On May 10, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Rick Lindsay wrote:
> Hello Friends,
> Shipwright's disease has set in at casa Lindsay.
> Alas, I shall explain.
> About a week ago I reinstalled the newly rebuilt SU
> carbs on my '70 MGB. I cleaned, refinished and
> lubricated the accelerator cable then reinstalled it.
> Upon reconnecting the choke cable I discovered that
> there was no 'continuity' between the cable and the
> handle in the cockpit! The handle pulled off in my
> hand with no cable attached. Okay, no big deal. I
> have a new choke cable assembly in the parts box, left
> over from previous MG repairs. I decided to just
> change out the inner portion of the cable. Then I
> realized that the outer jacket is ugly. So why not
> change the whole assembly? As I began to examine the
> things that must comm off and out to reach the choke
> handle mounting nut I realized that access would be
> easier with the console binicle removed. That got me
> thinking about refinishing the dash. That got me
> considering the instruments and switches, all of which
> are dirty and discolored. That got me thinking about
> rebuilding the instruments, etc.. Pretty soon, I was
> removing the steering wheel ring for better access to
> the dash. I then decided that I needed to restore the
> steering wheel. Sooooo, the disease had by then, a
> solid hold on me. Now my interior is disassembled and
> the steering wheel is on the workbench being
> completely restored. FWIW, I still haven't replaced
> the choke cable. :-o
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Hmmm, seems like you've been down this road before, Rick.....! ;-)
Dan D
The Garden State
'76 MGB Tourer - Driver - "On the Road Again....!"
'65 MGB Tourer Project - Yep, still is....
'04 Audi A4 1.8T q MT-6 - quattro, baby!
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