On the '71 the motor was reigned in by a set of L brackets on the motor
mounts. They should be bolted to the engine side of the rubber and about
1/2 inch clear of the back side of the rubber. In a situation such as yours
and the engine starts moving forward these brackets will hit the body
portion of the motor mount and stop the engine from moving farther forward.
James Nazarian
71 MGB Tourer
71 MGBGT V8
85 Dodge Ram
----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Heim" <mvheim@attbi.com>
To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: Unintentional Off-Road Excursion
> This inadvertent forward motor movement is why they added the "stay rod"
> anchored to the tranny crossmember. I'm not sure which years it came on --
> my hybrid has the crossmember for it but none of the other parts. But then
> my 3-blader old school fan is a little farther from the rad.
>
> You might take a look under the motor and compare it with the drawings in
> the Moss catalog and the FSM. I have never been able to quite figure how
how
> it was supposed to work -- the best thing would be to look at an original
> installation.
>
> You'll have a good opportunity to examine all this while fiddling with the
> exhaust <g>. I would think that job would be generally straightforward,
with
> the usual fussing with rusty nuts, and twiddling to get it all lined up.
>
>
> on 5/15/03 10:43 AM, Bob D. at bobmgtd@insightbb.com wrote:
>
> > Had to make a panic stop in the B the other day. Coming over the crest
of a
> > hill, a car was standing still waiting to make a left hand turn. The car
in
> > front of me had to stop fast, which meant I had to stop faster. I locked
up my
> > brakes, and stopped in an impressively short distance. Fortunately no
one hit
> > anything. Unfortunately I skidded off the road a bit, and the terrain
was not
> > kind to my car's exhaust system.
> >
> > When I got home I found coolant leaking from three little holes at the
bottom
> > of the radiator. Evidently, the engine pitched forward, and the fan
blades
> > knicked three of the cores. (This was easily fixed with a bit of
solder.) The
> > radiator fan is plastic, which isn't original for a '71. And, there is
exactly
> > one inch of clearance between the fan and the radiator. Should the
engine have
> > been able to move that far? I inspected the engine mounts, and all seems
to be
> > solid. And, I can't make the engine move by hand. But, it still doesn't
seem
> > right that the fan could reach the radiator. Especially, since I didn't
> > actually hit anything.
> >
> > I ordered an exhaust kit from Victoria British. (I found the "kit" idea
> > convenient. I know I'll have all the parts.) Is the exhaust going to be
a
> > nasty job?
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