- 101. Re: Wooing Spouse's LBC Approval (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 08:52:41 -0600 (CST)
- I respectfully refer you to the 1974 1/2 MGB. -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer "last of the good ones" "they're not all Tuesday" Steve
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00502.html (7,929 bytes)
- 102. Re: What does MG stand for ? -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 15:08:09 -0600 (CST)
- Uh, Mark, can we chuck all these into an FAQ and shoot it towards the newbies as they enlist? -- Todd "I was a newbie once" Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00590.html (8,510 bytes)
- 103. Re: Is it cool? (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 14:10:50 -0600 (CST)
- They do. For the MGB, at least. If I hadn't run into that S-10 Blazer on the bridge, my car wouldn't be undergoing body repairs, and I'd have it here at work with me, so that I could walk right out a
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01055.html (8,245 bytes)
- 104. Re: Vacuum Advance (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 09:37:20 -0600 (CST)
- I tried this on my '74 (25D dizzy), and didn't get a BIT of movement. And I have fairly strong lungs (although most of the time they're BLOWING hot air instead of going the other way...). The unit wa
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01220.html (7,780 bytes)
- 105. Re: Electrical field effects (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:16:51 -0600 (CST)
- [ Sent to the entire MGs list, with my apologies to anybody for whom this is inapplicable, but I know several of you are guilty: ] Not to be nasty or anything, but can y'all cool it with these "Hear,
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01553.html (7,903 bytes)
- 106. Re: OK Next Right-Angle Drive question (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 09:38:01 -0600 (CST)
- My beloved '74 uses one at the tranny, with the cable connecting directly to the speedo. When I pulled the '72 dash, I was surprised to discover a right-angle drive mounted on the speedo; I thought i
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00580.html (7,158 bytes)
- 107. FS: MGA/Early MGB starter (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 13:14:31 -0600 (CST)
- A friend recently unearthed a surplus inertia-engaged starter. It fits the early MGB and all(*) MGA models. Email me if interested. (*) I am relatively MGA-ignorant, so I don't know if all MGAs used
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00593.html (6,612 bytes)
- 108. More is only better sometimes (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 10:04:07 -0600 (CST)
- Therein lies the yin and yang of it. Of the many methods mankind has used to scoot himself about over the years, nothing quite matches the rumble of a BIG 'murrican V8. Driving milady's Mustang ('65
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00654.html (9,465 bytes)
- 109. Re: MGB compact spare (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 10:19:23 -0600 (CST)
- Word is the Saab 900 compact spare has the same bolt hole pattern and almost the same offset - certainly within tolerance for a temporary spare. Not that I've tried it, personally... -- Todd Mullins
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01255.html (7,114 bytes)
- 110. Re: MGF Sighting in U.S. (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 10:07:33 -0600 (CST)
- Actually, no, you're probably dead right. No need for y'all to get excited over the fact that GM imported an MGF for testing and evaluation. Rover has stated time and again that the MGF will NOT be c
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01368.html (8,127 bytes)
- 111. Re: Compact Spare (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 10:51:14 -0600 (CST)
- ... but why would you do this? I thought the objective of this bourgeois quest was the liberation of a few cubic inches of boot space. Sure, a wheel that's two inches smaller in diameter will contrib
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01372.html (8,155 bytes)
- 112. Re: MGB lighting system & alternator upgrade? (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 10:53:10 -0600 (CST)
- Really? If you're running H4s, I *strongly* suggest you reach behind the dashboard and feel the wires at the lamp switch. When I switched to H4s (stock wattage - 55/60) my wiring was *very* warm to t
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00071.html (7,651 bytes)
- 113. Re: Headlight Legality (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:10:12 -0600 (CST)
- A few months ago I actually took the time to browse the US Code (via the WWW; I forget the URL...) regarding automotive lighting. It's overly detailed, but the skinny regarding headlights in today's
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00147.html (9,145 bytes)
- 114. Re: Making my car level. (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 09:28:22 -0600 (CST)
- Not too many actual answers to this problem, just a lot of silly windbagging. Anyway, my experience is that replacing the rear springs isn't the cure for this. I have brand new GT springs in the rear
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00363.html (9,737 bytes)
- 115. Camels (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 14:09:17 -0600 (CST)
- That's easy. They gave both of the camels to the Sheik just before the race. -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer in pieces "I could go at
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00584.html (6,725 bytes)
- 116. Re: Has anyone... (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 13:07:52 -0600 (CST)
- My mind fresh with recent correspondence, this seems a likely candidate for resleeving. -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer in pieces "I
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00860.html (7,144 bytes)
- 117. Parting out a '72 B... (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 16:15:54 -0600 (CST)
- I dragged home my very first parts car last weekend. It's a '72 B roadster that was shoved into a semi-enclosed barn in 1982 and left to rot. While rough, it has all of the fiddly bits intact. Even h
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00908.html (6,759 bytes)
- 118. Re: S.U.s or Webers (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 09:20:22 -0600 (CST)
- My HIFs have been stellar ever since I got the car (4 years ago). I'm beginning to think that the HIFs are much more stable over the long term than the HSs. Makes sense to me, what with all of those
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01171.html (7,978 bytes)
- 119. B weight? (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:52:19 -0600 (CST)
- How much does the (unladen) MGB weigh? The website lists "18.5 cwt"; what the hell is that? -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer in pieces
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01228.html (7,307 bytes)
- 120. Adding a fuel pump diode (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:24:45 -0600 (CST)
- Through various discussions over the years, I am aware of the evolution of the electrical system of the S.U. fuel pump, from nothing (points stick often) to condenser (points stick eventually) to dio
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01386.html (7,930 bytes)
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