Be sure to save all the parts so the car can be made right again someday!
Terry
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From: "Andrew Moyce" <amoyce@pol.net>
To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 1:59 PM
Subject: Alternator on a T car
> Anybody have any tricks for mounting an alternator in a TD?
> I got one from Jerry Felper, modified with the appropriate pulley
> and attachment for the tach drive, but mouting it on the engine
> has not been successful.
> First I drilled a new hole in the rear mounting plate that bolts to
> the block so I could thread a 5/16" bolt across the span, but the
> alternator body hits the engine front plate and won't allow enough
> inward rotation to attach the belt.
> The kit came with a drawing of an aluminum block machined to elevate
> the attachment point, but I don't have access to a
> machine shop.
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> Andy Moyce
> 52 TD
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> Originally From: "Bill Harkins" <bharkins@tfb.com>
> Subject: Restoration costs, was RE: TC Wanted
> Date: 08/18/2000 10:48am
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> You've confused me now. I will give you the chrome plating, but that's
> about all.
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> Back in Maine I knew a machinist who retired from Bath Iron Works and
> bought up most of the shop to take with him, because he was the only
> one
> who knew how the machines worked! Built his own shop and had erratic
> hours. Most of the time he was fishing. But this guy was a miracle
> worker. I have no doubt -- none at all -- that he could rebuild a car
> without buying a single part -- except for rubber.
> Your Renaissance MG Restorer presumably also raises pigs, does his own
> leather tanning and can then sew up the seats. I'm not sure how canvas
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> woven (by hand) but I also assume your Iron Works man also has such
> skills.
> On a more realistic note, one can spend several thousand dollars on
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> paint, upholstery and chrome before any mechanical work is done.
> How many MG TCs have you restored in the past few years?
> Bill Harkins
> Fallbrook, CA
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