- 61. Re: Flywheel Ring Gear (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 21:58:12 -0700 (PDT)
- ** Oh Yes. In fact, you can compensate for a worn crankshaft by rotating it 90 degrees before putting it back in. - Jerry p.s. :-)
- /html/british-cars/1994-07/msg00752.html (6,779 bytes)
- 62. Re: Polishing Aluminum. (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 06:16:39 -0700 (PDT)
- ** If you start by wet-sanding with 1200-grit sandpaper, and follow up with Mother's Aluminum Polish, you will attain a high sheen. If you finish up with Simichrome polish, it'll be like a mirror. BU
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00007.html (7,019 bytes)
- 63. Re: Steering Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 06:30:04 -0700 (PDT)
- ** PC-7 epoxy can be had at most hardware stores. I've got that steering wheel restoration book; it's excellent. - Jerry Kaidor
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00140.html (7,060 bytes)
- 64. Re: TR8 clutch, car show (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 06:52:23 -0700 (PDT)
- [...] ``Jerry, did you use a short-nap roller, or a big fat fuzzy one?'' - Jerry
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00151.html (7,303 bytes)
- 65. Re: triumph trident (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 19:42:53 -0700 (PDT)
- ** Yes, it's a motorcycle. From around 1975, I'd say. It has a three-cylinder engine. - Jerry Kaidor
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00726.html (6,867 bytes)
- 66. Re: another dread disease (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 06:00:30 -0700 (PDT)
- ** This is a principle I learned long ago: ``The less you pay for a car, the more you'll pay for the car.'' - Jerry Kaidor
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00817.html (7,730 bytes)
- 67. You know You're in deep when.... (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 21:15:44 -0700 (PDT)
- ** You know you're in deep when the traffic on British-cars seems inadequate :-). - Jerry
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00847.html (6,602 bytes)
- 68. Re: your mail (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 08:51:59 -0700 (PDT)
- ** Even with drum brakes, it's deemed desirable to keep a residual pressure in the lines, to keep the brake hardware "at the ready". Although the dual Lockheed cylinder certainly doesn't need it as
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00024.html (7,032 bytes)
- 69. Re: Acids/ Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 21:39:32 -0700 (PDT)
- ** I confirmed this once by (unintentional) direct experiment. In a bunch of SAE-5 hardware were a couple of hardened steel lockwashers. After an afternoon in my derusto bath, the nuts and bolts wer
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00071.html (7,575 bytes)
- 70. Re: The Wonderful Car and Bob's Clutch (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 20:40:36 -0700 (PDT)
- ** I did this once. On my Norton. The clutch cable had broken. I could make it home as long as I didn't stop. Oh, no! Red light! Here we go, round and round in the middle of the street! OK, light's g
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00264.html (7,739 bytes)
- 71. Re: Zen and the art of LBC's (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 17:45:26 -0700 (PDT)
- ** You know, this is eerie. "Zen & the Art..." is one of my favorite books ever. In fact, my copy is laying right over there on the floor. I think I've read it five or six times. Sometimes I just pi
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00439.html (7,318 bytes)
- 72. Re: Wives vs. Cars (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 17:26:03 -0700 (PDT)
- Well, _my_ wife made me get into the British-Cars stuff. I was just looking for a Practical Family Car. Well, maybe something sporty, like a BMW2002 or a VW Schirocco. Looking through the local cars-
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00573.html (7,078 bytes)
- 73. Re: HS6's From Volvo's for M.G. B's (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 06:31:13 -0700 (PDT)
- [...] ** The Colortune manual specifically prohibits running the thing under load. Seems that you can blow the little glass sparkplug out. As I see it, you have two choices: 1) Fiddle and diddle with
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00600.html (7,836 bytes)
- 74. Re: How Tight? (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 18:27:32 -0700 (PDT)
- ** That's OK. Better than the guys who just twist the damn nuts off. ``..... There's what's called ``mechanic's feel,'' which is very obvious to those who know what it is, but hard to describe to tho
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00633.html (8,380 bytes)
- 75. Re: New motor (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 19:51:31 -0700 (PDT)
- ** I tried that on the MGA; found I just didn't have the belly for it. To hasten the process, I backfilled the oil galleys through the oil pressure gauge hose. I remember there was a small funnel inv
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00638.html (7,362 bytes)
- 76. Re: Greg Meboe - Torque and Engineers (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 23:12:19 -0700 (PDT)
- ** I do have my doubts about those fancy "clicker" torque wrenches. I have more trust in the simple beam-deflection wrenches, because there's really nothing in them to go out of calibration, unless
- /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00393.html (7,222 bytes)
- 77. Re: the three B's (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 07:15:04 +0000 (GMT)
- ** I hope it works out thusly: BMW continues to make expensive toys for rich folk. Rover is relegated to a somewhat lower-scale market that BMW does not presently cover. The result of this could be
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00125.html (7,260 bytes)
- 78. Re: Scarborough Faire (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 21:17:36 +0000 (GMT)
- [....Deleted litany of Scarborough Faire Evil....] ** Gee that sounds just like Triumph Specialties in San Jose..! Are you SURE that's not Triumph Specialties? - Jerry -- ** * Jerry Kaidor jerry@tr2
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00393.html (7,517 bytes)
- 79. Re: Mouses vs. upholstery (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 22:33:31 +0000 (GMT)
- ** Oh, won't you be a proud parent! Just think, you'll come down to the garage one day and find the cutest little 2CV in the manger :-). - Jerry -- ** * Jerry Kaidor jerry@tr2.com, jkaidor@synoptics.
- /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00103.html (7,382 bytes)
- 80. Re: Toe-in guages (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 1994 19:34:13 +0000 (GMT)
- ** I've used the one that looks like a ruler with a pointer scale at one end. Works OK. The stands that you stand the ruler on are *really* flimsy. - Jerry -- ** * Jerry Kaidor jerry@tr2.com, jkaido
- /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00169.html (6,811 bytes)
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