From johnsfolly at gmail.com  Tue Aug  2 13:32:44 2011
From: johnsfolly at gmail.com (JohnD)
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 15:32:44 -0400
Subject: [Mg-t] Occasional engine miss
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Well, it turned out to be a loose grub screw on the back of the ignition
switch. As I suspended myself upside down, flashlight in my mouth and feet
pointed toward the garage ceiling, I noticed it. Tightened the screw, added
a spot of RTV to hold it a bit more firmly, and VOILA! ...no more miss!
Thanks everyone for your ideas and responses.
John Deikis
Chelsea, MI

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:06 PM, JohnD <johnsfolly at gmail.com> wrote:

> On a longish drive yesterday I started to experience an occasional miss or
> "breaking up" of the engine in my TD, usually on accelleration.
> Oddly, it was accompanied by a flickering of the GEN light on the dash.
> I'll bet that's a clue.
> Any initial thoughts where I might start looking?
> Thanks in advance.
> John Deikis
> Chelsea, MI
> --
> *Driving in the past lane!*
> JohnsfollyVintageRacing <http://www.johnsfolly.webs.com>
>
>


-- 

*Driving in the past lane!*
JohnsfollyVintageRacing <http://www.johnsfolly.webs.com>

From johnsfolly at gmail.com  Sun Aug  7 11:50:28 2011
From: johnsfolly at gmail.com (John Deikis)
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 13:50:28 -0400
Subject: [Mg-t] Charging voltage
Message-ID: <D583FBE2-B191-45F3-873E-39885E847254@gmail.com>

I had a bad transistorized regulator/control box on my TD and replaced it with
a spare repro of a Lucas box (from one of the usual suspects). I also have a
little plug-in volt meter and used it to see what the regulator was doing. I
was surprised to see that at speed my charging voltage was always between 14
and 16 volts. Am I cooking my expensive gel battery?

-John Deikis
Still Playing with Little Cars
www.johnsfolly.webs.com

From felperg at earthlink.net  Sun Aug  7 22:18:10 2011
From: felperg at earthlink.net (Jerry Felper)
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 21:18:10 -0700
Subject: [Mg-t] Charging voltage
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John
15.4 to 16V is the normal charging voltage, depending on ambient  
temperature. Check your shop manual.
Jerry

On Aug 7, 2011, at 10:50 AM, John Deikis wrote:

> I had a bad transistorized regulator/control box on my TD and  
> replaced it with
> a spare repro of a Lucas box (from one of the usual suspects). I  
> also have a
> little plug-in volt meter and used it to see what the regulator was  
> doing. I
> was surprised to see that at speed my charging voltage was always  
> between 14
> and 16 volts. Am I cooking my expensive gel battery?
>
> -John Deikis
> Still Playing with Little Cars
> www.johnsfolly.webs.com
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From sumton at sbcglobal.net  Tue Aug 23 22:35:00 2011
From: sumton at sbcglobal.net (oliver)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:35:00 -0500
Subject: [Mg-t] carb question
Message-ID: <C0D65D846FB3445E9CF5476D16481DEF@ranteer.local>

are mg tc and mg td carbs interchangeable?  except for the mkII?

was there a change point?  and they are different for tf?

From kingseim at earthlink.net  Wed Aug 24 06:55:25 2011
From: kingseim at earthlink.net (John Seim)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:55:25 -0700
Subject: [Mg-t] carb question
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They are interchangeable.
There is a bracket, on the rear carb, of the TC, for holding the
starter cable, and choke cable, that was replaced by a combination
link and bracket, for the TD.
Shaft connections for early TC were pins. Later, they went to clamps,
as with the TD.
Slow running control, or idle increase is manual with the TC, as well
as early TD. For the TC, they had a control, at the dash, for increasing
the idle manually, while choking the car to start. They eliminated  
this with
the TD. Very early TD carbs do not have a provision to increase idle  
speed,
or slightly open butterfly on the front carb, that would also open  
the rear carb,
since they are connected at the throttle shafts.
Later, in TD carb production, they added a fast idle link rod, that  
was operated
when the choke was engaged, on the front carb. The front jet lever,  
has a hole,
that the fast idle link rod fits into. A pivot lever, mounted on the  
side of the front
carb., is the other connection point of the link rod. When the choke  
is engaged,
the link rod moves the pivot lever, and the idle speed is increased.

John Seim
Irvine, CA
USA

On Aug 23, 2011, at 9:35 PM, oliver wrote:

> are mg tc and mg td carbs interchangeable?  except for the mkII?
>
> was there a change point?  and they are different for tf?
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