Larry, don't have one apart now, but the heads of those bolts are under the
front shocks. Four bolts and you are ready to go. You can easily unbolt
the shocks to get at them without removing anything else. Glad to see that
the springs may work out.
James Nazarian
71 MGB Tourer
71 MGBGT V8
85 Dodge Ram
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <lrcar@red4est.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 7:57 PM
Subject: Spring mounts
> When I was looking for springs, I found out that you can get springs
> with a 2.5" ID in either 8 or 10" lengths very easily, in a wide
> variety of spring rates. Unfortunately, the spring mounts for MGBs are
> for 2.9" ID, and I'd need 9" for the ride height that I'm looking
> for. While I've got everything apart, I can see what it would take to
> make a spacer that would fit in the lower spring perch to raise it an
> inch and narrow it so that it'll take the smaller (coilover style)
> springs.
>
> Up inside the crossmember, where it is a pain to get to, is a
> centering disk for the top of the spring. It is held on by two bolts
> (that seem to go into the bump stop). Does anyone have a front
> suspension sufficiently disassembled that they could someone check on
> the spacing and size of those bolt holes? It should be fairly simple
> to make a sized down centering disc for the top, it's just a pain to
> tear the car apart enough to measure it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Larry
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