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Bob, The 1500's have mechanical fuel pumos and the diaphram can get stuck if they sit to long and the gas dries out. You might take the top off and check before you replce it. Gerard "gerardchateau" 31825... MORE
Dear Listers, FWIW-Pictures of my MG obsession, McGee, are on my business site. Had too much difficulty with Yahoo to do it on the list site. If you're interested, go to the site www.webfootleisure.com, enter and click on the MG category on the bottom left. I'll leave the pix up till Friday when I turn on pay per click again. Can't h ave pool shoppers diverted with shots of my l lunacy! BTW-The car ran fine until the fuel pump gave up with less that 1500 miles on it. Decided it was a sign to get going on this... MORE
BTW, I also bought 3 K&N oil filters for $10. What are the advantages over other filters, other than the name??? Brad Fornal 31808... MORE
Of course it is possibale, $$$ talks. But then on the other hand, R.P.M. is R.P.M. what is being counted is the number of revolations of the crankshaft and you are trying to go from 4 cyl. to 8. Seems simple, contact a electonic tach manufactor/repair and they can convert from your dist. Most can also provide/convert your existing tach to electronic with the new 8 cylinders and have it in the original "Smiths" gauge. Bob, Troutdale, OR "Robert Webb" 31789... MORE
Listers - Does anyone know if it's possible to fit an early Midget dash into a 1500 Midget (75), my current dash is beyound repair and I really like the early flat dashs with the curvy lower edge? Will probably make one myself, but thought it might save time, if I could find one that is? What were the early dashes made from? Also is it possible to re-calibrate the existing Midget tach to use with a V8 engine? Later Rick B "Rick Bender" 31786... MORE
As regards flat or gloss, an old friend of mine visited the factory at Abingdon while they were producing rubber bumper cars and he said you could look down the rows of parked cars awaiting dispatch and pick out some that had distinctly more shiny bumpers than others, possibly due to different moulds being used. So it's your choice, but I think glossy looks better. However, the front and rears were actually different material, various sources say the rear is nylon (to resist fuel spills) and the front polycarbonate. This brings me to the point of this email -... MORE
I hope someone can give me some advice on this. Drivers school and race second weekend in June and I can't get the bloody running. I have a highly tuned (national level) race bugeye from the 70's era. Don't know the compression ratio, but probably pretty high, 12 to 1 at least. 4,000 to 7,000 rpm cam. 30 deg. advance. 110 octane race gas. champion n59g spark plugs. Electronic ignition box. No choke, just ram air intakes modifed hs2 carbs. Had it to a local brit car guru last fall and he tuned the carbs and set it up... MORE
Hi Ryan The heat shields are available new, I've just bought one for my car from my local MG spares supplier, Beech Hill garage! It's a pain to fit though, a real juggling act with the carbs.....why oh why are the carbs held on with nuts and bolts rather than having studs like an A series! Also it could be the petrol ageing the diaphragm, make you sure you buy top quality ones from a good supplier like Moss. I had three fuel Pumps go on my Beetle (bloody thing!) in 18 months due to this. James "James" 31721... MORE
Ryan Oh how I know how you feel... Check the oil in the dashpot, inside cap oh top of carb. Then remove the cover and check the rubber diaphram for any holes or tears. Either of these may cause the problem you are having. For now check the easy/obvious stuff first. Mike mk2sprite@... 31710... MORE
This car is both my love and my worst enemy. '76 Midget, single ZS All cylinders firing, all new plugs this afternoon. She idles fine and smooth, but as soon as i hit the road she revs fine UNTIL about 2800rpm, same spot every time, the rev nearly stops. No matter how far i push the accelerator, it takes nearly 30 seconds to rev from 2800 to 3200, and that makes for a lousey drive. The manual choke is wide open. It looks to be getting enough fuel in that the fuel filter and the screen in the fuel... MORE
Believe it or not, Dave... General Aviation as well as the airline biz has gone this way as well. It used to be a lot more fun. Now it's "regulated" (lawyered) to hell. Today's pilots are taught "approved "procedure" to the extent any "thinking out of the box" is going by the wayside. And even the smaller training facilities have become more "assemblyline" oriented. Even the local flying schools are being taken over by the "larger" businesses to the extent you don't even get the same instructor from session to session. Their response is "all of our instructors teach... MORE
