Hello Listers,
I took my bastard child MG out for the first time yesterday. It is a
'73 Midget with a Datsun 210 engine and 5 speed using various Rivergate
parts. The car is really fun to drive and I tried to make the Datsun motor
look English by painting the valve cover green and gluing a " Austin" ID tag
over the embossed "Datsun" on the valve cover. " Oh, you put the aluminum
head on your 1275" was a common intiial response followed by "What the heck
is this thing"?
Though I had idled the motor for hours while the car was in production,
it never overheated or boiled over until I drove it. I suspect the problem
to be the thermostat I never changed. I let it cool off while I read the
latest Sports Car Market, then drove to the grocery store before going home.
Then in my right-brained way, I forgot I had a problem and hot-rodded
around for another hour only to overheat again. I noticed right away and
shut if off, again... The car still runs great, so I don't think I hurt
anything... what a spacecadet!
Also,
My fuel gauge was pegged out so I unplugged the wires at the tank and it
is still pegged out. A short in between?
Ideas on my probems? No mental jokes, please.
SD Steve
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