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21. Oil Leak (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:38:29 -0500; I'd appreciate some advice on fixing a front oil leak on a 1951 MGTD. I've been going through a qt of oil every 1000 miles. Though this concerned me, everyone said not to worry, that this was "normal; /html/mg-t/2000-12/msg00016.html (8,440 bytes)
22. Carbon Ignition Wires (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 07:32:39 -0500; About four months after getting my TD (Jan 1999), I had severe leg cramps and had to install a cruise control OR get rid of the TD. The cruise control required resistive ignition wires. How are these; /html/mg-t/2000-11/msg00016.html (8,083 bytes)
23. Fan Shroud (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 09:48:22 -0500; In the summer, Florida is HOT! When DRIVING in 90 deg F (or more) outside temperature, the water temperature in my TD is normally between 83 and 87 deg. C. I have CALIBRATED the water temp gauge so I; /html/mg-t/2000-11/msg00017.html (7,355 bytes)
24. Petrol Tank Sender Light (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:16:48 -0500; A year and nine months ago when I purchased my beloved 51 TD, I noticed fuel leaking around both inner and outer gaskets of the sender unit. I was not surprised since the TD had been virtually garage; /html/mg-t/2000-11/msg00035.html (7,954 bytes)
25. Good thing it's a MkII but questions (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:37:50 -0500; This morning I was under my '51 TD MkII. I discovered one of the right rear shock (hydraulic damper) arms was free of the linking arm, connecting it to the leaf spring bracket. The link is suppose to; /html/mg-t/2000-11/msg00038.html (8,879 bytes)
26. A colour for TD (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 21:44:09 -0500; I have just read with great interest Roadrunner's code for the original color of TFs. Is there a way of determining the original color of a TD? I find no code and the official log book doesn't help.; /html/mg-t/2000-11/msg00062.html (7,440 bytes)
27. Ring and Pinon Gear Setting (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:20:08 -0400; At a MG workshop last February, I and others changed the ring and pinion gear from the standard 5.125:1 to 4.3:1, the latter coming out of a MGA. I have been told that my setting for preload is off a; /html/mg-t/2000-10/msg00036.html (7,056 bytes)
28. Valve Cover Cap (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 14:45:48 -0400; I'm looking for the voice of experience. The scenario is this: I filled up the engine sump with oil just before I left and put on the valve cover cap (I know this is fact). I drove 75 miles to Tampa; /html/mg-t/2000-10/msg00071.html (8,355 bytes)
29. Drive Shaft (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:23:01 -0500; Some time ago when my TD transmission needed an expensive major overhaul, I chose to install a Datsun B210 transmisison from Skyhook Engineering. Along with the conversion kit came a new drive shaft; /html/mg-t/2000-10/msg00091.html (7,172 bytes)
30. TD Cover (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 18:00:49 -0400; About half the TDs on the recent NEMGTR Great Circle tour had a neat overnight rain cover that encompassed just the convertible top (hood) when it was raised (but without side curtains). I was told i; /html/mg-t/2000-09/msg00021.html (6,389 bytes)
31. Electrical Short (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:48:34 -0400; I have just returned from the superb NEMGTR Great Circle tour - 5,300 total miles in a 1951 MGTD MkII (tour around 3 of the Great Lakes was 2,400 miles, the rest was getting from Florida to Ste Catha; /html/mg-t/2000-08/msg00176.html (8,372 bytes)
32. fusing (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:31:08 -0400; Having just recently experienced a short in the lighting system, I am wondering what anyone has done to fuse the LUCAS system in a TD. The two fuses in my car only protect accessories, such as horn,; /html/mg-t/2000-08/msg00186.html (7,341 bytes)
33. Thermostat (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 15:53:59 -0400; The original thermostat in my 1951 MGTD MKII is defective and a similar type is no longer available. What should I do? Please bare with me as I explain in somewhat detail; history and what has been d; /html/mg-t/2000-07/msg00008.html (10,749 bytes)
34. estimate TD population (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 16:19:18 -0400; Is it written anywhere or has anyone ever made an estimate of how many TDs and TD MKIIs are actually on the road in the US today? It would be interesting trivia. Stu Keen 51 MGTD MKII simbafish@home.; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00036.html (6,504 bytes)
35. Ammeter (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 15:52:24 -0400; I am mystified by the ammeter in my 51 MGTD. I will be most appreciative if someone on the net can assist. This is an old problem that has not been tackled until now. When I purchased the TD a year a; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00065.html (8,738 bytes)
36. Ammeter update (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 14:50:00 -0400; Thanks everyone for the constructive inputs to my query about my TD's ammeter. It gave me the courage/initiative to dive into it and open it up FULLY. What I found probably shouldn't have surprised m; /html/mg-t/2000-06/msg00094.html (7,895 bytes)
37. Oil Usage (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 07:28:07 -0400; Knowing little about a XPAG automotive engine for a 51 MGTD MkII, I am asking what can be done to lessen the oil usage. First a little history. The engine was rebuilt in 1978 by previous owner. When; /html/mg-t/2000-05/msg00021.html (8,424 bytes)
38. TD Wiper (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 19:08:50 -0400; On a recent jaunt with my TD (2,891 miles!), I was forced to use my wipers for the first time in actual stormy conditions. Usually with Rain-X on the windscreen, wipers are not necessary, but because; /html/mg-t/2000-05/msg00176.html (7,808 bytes)
39. Front bearings (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 20:10:54 -0400; Need some advice, suggestions, please. I wish to repack my front wheel bearings of my 1951 MGTD MKII. Probably long overdue since the car now has about 14,000 miles on it and the bearings have not be; /html/mg-t/2000-05/msg00199.html (7,269 bytes)
40. 4.3:1 conversion (score: 1): Author: Stuart Keen <simbafish@home.com>; Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 21:49:03 -0400; Last February at a MG workshop, a used MGA 4.3:1 ring and pinion gear (also all new bearings and gaskets) were installed in my MGTD. Trial fits were made, grinding accomplished as well as shims in pl; /html/mg-t/2000-05/msg00202.html (7,998 bytes)

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