- 21. RE: TD Throw Out Bearing (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 22:43:31 -0300
- Hi Bill, My experience has been that they don't work well. Nothing wrong with the old carbon thrust IF you have a return spring to pull the carbon thrust clear of the clutch when not in use. My TC ca
- /html/mg-t/2001-05/msg00050.html (6,891 bytes)
- 22. RE: 52 Transmission Rear Seal (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 20:22:23 -0300
- An even easier way is to use a tapered drift with the OD same size as the housing ID, wood or metal. Install the seal in the houising and then force the drift through the seal from the inside of the
- /html/mg-t/2001-05/msg00057.html (9,404 bytes)
- 23. RE: 52 Transmission Rear Seal (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 22:26:36 -0300
- Hi Lawrie, Sorry, First you need to install the seal in the housing groove with screwdrivers or whatever as you described. Then use the tapered drift to enlarge the seal ID instead of trying to use s
- /html/mg-t/2001-05/msg00059.html (8,380 bytes)
- 24. RE: Distributor ID (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:17:25 -0300
- Hi Bill, 1953 MG TD. The shaft is shorter as the late TD did not use an external clamp but only the side bolt. Bob Does anyone know what a distributor with numbers D2A 40368A DA37>253 might belong in
- /html/mg-t/2001-04/msg00026.html (6,596 bytes)
- 25. RE: Dieseling/ Timing (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 08:06:34 -0300
- I did last week on a 48 TC, battery was flat. Out of interest when was the last time anyone started a T-Type on a crank handle anyway. Paul Fulton 1955 TF1500 /// /// mg-t@autox.team.net mailing list
- /html/mg-t/2001-04/msg00041.html (7,550 bytes)
- 26. RE: Oil filter caution (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 09:27:35 -0300
- Hi Bill et All, Good point, I have have found no spring at all in a filter can serviced by a DPO. He ruined a new engine rebuild because of unfiltered oil getting to the bearings. I can supply a mode
- /html/mg-t/2001-04/msg00071.html (8,401 bytes)
- 27. RE: Circlips for Girling dampers (shock absorbers) (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:27:43 -0500
- Hi Carl, Core plugs, 1 1/8", are readily available at my local auto parts store, and cheap. If you get a source for the clips holding the pistons together, let me know, I could use a few. Bob -- I fi
- /html/mg-t/2001-03/msg00041.html (7,404 bytes)
- 28. RE: Oh yes, to tube... (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 07:33:22 -0500
- Hi Scott, In addition to the reason given below by Peter, another reason for inner tubes is that the wheel rim is connected to the center by rivets. These rivets can leak air as the wheel was never i
- /html/mg-t/2001-02/msg00034.html (7,243 bytes)
- 29. RE: The Sacred Cow-Concours (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 20:20:25 -0500
- Hi David, I too have been looking for the elusive YL5 paint code for my 1949 MG TC. The colour for the TC is Sequoia Cream ( later Ivory ?). I found a match by giving various manufacturers codes for
- /html/mg-t/2001-01/msg00064.html (8,458 bytes)
- 30. RE: Christmas was a Success (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 07:52:52 -0500
- . After much searching I found an original mix of YL5 in the back of my garage but it seems a rather flat lifeless colour. I am still deliberating!!.As for the car being worth more in its original co
- /html/mg-t/2000-12/msg00041.html (7,278 bytes)
- 31. RE: Oil Pump removal (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 08:37:34 -0500
- Now My main problem is I can't get the oil pump case off the engine. Is there a trick to it. I have tapped it with a dead blow to no avail. It ain't moving. According to the book I don't have remove
- /html/mg-t/2000-11/msg00014.html (7,695 bytes)
- 32. RE: Lucas Chrome Headlight buckets (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:01:45 -0400
- We really need a bit more information on what you have. I suspect you have a Lucas Model 143 light unit This has the emblem at 90 degrees to the mounting bolt and 8 3/8" rim size, same shape as a TC
- /html/mg-t/2000-09/msg00020.html (9,902 bytes)
- 33. RE: TD Front Wheel Bearings (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 09:21:30 -0400
- Hi Bud, The MGB has shims to properly preload the tapered roller bearings. Nut is torqued to 40 to 70 ft-lbs to allow nut slot to line up with hole in stub axle. The TD has ball bearings, hence no ne
- /html/mg-t/2000-09/msg00028.html (8,017 bytes)
- 34. MG TD for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 09:34:36 -0400
- I have a 1952 TD for sale that needs LOTS of work, but then the price probably reflects the condition. n Hi, I have a 52 TD for sale that needs lots of TLC. Good title, good rolling chassis, pretty c
- /html/mg-t/2000-09/msg00029.html (6,584 bytes)
- 35. RE: Thread Direction (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:57:09 -0400
- However, the TD/TF thread question baffles me completely! Left side front has left hand thread so that IF a wheel bearing seizes and turns while the car is moving forward, the stub axle nut will be t
- /html/mg-t/2000-09/msg00126.html (8,168 bytes)
- 36. RE: TD Oil Filter (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:24:04 -0400
- I also can provide the oil filter adapter for TC/early TD and late TD/TF to take a modern spin-on filter. Regards, Bob Grunau Ron, Fiddling with the canister is a real hassle. Buy one of Phil Marino
- /html/mg-t/2000-08/msg00158.html (7,676 bytes)
- 37. RE: TD engine & Oil Filter (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:24:15 -0400
- Adding original type filter decals also helps the originality look. I can now supply oil filter adapter to accept modern spin-on filters for the TC/early TD and also the late TD/.TF. Email me for det
- /html/mg-t/2000-08/msg00159.html (8,143 bytes)
- 38. RE: Transmission update (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:16:27 -0400
- The gearbox/transmission has to come out and the bellhousing removed to remove the circlip on the front of the 3/4 shaft. Of course a bigger pry bar may be used to pry the 3/4 shaft out and break the
- /html/mg-t/2000-07/msg00021.html (7,865 bytes)
- 39. RE: TD Engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:09:04 -0400
- Install a new piece of 1/2" thin wall steel tubing. Or reverse the original so a "new" end is in the cap. A smear of Loctite will help hold it if you want extra security. Bob Another question of whic
- /html/mg-t/2000-07/msg00032.html (6,841 bytes)
- 40. RE: Con rod bolts and nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:57:49 -0400
- Bolt= MG679/176 Nut = MGX151/12 Bob Grunau
- /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00128.html (6,490 bytes)
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