For what it's worth, I don't have a stayrod assembly in my car, either.
Didn't have it when I bought it, and now that I have a "generic" (BHM)
engine and a 77 transmission, I don't know if I could fit one anyway. As
I understand it, the purpose is to keep the fan blades out of the
radiator if (1) you stop short and the motor mounts fail; or (2) you run
into something at a low-to-moderate speed (at which point you have other
things to worry about). As long as your motor mounts are in good shape, I
wouldn't sweat it. But maybe I'm missing something?
Andrew B. Lundgren had this to say:
>As I get to know my B better I continue to discover that it indeed has
>a sorted past.
>
>Part of the rear engine mount seems to be missing. For those of you
>with a VB MG.37 catalog it is on page 93. It is depicted without a
>part number (bad sign) for my year ('70). Number 7 seems to be the
>same thing for the earlier models. I also don't have parts
>31,32,29,28,30, or the part of the crossmember (if that is what it is)
>that 28 mounts into, or the part that the stay rod would mount to under
>then engine.
>
>My main support looks more like the one depicted in the top right
>corner in that I have no part of this support other than a small hole
>in the crossmember.
>
>Is this a part that everyone gets rid of or was my DPO just a DPO? How
>much should I worry about getting one of these supports installed?
>(Looks like a junk yard search for just the right car....)
>
>Thanks!
>
>Andrew Lundgren
>Lundgren@iname.com
>http://www.itwest.net/~lundgren
>
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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