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Bob, Guilty as charged. On my BE, all of the slots on the screws that hold the aluminum tub trim have to be dead on horizontal. In places where nobody can ever see, I might use an odd fastener that doesn't match the others... but it will bother me when I do. Places that can be seen - I've written down on my shopping list to get one more stainless 1/4-28 bolt so that they all will match. Cable tie tails on wire bundles have to point in the same direction - even though they're cut off anyways. Hose... MORE
Bill, Fairly common fault. The selector fork wears and the result is that the 1st / 2nd gear moves a fraction too far along its splines and allows the spring loaded plungers to pop out, preventing the gear cluster from moving back as it should. Sorry, that is probably not too clear until you have dismantled the box to fix it! Cause is likely to be from "crawling" in first gear with your hand resting on the lever. One can often get it back out of 1st by pulling REALLY hard on the gear lever whilst driving. As you... MORE
Dear listers, Sorry for the No LBC content. This is sort of old but I know there are lots of engineers out there on the list and others who think like engineers. It made me chuckle so I pass it on. Cheers, Bob in San Diego Subject: UNDERSTANDING ENGINEERS 1. Two engineering students were walking across campus when one said, "Where did you get such a great bike?" The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took... MORE
This may be a stupid guestion, but could someone please tell me what light bulbs I should use to replace the front turn signals, the rear turn signals, the tail lights and the brake lights? Are they 1175 bulbs? Please help me I can't fined a match for the BMC part number. cheers, Chris "redfisher001" 30825... MORE
Queen Elizabeth and Dolly Parton die on the same day and they both go before the angel to find out if they'll be admitted to heaven. Unfortunately, there's only one space left that day, so the angel must decide which of them gets in. The angel asks Dolly if there's some particular reason why she should go to heaven, whereupon Dolly takes off her top and says, "Look at these. They're the most perfect breasts God ever created, and I'm sure it will please God to be able to see them every day, for the rest of eternity." The... MORE
Upon more progress on my 1500, I have discovered the keys have gone missing.. Last time I know I had them was just over 10 years ago now.. The door locks and the boot locks have been easily taken care of, as the number is stamped on them. The Ignition key lock is slightly different, although I do note there is a number stamped under the lock assembly, as opposed to cast into it, would this be a key number? or will I have to take the whole steering column assembly to a lock smith? if a real one... MORE
How can you test and see if the PCV diaphragm is good? I have two, one I KNOW will allow the car to smoke, when I gently blow on the tube that connects to the oil separator, it passes air out of the hole on the top plate. Another one that I just got, when I gently blow in the same orifice, it makes a sound like a quacking duck. Does either one of these sound like they are ok? I finally have the correct intake for the 68, as well as all the smog stuff. Call me paranoid,... MORE
Pre-rubber bumper UK spridgets (and US ones up to...?) had the same pressure switch - I've replaced it on mine after about ten years, so they're not totally reliable! One trick I someone told me was to pour boiling water then ice-water over the switch to free it up in case something had got stuck inside. This worked to some extent, but I thought it was safer to have the brake lights coming on before the car was standing on it's nose! David "David Jacobs" 30780... MORE
James... Anything you can do to "cool" a motor which is otherwise running at a normal temperature extends service life. Yesterday's petroleum oils got by on viscosity more than film strength. Today they get by on both, more or less, while synthetics go more with film strength than viscosity for superior lubrication, inclusive of their ability to maintain superior film strength at higher operation temperature than the most modern of petroleums. Oil which is "overcooled" does not perform as well as oil running at "proper" temperature...thus the oilstat. However, one must monitor the oilstat for proper operation and thus,... MORE
Just picked up a pair of doors for my 1500, one is different to the other and the two I had on my car. This door is a passenger side door and appears to have a second panel init under the door skin, this panel runs the full length of the door but only from the top of the door to about 2/3rds down, it's spaced about 5mm inboard of the doorskin, this is not present on the two original doors of my car and not present on the drivers side door that I acquired with it, any one... MORE
Although several strips of duct tape could be used over the larger openings a thought for a substitute for the original would be plastic coated contact paper such as was used to cover shelf's and furniture tops. Plenty strong enough as the function was only to keep dust, moisture and insects out of the interior door and window mechanism. Don "Don May" 30745... MORE
yes, that's the chappy - it shouldn't be flat though, it should have a slight dish to it to be a proper Belleville washer. The later E clip is probably cheaper as it does both functions of the Belleville washer (basically a spring) and the circlip combined. When you consider this cylinder was probably used on all sorts of different cars sold in their millions, a few pennies saved on the cost of parts soon adds up! David "David Jacobs" 30722... MORE
