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HOLY SMOKE ! FOR MANY YEARS, I HAD LOST THE TRAIL OF THE PRECIOUS CLOUDY MIX. FINALLY. ANOTHER CHANCE TO 'BREATHE THE SMOKE' OF A LIFE-TIME... GROUP....THIS STUFF IS FAR SUPERIOR TO ANY EXOTIC 'SNAKE OIL' YOU MAY HAVE SNIFFED.... I'LL BID EARLY & OFTEN FOR THIS AUTOMOTIVE PANACEA.... CHEERS........ mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com wrote: There are 25 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. RE: first drive From: "John Patterson" 2. Brake bleeding From: "Peter Roberts" 3. RE: RE: inspection plate screws From: "John van den Boorn" 4. Re: first drive From: johnsrode@aol.com 5. Re: RE: inspection plate screws From: "1939mgtb" 1939mgtb@comcast.net> 6. Re: Moss Supercharger on TC From: "Rothgene Roth" 7. Cool car From: "gmbubb" 8. Re: Moss Supercharger on TC From: "Gene" 9. Speedometer - identifying original From: "mavicator" 10. Re: Re: Moss Supercharger on TC From: "1939mgtb" 1939mgtb@comcast.net> 11. valve to tappett clearance From: "Dr J" 12. Re: Speedometer - identifying original From: "Steve S." 13. Red Leather Seat "kit" Needed From: BDavis 14. Re: Speedometer - identifying original From: Jennifer and Hugh Pite 15. M.G. MEETING IN CHICAGO AREA From: jerrycihak@aol.com 16. Re: Re: Moss Supercharger on TC From: joecurto@aol.com 17. Just a test, sorry! From: "mavicator" 18. Re: Speedometer - identifying original From: "mavicator" 19. Re: Speedometer - identifying original From: Charles Hill 20. RE: Re: Moss Supercharger on TC From: "Gene Gillam" 21. Water temperature. From: Liz Harris 22. Repair source for supercharger From: "apreshke" 23. Correct replacement for TC from Lucas From: "Terry Horlick" 24. correct link...? From: "Terry Horlick" 25. RE: correct link...? From: "fnitz" ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:42:37 -0400 From: "John Patterson" Subject: RE: first drive Hi Gang, Yesterday I took 7025 for it's first spring run. Drove about 150 miles at 50-60mph and it ran great. 60-70 psi oil pressure and 70 -75 C. On the way home I had the headlights on and the amp were -10 for the whole hours drive home?. It runs +8 on start-up and settles in at about +2 shortly and stays there all the time without the lights on. Why would the amps not return to the + side after a while with the headlights on? I have a sealed beam conversion from Moss that i put on the car in 1962. -----Original Message----- From: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jim and Shirley Mink Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 7:52 AM To: mg-tabc Subject: Fw: [mg-tabc] first drive

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim and Shirley Mink" To: "Ross MacPherson" Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] first drive > Small people are always fasinated by my TC. After carefully examining the > car they always start out by saying "the steering wheel is on the wrong > side", to which I always reply "no, its on the right side". This usually > starts a discussion of the car's origins, why the British drive on the > other side of the road, why I have such a neat car etc. Hopefully at > least some of them will remember and eventually become interested in > preserving one of these great cars. Jim Yahoo! Groups Links ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 10:37:33 -0400 From: "Peter Roberts" Subject: Brake bleeding Hi Folks! I am still working on my brake mystery and thought I would pass along some good news. For those who have yet to become acquainted with the trials of one man brake bleeding, let me introduce Speed Bleeder. They are well known to the racing community, but new to me. Speed Bleeders replace the bleed screws in your wheel cylinders. The are built with a ball and spring mechanism that provides a one-way valve. Open them a quarter turn with no concern for allowing air to bleed back into the system. Thus, you can get behind the wheel and push the brake pedal without the need for a Trusted Assistant to open and close the bleed screw. On TC 0604 the correct size to order is 7/16 X 20 for the front cylinders, and 5/16 X 24 for the rears. Go to www.speedbleeder.com for details. They are nice folks and very helpful. Gosh, it is a pleasure to recommend a good product, even though I have no connection with the outfit. _Peter ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 16:39:49 +0200 From: "John van den Boorn" Subject: RE: RE: inspection plate screws As far as I know C&C parts in Baarlo (the Netherlands) has them in stock. It is a company specialised in brake-parts. They always have a stand at Silverstone near the Octagon Club. >From: "Bob Grunau" >Reply-To: >To: "David Lodge" >,,, >Subject: RE: RE: [mg-tabc] inspection plate screws >Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 08:34:53 -0400 > >Hi David, >No I don't. Moss appear to have them and quite reasonably priced. The studs >are 3/8" BSF. I have used 3/8" "wave washers" and standard 3/8" BSF nuts. >The wave washers have a larger OD than standard 3/8" lock washers. As long >as the wheel hub does NOT contact the nuts, no reason why you can't use >standard nuts. > >Re the transmission inspection cover screws, these were originally 6.0 x >1.0 mm thread , flat head , slotted, screws >Bob Grunau. > >Hello Bob, > >Do you sell the wide spring washers and skinny nuts which secure >the brake drums to the hubs? > >Best, David > > Rick and Tom, > > The gearbox uses metric threads. You will find those > > inspection cover screws > > are standard 6 mm x 1.0 mm pitch metric threads. There > > are no Whitworth > > screw in the gearbox and almost none on the car. > > Bob Grunau > > > > Tom, > > I measured mine and it appears to be a Withworth 6mm x > > 11mm x 1.016 thread. > > > > Rick Storms > > > > - > > Good Morning group! Does anyone know the proper size > > of the screws that > > hold the bell housing inspection plate in place? > > Thanks, Tom, TC 2850, > > disassembled > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Direct antwoord op je vragen: gebruik MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 11:00:20 -0400 From: johnsrode@aol.com Subject: Re: first drive It is my understanding that if the headlights go on and stay on, you're ahead of the game; my ammeter (if that is what it really is) fluctuates quite happily in a similar fashion and yet the car starts the next day - go figure? John S. Rode -----Original Message----- From: John Patterson To: Jim and Shirley Mink ; mg-tabc Sent: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:42:37 -0400 Subject: RE: [mg-tabc] first drive Hi Gang, Yesterday I took 7025 for it's first spring run. Drove about 150 miles at 50-60mph and it ran great. 60-70 psi oil pressure and 70 -75 C. On the way home I had the headlights on and the amp were -10 for the whole hours drive home?. It runs +8 on start-up and settles in at about +2 shortly and stays there all the time without the lights on. Why would the amps not return to the + side after a while with the headlights on? I have a sealed beam conversion from Moss that i put on the car in 1962. -----Original Message----- From: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jim and Shirley Mink Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 7:52 AM To: mg-tabc Subject: Fw: [mg-tabc] first drive ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim and Shirley Mink" To: "Ross MacPherson" Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] first drive > Small people are always fasinated by my TC. After carefully examining the > car they always start out by saying "the steering wheel is on the wrong > side", to which I always reply "no, its on the right side". This usually > starts a discussion of the car's origins, why the British drive on the > other side of the road, why I have such a neat car etc. Hopefully at > least some of them will remember and eventually become interested in > preserving one of these great cars. Jim Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 10:29:43 -0500 From: "1939mgtb" 1939mgtb@comcast.net> Subject: Re: RE: inspection plate screws That's the beauty of the situation. Use what you like. I found a lot of SAE coarse thread bolts and nuts on the TB when I first stripped it down. Someone had a Ace store nearby.... Best, Ray "Much can be achieved with a smile. However, much more can be achieved with a smile and a gun." ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian thomson" To: Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:07 AM Subject: Re: RE: [mg-tabc] inspection plate screws > Hindsight tells me you are right Ray but it seems > strange to fit a special part when it wasn't > necessary. Or maybe that is hindsight too. > > Ian Thomson > > > --- 1939mgtb 1939mgtb@comcast.net> wrote: > >> *The originals were indeed half nuts ****I find they >> strip too easily**** so why did the >> factory not use them? >> >> Because the short nuts only locate the drum. >> They do not stop it from jumping off the car. >> You need only snug the nuts up so the lock washer is >> compressed. >> That way you don't strip them. >> >> Best, >> Ray >> >> "Much can be achieved with a smile. >> However, much more can be achieved with a smile and >> a gun." >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "ian thomson" >> To: "David Lodge" ; >> ; >> ; ; >> >> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 4:33 AM >> Subject: Re: RE: [mg-tabc] inspection plate screws >> >> >> > Hi David. I use full size nuts on my brake drums. >> > The originals were indeed half nuts but I find >> they >> > strip too easily, are difficult to find and anyway >> > full size nuts do not foul the wheels so why did >> the >> > factory not use them? >> > >> > Ian Thomson >> > >> > >> > ------- >> > >> > --- David Lodge wrote: >> > >> >> Hello Bob, >> >> >> >> Do you sell the wide spring washers and skinny >> nuts >> >> which secure >> >> the brake drums to the hubs? >> >> >> >> Best, David >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- >> >> From: "Bob Grunau" >> >> To: "Rick Storms" >> >> >> > >> > ,TMcNam4510@aol.com,mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com >> >> Subject: RE: [mg-tabc] inspection plate screws >> >> Date: 4.6.2005 - 20:06:20 >> >> >> >> > Rick and Tom, >> >> > The gearbox uses metric threads. You will find >> >> those >> >> > inspection cover screws >> >> > are standard 6 mm x 1.0 mm pitch metric >> threads. >> >> There >> >> > are no Whitworth >> >> > screw in the gearbox and almost none on the >> car. >> >> > Bob Grunau >> >> > >> >> > Tom, >> >> > I measured mine and it appears to be a >> Withworth >> >> 6mm x >> >> > 11mm x 1.016 thread. >> >> > >> >> > Rick Storms >> >> > >> >> > - >> >> > Good Morning group! Does anyone know the >> proper >> >> size >> >> > of the screws that >> >> > hold