Monthly Archives: October 2011

Fully Involved

One of the basic diagnostic tests which is familiar to almost everyone is the cylinder compression test.  Anytime compression pressures run within a range of 10% between the high & low cylinders everyone is happy.  Sometimes, however, we’re looking for … Continue reading

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Hot Sports Sedans of 1957

Way, Way Back before there was a BMW M3, the British Motor Corporation  was already very busy building performance sedans for sporting motorists who now placed as much importance on having four doors as they used to  on a slick … Continue reading

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A TD ‘ONDELAWN’

Sunday, after visiting the “Cars & Coffee” at Kringle Candle in Bernardston, Massachusetts, I trundled down to Austerlitz, New York in my MGC  to check the coolant strength in another  MG which I thought might be a taddy-bit low.  From … Continue reading

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Absolute Secrecy About Final Drives

Outputs: If you’re tuned into New England you know that the leaves are turning on their colors and even starting to  drop off.  In a similar fashion we have much going on around here these days. Last week started off … Continue reading

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