yup - all aluminium, so it's nice and light, and it WILL fit in a Spridget (just) - in it's later Rover 3.5 form, it has been done a few times. However, it's a larger engine, externally, compared to say a Ford or Chevy smallblock V8. http://www.mgcars.org.uk/midgetspriteclub/surrey/mightymidget.html Regards David "David Jacobs" 30721... MORE
David What's a Belleville washer? N "amukdigiphoto" 30702... MORE
What's wrong with this picture? My brake light switch failed on my '71 Midget, so I ordered a replacment from Moss. I start to remove the old switch (the neck of the switch is threaded and mounted in a threaded hole in the clutch/brake pedal box) by attempting to rotate it out of its hole........to my surprise (I should not be, being a Midget owner!) it won't rotate because of lack of clearance! Am I crazy, or is this: 1. Just something on my car only, or 2. One of those loveable (hateful) design glitches that make owning one... MORE
The original method of fixing *was* a circlip plus a Belleville washer. It's not clear when the change was made to the awful E clip, or even if that was ever a factory fitment or just on replacement cylinders. David "David Jacobs" 30677... MORE
Stewart With great difficulty! There's two ways of doing it - the safe way and the dangerous way! The safe way is as you're trying - to undo the bolts holding the spring seat into the wishbone whilst supporting the wishbone underneath on a trolly jack. If this is proving too hard - try the dangerous way - Support the wishbone on the trolly jack, undo the top kingpin trunnion bolt (that goes through the top kingpin trunnion and the arm of the shock absorber) and let the kingpin/stubaxle assembly drop down to the floor, whilst slowly lowering the... MORE
Hi there, Just signed up to this site. Last year got myself a '59 frogeye for a groundup restoration (definately not a runner!!). I think it spent its initial life in sunny Houston Texas before being repatriated to uk. It then apparently stood sometime before I got my hands on it. Anyway thats the history lesson. Taking it steady with the bodywork last year but getting there slowly (taught myself to TIG weld - a very neat way to weld!). I am spending time on indoor work because UK garages in the winter aren't fun - and I'm getting... MORE
Hi there, Just signed up to this site. Last year got myself a '59 frogeye for a groundup restoration (definately not a runner!!). I think it spent its initial life in sunny Houston Texas before being repatriated to uk. It then apparently stood sometime before I got my hands on it. Anyway thats the history lesson. Taking it steady with the bodywork last year but getting there slowly (taught myself to TIG weld - a very neat way to weld!). I am spending time on indoor work because UK garages in the winter aren't fun - and I'm getting... MORE
Nigel, pardon me for ignorence but where do those grease drenched felt washer for the handbrake mechanism go, is it inside the handle support? Jens Bill Strangely enough, I had planned on doing work on my rear axle yesterday, mainly to install the brake pipes but I had a few other jobs to do as well, such as re-installing the circlip that 'pinged' off! I had already bought two of the original type circlips for this and also bought some circlip pliers for the job. I have to say it was about a 5 second job to install those... MORE
I was wondering how many fastners the hood and tonnau on my 59 frogeye should have. They now have two at each side (back) but dont really fit that well, i have noticed on photos of other cars that they have 3 fastners on each side. If that's correct where should i fit my third fastner. Is there a pattern/marker avaliable for this. Jens "jens maudal" 30631... MORE
Bill, A couple of points that may help: The "E" -clip goes on with the open gap towards the bleed screw. There is a very slight groove between the axle casing and the back plate that allows the edge of the clip to fit the space between the wheel cylinder and the axle casing. There are various techniques. I have found that if you can get the edges of the 3 lugs just against the edge of the wheel cylinder casting and then put a large socket against and give it a "light tap with a heavy hammer" it... MORE
Bill, They are a complete b***h to get on but they do go. I think next time I wil l go with Frank's suggestion. I found it easiest to get the top part to hold first then spring the side legs round, but it is tricky as you have to avoid the bleeder and locating pin. Have fun with it ;) Duncan "Duncan Sinclair" 30630... MORE
some reason! I'd picked up a wishbone eye rubber bush and used that by mistake! Reassembled everything again, and this time was able to compress the bushes enough to be able to get the pin in far enough to line that groove up with the screw hole in the end of the shock arm - jeez what a pain in the posterior all that was! Moral of the tale - that top trunnion pin has a groove in it for reason and make sure you use the right top trunnion bushes! Nigel "amukdigiphoto" 30613... MORE
Hi all I have just bought my first MG having previously had Morris Minors and latterly Mini Coopers.She is a 79 1500 in vermillion. She was a little bit rough but generally solid with only 2 owners and 70,000 miles on the clock. Having coaxed it back onto the road (and through an MOT) she is now looking rather smart apart from the hood. The original vinyl has been replaced with an astonishingly expensive mohair one which has shrunk so much that I daren't put it up for fear of cracking the windscreen! They were made out of vinyl... MORE
