[Mg-t] TD Generator Failure Cause...

[S Allen]

Hi Charlie,
 
Looking over some docs from when I had the engine rebuilt there's a note that
it's from a Sprite.
 
Good catch,
 
Scott

--- On Mon, 11/16/09, Charlie Baldwin <mgcharlie at comcast.net> wrote:


From: Charlie Baldwin <mgcharlie at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] TD Generator Failure Cause...
To: "S Allen" <s4usea at yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, November 16, 2009, 3:47 PM


Scott,
Your generator may have come from a Sprite which the early ones had a tach
drive like the TD.  MGA generators don't have that.  It could also be a
replacement TD generator and that is why the date doesn't correspond to the
year of the car.
Charlie

S Allen wrote:
Thanks to everyone for all of the great advice.  I'll have to give some
thought on the generator, as the date on it indicates that it probably came
out of an A or other BritCar, so if the Moss ones are okay, than they're as
viable an option as a re-build as originality isn't a question.

Also, thank you for the recommendation to use Jeff Schlemmer for my dizzy
re-build.  I'll be sending it to him shortly.

Thanks to everyone again,

Scott Allen

52 TD
74 1/2 BGT

--- On Mon, 11/16/09, Bob Howard <mgbob at juno.com> wrote:


From: Bob Howard <mgbob at juno.com>
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] TD Generator Failure Cause...
To: s4usea at yahoo.com
Date: Monday, November 16, 2009, 12:53 PM


Hi Scott,
   I see that you have received several good suggestions about the
generator and distributor.  Pete Thiel keeps his machinery in good
fettle. If he likes an outfit, it's a good outfit.  My favorite old guy
died, so if I have need of dynamo repair, I will go to Pete's guy.
   Jeff Schlemmer does nice work.  He did my MGB distributor for me two
winters back when I was rebuilding.  It didn't have the right distributor
in the engine, something I asked him about, and his answer was that if
it's a 25D which is right for the pre-rubber bumper engines like ours,
then the five or six diget #s are model #s that reflect springs & advance
curves for whatver emission spec MG was trying to meet at that time.
   His approach, which suited me perfectly, was to say that he curves the
distributor to your engine, so he asks compression, camshaft spec, carbs,
manifolding, exhaust etc, then fits the right bits inside the distributor
to best fit the engine.            As I had rebuilt with .060 overbore,
raised compression to UK specs for 1972, polished & ported the head,
manifold as much as I could reach, ran Falcon exhaust, etc, he took mine
and rebuilt to whatever he thought best for those changes.  Everyone in
our CT club who has had Jeff work on distributors has been very pleased.
Those done by him include early & late MGB, MGA, TD, Jaguar and Sunbeam,
so I guess he has earned the good reputation.   He's quick and reasonable
too.
Bob

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:20:49 -0800 (PST) S Allen <s4usea at yahoo.com>
writes:

Hi,

So I took apart the generator and it looks like the bearing cracked
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