Listers: Can anyone help me out here? See original query.
Eric
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From: bk996@freenet.carleton.ca (Eric R. Stephen)
To: mgj2@globaldialog.com
Subject: RE: Ignition Timing
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 18:59:22 -0500 (EST)
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Hi John:
No response yet. Sorry I don't know the year of MGB the cover came off.
I'll contact the garage to see if they have any idea. In fact I'll see if
they still have my old cover so I can compare. Thanks for the response.
Eric
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>Hi Eric,
>
>I haven't seen any responses to your question. Do you know what year MGB
>the front cover and pulley came from? Were they from the same engine?
>
>I know that the late MGA 1600 MkII and the "early" MGBs used a cover with
a
>rubber seal and with timing marks that were identical to the earlier MGAs
>(3 pointers sticking down from the bottom of the cover). You should use a
>pulley from the same engine so the marks match.
>
>Another lister had a procedure for using the later MGB cover. It may have
>been that as long as you used a matching cover and pulley that the timing
>marks work fine. I cannot find the message in my files.
>
>Hope you got a few replys more informative than this one...:)
>
>John
>
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>From: Eric R. Stephen[SMTP:bk996@freenet.carleton.ca]
>Sent: Saturday, March 14, 1998 3:57 AM
>To: mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Ignition Timing
>
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>Just received my copy of A-Antics, what a great resource! While reading
>the section on timing, I realized that I have a problem. The manual
>indicates that I have to line up the "notch" on the crank pulley with the
>"timing mark". Here is my problem. When I had my engine out last fall, I
>relaced the timing chain cover with one from a B (better seal). Can
>anyone tell me if the timing marks on the B cover are in the same position
>as on the A cover? If not the same, is there a correction I can apply to
>identify the correct A positions on the B cover?
>Thanks in advance
>Eric
>1960 MGA 1600 Roadster
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