Too late - it's already been done - John Cooper did it with a Mini, and the factory did it with a Mini Moke (Twinni Moke). Neither of them were that successful (probably because they only had 60 or 70 psi oil pressure) David PS why bother locking the rear steering? it'd be much more interesting having both ends steer, and none of that wimpy Honda 4WS where they only have a limited amount of lock at the rear! "David Jacobs" 31614... MORE
Why stop there, lets go all the way. There were several conversions in the '80s (I think Renault???) where they set up an unlimited rally car where they hopped up the front engine, front wheel drive, then built an identical engine/tranny drive and put it in the rear. Just connected the throttles and the shift linkage and clutches together. They locked the steering in the rear and presto. a 500 or 600 HP rocket ship 4 wheel drive rally car. And if you blew an engine, you could still keep on driving!!!!! So all we have to do is... MORE
Tuesday I was minding my own business, quite literally I was looking for a new site for a lumberyard in a community we don't have one. I decided to take a detour on my way out of town to look at job site we were supplying. This detour took me past the local General Motors dealer. There, in the used car section between all the Chevrolets and Buicks was a 1972 or 1974 (don't even remember the year now) MGB-GT. I made a prompt U-turn and went back to investigate. It started with about 35-40 pounds of oil pressure,... MORE
But the big boost will come from the Mata Fuel Injection. Bob, Troutdale, OR "Robert Webb" 31559... MORE
Hi As a sideline to the techy questions and to satisfy my curiosity...... I was just wondering what stories there are about how you guys came to be so into Midgets. They don't really seem like the first choice of car for the wide open roads out there. (or have I seen too many movies!?) I know that America was the main market for MG's since the TC and that they have a huge following over there, but why a Midget as opposed to say a Mustang or a Camaro? I'd love to own a Mustang, but trouble is... MORE
You would not have oil pressure of 400psi, a metro turbo oil pump with cold oil will only push a max of 130 psi. Maybe you are using a dry sump system that is not setup correctly. regards beckers 1330 "beckers" 31516... MORE
Some people actually do believe what we say on this list, ...no matter how far the tongue is inserted in the cheek..! I am going to re build my A series engine up to 2 liters and get 400 horse power out of it, including 450 psi oil pressure. Cheers, Bob in San Diego "Robert D. Gardner" 31550... MORE
Regularly seeing oil pressures in excess of 400 psi on my '71 - so I guess it must be braided, then. 8^) Steve "Steve and Sue Clark" 31495... MORE
Jim, My take on this is that it has become folklore. The original logic was: "it is a bad thing to buy and fit a second hand oil cooler - because you do not know the history, how or what it was installed on,which way round it was plumbed in, what oil was used, etc, etc". Probably good sound advice. "Guy Weller" 31493... MORE
Just want to say a big thanks to everyone who answered my post. As advised, I fitted a fuel pressure regulator yesterday. Early days yet, but it's purring like a kitten! It's never run so well. I was working on the car as I was thinking of selling it. It now runs the best it ever has and I'm starting to have doubts about selling it after all. I'm not sure I would ever have come up with this solution on my own. $21 and 20 minutes and it's a different car! Thanks again guys. Alan. "Alan Hearnshaw" 31486... MORE
But then nobody has mentioned that the braided hoses are very expensive. V.B. says their rubber oil cool hose have a working presure of 400 psi and the SS braided resist up to 2,000 psi. Bob, Troutdale, OR "Robert Webb" 31484... MORE
Hi Ben Don't forget that plain rubber hoses aren't just a rubber tube..... or at least they shouldn't be!! The standard hoses should have a sort of fabric mesh inside the rubber, a bit like the wires in a garden hosepipe to stop it expanding under pressure. I've never heard of a plain rubber oil cooler hose popping....if they did nobody would make them! BL fitted plain rubber to Cooper S Mini's, MGB'S and even Midgets (with the optional cooler)and they never gave any problems. James (President of the plain hose fan club) "James" 31482... MORE
The thermostat closes at 170 degrees F. Which means the rubber hose (engine to thermostat) will always be heated to 170 degrees, and the hoses from the thermostat to the oil cooler, sometimes. Rubber at 170 degrees is very pliable and any week spots which develop over time, will blow at the worst possible time and place. With the braided hoses, it will help keep the hose from expanding, forming a bubble at 70-80 lbs of pressure, and blowing a large hole. Replace them when you replace your radiator hoses and you shouldn't have a problem. I have 1500... MORE
'cause Robert... the oil filter isn't "100%" any more than anything else is. Why would you even want to take the chance of possibly introducing "abrasives" into your engine's lifeblood to begin with? Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 31477... MORE
