car. That makes it much easier :-). - Jerry Kaidor; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00421.html (7,431 bytes)
31. Re: Step 2: Gimme Shelter (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 00:01:58 -0700 (PDT); [...] Lawrence, That reminds me of the time I bought a Honda Goldwing motorcycle from a guy in Santa Cruz, which is about 50 miles down the Pacific coast from San Francisco. I went down there, did th; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00476.html (7,817 bytes)
32. Towing Without a Trailer (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 12:58:07 -0700 (PDT); All this discussion about trailers reminds me of a related project I've been thinking of: What about tow bars? I know they're verboten for cars with automatic transmissions, but both my LBCs have st; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00497.html (7,753 bytes)
33. Re: Lucas electrics (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 21:48:16 -0800 (PST); [...] ** I could add that one can ``fix it once and fix it right'', and not have any more electrical problems. I know its possible, I did it. Here's how I achieved electrical Nirvana with my `58 MGA:; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00750.html (8,937 bytes)
34. Re: TR Tyre Pressure (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 20:38:51 -0700 (PDT); ** Yes. Most recommendations I've seen tell you to run the fronts lower than the rears. Within reason, lower tire pressure = more rubber on the road = more stick. The idea is that when you push it to; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00156.html (7,308 bytes)
35. Re: [FRIENDLY-MAILER-DAEMON: Returned mail: User unknown] (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 18:18:02 -0700 (PDT); ** I thought the riding-on-the-right was a technique pioneered by Napolean, to confuse lookouts about the direction of approaching troops. - Jerry Kaidor; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00221.html (7,835 bytes)
36. Starting the Car in Storage (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 19:13:25 -0700 (PDT); ** On the other hand, it might not be a bad idea to turn the engine over with a wrench periodically. I did this with my MGA's engine, which sat on my garage floor for about two years. When I got it b; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00308.html (6,846 bytes)
37. Re: teleportation of brit-car parts (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 18:37:14 -0700 (PDT); ** My most memorable ``gotching'' incident: I was replacing the valve springs on my TR2; the valves were being held up by compressed air. I was amazed at how little air it took to hold the valves up.; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00406.html (7,179 bytes)
38. Re: Best Bodge Stories (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 09:38:02 -0700 (PDT); ** Old-time SOLs will remember how the hand crank saved my bacon when I was trying to troubleshoot the Clankster, my TR2. The car was making a nasty clank,Clank,CLANK when starting from a stop. I cou; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00447.html (7,801 bytes)
39. Re: DuPont DP-40 scare (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 20:01:23 -0700 (PDT); ** I'll say. For my money, DP40 is one of the best primers there is. Cures as hard as rock, completely waterproof, an ideal base for Imron or other polyurethane enamel. Possibly not UV resistant enou; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00656.html (8,107 bytes)
40. Re: RE sand blasting etc. (score: 1): Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor); Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 20:20:41 -0700 (PDT); ** This is something I've suspected one could do, but never tried. Bondo instructions always say ``Over bare metal'', but I always thought that DP40 would be a sufficiently strong base; surely just a; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00657.html (7,136 bytes)

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