Re: Intro

[George Richardson <gprtech@domain.elided>]

Frank, that's Richardson, not Robinson. :-)

FMags2@domain.elided wrote:

> Hello list; and thanks to George Robinson for steering me to it.  I'm a new
> Stag owner; bought it about 6 month's ago and finally started working on it.
> The PO had done some work on it, did 90% of a repaint and then it sat for the
> next 8 years or so.  So, I'm putting it back together; hope to have it up and
> running by May.  The car is a U.S.spec car, and I'm in Wichita, Kansas.  I
> also have a GT6 and a TR6 which I've had since the mid 80's and a bunch of
> other British iron; just another hopeless Britich car nut!  My Stag is turning
> out to be a bit of a jigsaw puzzle, so I'm sure I'll have lots of questions
> for the list.  Fortunately, there is another Stag in town that I can refer to
> for details, but the engine is out and the engine bay is where most of my
> questions are.  I'd now like to show my complete ignorance on Stags with the
> following questions:
> 1.  I believe that my car, LE12641UO, would be a late MkI?  I saw the postings
> on radiators today and wonder if I have the corect one.  It has a 12# cap on
> the RH side and an overflow bottle over on the L side on the frame.  Is this
> the correct radiator and cap?  The car has not run for about 10 years, so I
> don't know if it gurgles.  Any sounds emenating from the engine bay would be
> welcome at this point.
> 2.  On the top of the B posts there is a half inch diameter hole in the top
> cover with a small screw hole on either side.  There is also a green/white
> wire with a male spade connector coming out of the hole.  In a box of parts
> that came with the car, there are two sockets that fit in the hole on top of
> the B posts and the screw holes line up.  The end of this socket has a female
> spade connector with a green/white wire.  The socket does not appear to be a
> light socket.  Is this socket to engage a post from the hardtop to enable a
> ground for the rear window defroster circuit?  Did all Stags come with the
> switch and light on the dash for the rear window defroster?
> Thanks in advance,
> Frank Magnusson