the bell housing inspection plate in >> place? >> >> > Thanks, Tom, TC 2850, >> >> > disassembled >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> mg-tabc-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ___________________________________________________________ >> > Save time, find those important emails with search >> capabilities for >> > scanning your inbox and folders. >> > Get Yahoo! Mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> > mg-tabc-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with > voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:02:45 -0700 From: "Rothgene Roth" Subject: Re: Moss Supercharger on TC I removed the gasket from the cap and that solved my problem. Gene Roth ----- Original Message ----- From: D&J Edgar To: TABC Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: [mg-tabc] Moss Supercharger on TC Bob Davenport is a new TC owner and a new member of our group. As he lived fairly close to me, we set up a meet to look at each other's TCs and get to know each other. His stunning TC has a Moss supercharger on it and I noticed that the carb piston damper cap was rubbing on the bonnet. In fact it was rubbing so much that the brass cap was worn down on one edge almost all the way. Has anyone else who has installed the Moss supercharger had an interference fit like like this? Were you able to solve the problem? Please reply to the whole group so Bob gets the answer too. Thanks in advance, David Edgar, TC 5108 El Cajon, California Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 17:57:24 -0000 From: "gmbubb" Subject: Cool car I can also confirm that here in SE England local school children rate the TC as a "cool car". We have decided that it is a happy car in as much as it always makes people smile when they see it. I'm not so sure about it's present day "hoovering" capability, maybe the fluff is put off by the age of the driver! Gordon TC0847 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:42:01 -0000 From: "Gene" Subject: Re: Moss Supercharger on TC Listers, Speaking of the Moss supercharger...does it come with a boost gauge? If not, what is being used for one? Is there a T-type gauge that's available? And if so, where can they be obtained. Thanks, Gene Gillam Saucier, MS ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 9 Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:55:42 -0000 From: "mavicator" Subject: Speedometer - identifying original Is there a way to tell if this speedo is an original part or a repro? Thanks! http://www.lbcnuts.com/temp/tcspeedo.jpg ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 10 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 15:18:18 -0500 From: "1939mgtb" 1939mgtb@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Re: Moss Supercharger on TC Oh, Gene, You know you are going for max boost! Just let 'er rip! Best, Ray "Much can be achieved with a smile. However, much more can be achieved with a smile and a gun." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene" To: Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 2:42 PM Subject: [mg-tabc] Re: Moss Supercharger on TC > Listers, > > Speaking of the Moss supercharger...does it come with a boost gauge? > If not, what is being used for one? Is there a T-type gauge that's > available? And if so, where can they be obtained. > > Thanks, > Gene Gillam > Saucier, MS > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 11 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:21:51 -0400 From: "Dr J" Subject: valve to tappett clearance my mechanic needs the valve to tappett clearance thanks DR J tc6993 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 12 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:23:25 -0700 From: "Steve S." Subject: Re: Speedometer - identifying original The back is metal. Is that the only way to tell? If the face is so close to the original that it they can't be told apart then I'll skip replacing it with an (expensive!) original. Thanks so much! - Steve S - TC8975, LA, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "1939mgtb" 1939mgtb@comcast.net> To: "mavicator" Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Speedometer - identifying original > Is the back made of Bakelite, or pot metal? OE were Bakelite. > Best, > Ray > > "Much can be achieved with a smile. > However, much more can be achieved with a smile and a gun." > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mavicator" > To: > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 2:55 PM > Subject: [mg-tabc] Speedometer - identifying original > > > > Is there a way to tell if this speedo is an original part or a repro? > > Thanks! > > > > http://www.lbcnuts.com/temp/tcspeedo.jpg > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 13 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:58:24 -0700 (PDT) From: BDavis Subject: Red Leather Seat "kit" Needed Hello Listers, Is there anyone in the membership with a RED leather seat "kit" (squab and seats) that you've removed but not tossed out? ...Or you are about to remove them for your restoration and the old leather is 'almost' too good to throw out?? I'm not talking about foundations for the squab and seats - only the old leather. If so PLEASE reply off list. Thanks, Bill Davis Nashville, TN __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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