- 141. Re: leaded fuels (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:01:02 +0100
- As another has said lead provides the 'lubricant' for valve seats and faces to prevent recession, unleaded has none (in Europe at least) hence the availability of anti-recession additives, some of wh
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-10/msg00027.html (8,774 bytes)
- 142. Re: How crash-worthy is an MGB? (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:21:11 +0100
- Dunno about being T-boned but full fontal is (rotten sills permitting) very strong. The Chief Medical Officer for the MG Car Club meetings at Silverstone for some years documented a case where an MGB
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-10/msg00046.html (9,978 bytes)
- 143. Re: throw out bearings (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:03:17 +0100
- Eh? 'Castrol (sp) GTX' is an engine oil. /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send admin requests to majordomo@autox.team.net /// Send list postings to mgb-v8@autox.team.net /// Edit your r
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-10/msg00051.html (7,782 bytes)
- 144. Doug Powers, Black Tulip (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:02:17 -0000
- If Doug Powers, who emailed me about pictures of my Black Tulip roadster reads this, your mailbox is apparently not accepting any messages. PaulH. /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-10/msg00058.html (6,961 bytes)
- 145. Re: Heater valve (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:24:04 -0000
- I have to say that the OE valves on both my cars, and a recent replacement to the roadster, give the same output that Bob Munch achieved *after* his mod, and at a lower ambient. The internals differ
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-10/msg00066.html (9,483 bytes)
- 146. Fw: Paul Root, Black Tulip was Doug Powers ... (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:33:54 -0000
- Strike /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send admin requests to majordomo@autox.team.net /// Send list postings to mgb-v8@autox.team.net /// Edit your replies! If they include this trail
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-10/msg00069.html (8,718 bytes)
- 147. Re: Fw: Paul Root, Black Tulip was Doug Powers ... (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:13:21 -0000
- Funnily enough I though it looked Aconite from the back and Black Tulip from the front! A cut and shut, perchance? Only joking. Black Tulip reflects whatever surrounds it like a mirror, I suspect it
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-10/msg00073.html (8,644 bytes)
- 148. Re: Changing front springs (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 12:59:10 +0100
- It *is* a chore, and you don't need to do anything with the springs to change the bearings or vice-versa. If both are needed they would be tackled separately anyway, I can't really imagine going half
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-09/msg00015.html (9,075 bytes)
- 149. Re: electric door locks- MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:56:27 +0100
- There are kits around that include a clicker and are stand-alone but I used the motors from the MGOC as they were compatible with the alarm I have which already uses a clicker and I obviously didn't
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-09/msg00039.html (9,199 bytes)
- 150. Re: timing (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:34:28 +0100
- IMHO points bounce will cause the misfire and the high tach reading, but they should go above 6k before bouncing. Dunno your engine but the Rover V8 is remarkably tolerant to both retarded and advanc
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-08/msg00029.html (9,745 bytes)
- 151. Re: timing (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:26:32 +0100
- James - once under way I would have thought that incoming air pressure would have forced the exit of hot air anyway it could, like from the bottom even though that is contrary to normal convection, a
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-08/msg00033.html (11,188 bytes)
- 152. Re: timing (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:49:04 +0100
- Since the spray comes from the tyres contact with the road, which is 'inside' the arch, there is probably as much spray going further in as out. If you watch cars in the rain does not the water spray
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-08/msg00051.html (9,098 bytes)
- 153. Re: was timing, now Engine Compartment Hot Air Exit (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:56:45 +0100
- As someone else has said if you have air ramming in the front and going through the rad then an equal volume (minus the amount the engine uses) must be escaping from somewhere or the engine compartme
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-08/msg00052.html (11,450 bytes)
- 154. Re: Fan Cooling was Engine Compartment Hot Air Exit was timing (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:26:20 +0100
- As someone who runs a factory V8 I have seen mine idling in the red when stuck in traffic after a fast run in ambients in the high 90s. When the standard rad split twice in quick succession I took th
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-08/msg00060.html (14,577 bytes)
- 155. Re: Cooling! (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:47:12 +0100
- This can happen if the steam pipe between the left-side of the inlet manifold and the thermostat housing is missing or blocked. /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send admin requests to m
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-08/msg00067.html (8,411 bytes)
- 156. Re: Fuel economy and slipping clutch (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 09:50:13 +0100
- 28 American? That seems very high, most 4-cylinder users in America only seem to get that or less. I regularly got 27/28 from my factory V8 on a 70 mile commute over 90mph motorways and exuberant sto
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00014.html (8,145 bytes)
- 157. Re: Pertronics Ignitor (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:40:29 +0100
- 500,000 MGBs can't be wrong ... The usual reason for adding a white to the ignition wiring of a RB car is the fitting of an aftermarket ignition system and/or 12v coil by a PO. But the early RBs with
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00030.html (8,059 bytes)
- 158. Re: Water pumps, again (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:56:10 +0100
- Whether this helps or not I don't know, but the factory V8 rad inlet is top left (facing forwards) and the outlet (0i.e. pump inlet) is bottom right i.e diagonally opposite. Wouldn't a cross-flow rad
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00031.html (8,623 bytes)
- 159. Re: Water pumps, again (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:39:51 +0100
- Cost. They only got them when the V8 body shells were used for 4-cylinder cars because the radiator was moved significantly forward i.e. away from the engine fan. There is room to carry a small child
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00038.html (8,752 bytes)
- 160. Re: Points (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:27:46 +0100
- May I suggest anywhere in the UK? A typical price i.e. here http://www.99web.co.uk/jwautojumble_t/page2.htm#conta is #3 or less than 7 Canadian. bit from /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list //
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00039.html (7,847 bytes)
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