Let's see.
Radiator leaks
Stripped plastic fill plugs
Ruptured Tee radiator hoses
Leaking fuel pumps
Air leaks in the unique sized fuel feed hose
Oil leaks from the fuel pump mounting
Warranties on leaking fuel tanks
Dented oil pans
Front suspension shake
Clunking front shocks
Snapped lug studs
Snapped reverse gear pivots
Worn out laygears
Broken mainshaft circlips
Ripped driveshaft carrier bearings
Differential failure
Axles wandering out of hubs
Trunk lights that stayed on
Ignition switch failures
Coroded tail light sockets
Battery acid in the distributer
Leaking windshield seals
Ah yes I remember them well.
kelvin.
>
> Bill wrote:
> >The things that I don't like about the Marina are mostly the
> weak rear end
> and
> >transmission. But then I had the same problem with another
> very similar
> model,
> >the Riley 1.5. Stick a B engine in one of those, and you
> again have close
> to
> >MGB power/weight, but you also have an A series diff, with axles like
> celery
> >sticks if you drive hard. Other than that a different and
> interesting sort
> of
> >beast.
> >Unfortunately, the only B series rear end wide enough to fit
> is the MG
> Maggot,
> >and they are even harder to find these days than Rileys.
> >Bill
>
>
> To be fair the Marina was far from perfect and you nailed the
> main faults
> Bill. The tranny is common with the Spitfire and TR7 I believe and is
> somewhat weak. If you can live with an automatic the Marina
> was available
> with the Borg-Warner 35 (in my car) and this is a reliable
> proven unit.
>
> The rear axles have been known to fail. I think the main fault is not
> snapped shafts but the diff. pin dropping out of position
> from what I've
> been told. Again the rear end is common with the TR7 I believe.
>
>
> Fred Pixley
> Napanee, Ontario, Canada
>
>
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