You might check the bearing on the first motion shaft on the tranny. I
had a similar problem with my 74 several years back. Like to went nuts
trying to find it, til a friend while riding in the car, mentioned it
sounds like the input shaft bearing. Sure enough it was, which accounted
for the clutch shudder I some times experienced.
Hope this helps
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:00:05 -0400 "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
writes:
>In my case, the sound lasted long enough for me to raise the hood and
>try
>to find it only once. It sounded as if it were coming from the back
>of the
>engine, or front of the gearbox, and was just like the original post
>described it: like a coat hanger caught in the fan. It's the main
>reason
>I have driven the car only a thousand miles since last year, and most
>of
>that was on one 750 mile round trip. It happened on that trip about
>3:30
>a.m. 50 miles from home on the way out. Luckily, it lasted only a few
>seconds, and never returned. The other times it happened, from in the
>cockpit it sounded and felt like the gearbox. Didn't matter whether
>it was
>in gear or not, though.
>
>Steve Byers
>Havelock, NC
>'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
>'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
>'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
>Why can't they put manholes in the MIDDLE of the lane?
>
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>> From: Tomdamit@aol.com
>> To: byers@cconnect.net; healeys@autox.team.net;
>ingan@globalnet.co.uk;
>mgs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: MG Midget-Weird noises/accelleration-Q from a novice
>> Date: Sunday, July 13, 1997 6:34 PM
>>
>> Hard to say just what it might be with out actually hearing it but I
>have
>> experienced similar sounds twice. Both times, it sounded like it
>was
>coming
>> from the engine and I was able to confirm this as I pulled off the
>road
>and
>> raised the bonnet before it quit. Sounded like someone inside the
>engine
>> with a hammer! I thought I had a broken ring or valve or
>disintegrating
>> piston- it was that bad!
>> The first time, I had the car towed home from the side of the road.
>It
>sat
>> in the garage for a week while I cried about finances and why was I
>named
>> Ware instead of Rockefeller or Gates or something! Anyway, I
>decided
>> starting it up again couldn't hurt it anymore than it already was.
>The
>> hammer was still there but I remembered back to my GM car days and
>thought
>> ,"It could be a loose piece of carbon". I drove the car up the hill
>by
>my
>> house and came down in low gear. The vacuum and speed broke up the
>carbon
>> and it left as quickly as it came.
>> Second time was very similar but I decided to keep on going and it
>eventually
>> went out. Hasn't happened since.
>> This may or may not be your circumstance but it's my $.02 worth.
>Hope it
>> helps.
>
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