neil.cairns@virgin.net wrote:
>
> Wild Bill wrote:
> >
> > Hi, all. I signed on this list awhile ago and then had to leave to tend to
> > other things.
> > I have a '51 TD that's been stored under blankets in the garage for over 20
> > years now.
> > I removed all the coverings last week and was pleased to discover that it's
> > still there!
> > A new battery and fresh gas and it's running again (not driving,...as the
> > brakes need looking into).
> > I have a few questions about what I should be expecting (temp and oil
> > pressure mostly) from this car as I have no experience at all with any
> > other TDs.
> > When I bought the car it had been sitting in a garage for almost 10 years.
> > It needed paint and upholstery mostly. A friend of mine was in business
> > working on antique cars and I had him pick it up from the seller and take
> > it to his shop in SC. Life took some bad turns for him and, eventually, I
> > showed up at his door to find the car completely disassembled and in boxes.
> > (He'd taken it down to the frame and stalled there.)
> > I pieced the car together using an Abingdon Spares parts catalog and some
> > photos from a Moss motors catalog.
> > I got it all together, built a small trailer, and pulled it out here to
> > Oregon where we bought land but had no power or water for a couple of
> > years. Sometime later I got a garage up and moved the TD inside.
> > The car looks fine but I never messed with the engine as my goal at the
> > time was to turn the 'parts' into a car and make it transportable. It still
> > has the plugs and points that have been in it for some thirty years now.
> > (Seems to run pretty good, tho'.)
> > I'd like to pick the brain of someone with experience with one of these.
> > I would appreciate any private e-mail from a TD owner or tech.
> > Sorry for the long post.
> >
>
> Hello,
>
> My speciality is the XPAG/XPEG engines of MG.( Even wrote a book on
> them.)
>
> Neil Cairns. UK.
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