From paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk Wed Jun 1 09:51:03 2011 From: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk (Paul Hunt) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 16:51:03 +0100 Subject: [Mgb-v8] Axle level plug Message-ID: <5DCDDFFB786248E9B5888CFAD8C37563@paul> Anyone know the thread of this? And if there is a hex plug that fits it? The tapered socket is a pain, I've just had to chisel one of mine out. PaulH. From barrie at look.ca Wed Jun 22 08:51:08 2011 From: barrie at look.ca (Barrie Robinson) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:51:08 -0400 Subject: [Mgb-v8] Spring washers don't work ! Message-ID: Gentlemen, This is rather dynamite stuff especially to those who are hard into restoration. Can we have some expert opinions? >http://www.boltscience.com/pages/helicalspringwashers.htm Regards, Barrie Robinson barrie at look.ca 705-721-9060 MGB GT V8 in great nick Aston Martin 1955 DB 2/4 MkII under restoration www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm www.britcot.com www.AMFClub.com From packrat6 at charter.net Wed Jun 22 12:35:25 2011 From: packrat6 at charter.net (not me) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:35:25 -0400 Subject: [Mgb-v8] funky fuel gauge Message-ID: <216B6462E0014261A003DA62C80AC6D4@ownerd6b7f9db2> i'm having problems with my fuel gauge. maybe someone can shed some light on this....... i replaced the fuel tank and sending unit about a year ago. the fuel gauge has be acting weird since then and seems to have a mind of its own. i have change out to another guage which behave exactly like the other one. does this sound like a faulty (albeit new) sending unit or could there be another problem lurking somewhere in the bowels of my car? comments plese. From Theo.Smit at dynastream.com Wed Jun 22 13:19:07 2011 From: Theo.Smit at dynastream.com (Smit, Theo) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:19:07 -0500 Subject: [Mgb-v8] funky fuel gauge In-Reply-To: <216B6462E0014261A003DA62C80AC6D4@ownerd6b7f9db2> References: <216B6462E0014261A003DA62C80AC6D4@ownerd6b7f9db2> Message-ID: <47A9A7829443AE49853415B6D05B068405ED7A0CE8@OLE2K7CCR1.ad.garmin.com> Bad ground on the fuel tank? > -----Original Message----- > From: mgb-v8-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgb-v8- > bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of not me > Sent: June 22, 2011 12:35 PM > To: Mgb-v8 at autox.team.net > Subject: [Mgb-v8] funky fuel gauge > > i'm having problems with my fuel gauge. maybe someone can shed some > light on > this....... > > i replaced the fuel tank and sending unit about a year ago. the fuel > gauge > has be acting weird since then and seems to have a mind of its own. > i have change out to another guage which behave exactly like the other > one. > does this sound like a faulty (albeit new) sending unit or could there > be > another problem lurking somewhere in the bowels of my car? > > comments plese. > _______________________________________________ > > Mgb-v8 at autox.team.net > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation $11.47 > Archive: http://www.team.net/archive > Forums: http://www.team.net/forums > Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mgb- > v8/theo.smit at dynastream.com > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Thank you for your cooperation. From paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk Thu Jun 23 06:47:05 2011 From: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk (Paul Hunt) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:47:05 +0100 Subject: [Mgb-v8] funky fuel gauge References: <216B6462E0014261A003DA62C80AC6D4@ownerd6b7f9db2> Message-ID: <57BB723113CC40D6B90DE7307F446567@paul> It would help if you said what the symptoms were! I.e. occasionally dropping to nothing? Occasionally going to F? Emitting smoke? Anything else? Whatever, the odds are that it is associated with the tank, but could be the wiring, stabiliser (coincidentally) or other things. ----- Original Message ----- > ... the fuel gauge > has be acting weird since then and seems to have a mind of its own. From paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk Thu Jun 23 06:42:13 2011 From: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk (Paul Hunt) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:42:13 +0100 Subject: [Mgb-v8] Spring washers don't work ! References: Message-ID: Funny that, the number of times I have removed nuts with a spring washer and the ends have really gouged the surfaces either side ... ----- Original Message ----- >>http://www.boltscience.com/pages/helicalspringwashers.htm From barrie at look.ca Mon Jun 27 11:38:01 2011 From: barrie at look.ca (Barrie Robinson) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:38:01 -0400 Subject: [Mgb-v8] 100mm Tacho gauge Message-ID: I am in dire need of a 100mm tachometer for my 1980 dashed MGB GT V8. I originally stuck in Triumph 8 cylinder tach guts into my original 4 cyl one but somehow it does not seem to work. Now doubt the Triumph tach was duff. Does anyone have a 100mm tach for sale that I could convert ? - somewhere I have the instructions. Does anyone know who would do the 4 to 8 cylinder conversion? Does anyone have a genuine 8 cylinder tach from a MGB GT V8 for sale? Many thanks in advance for your response Regards, Barrie Robinson barrie at look.ca 705-721-9060 MGB GT V8 in great nick Aston Martin 1955 DB 2/4 MkII under restoration www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm www.britcot.com www.AMFClub.com From paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk Tue Jun 28 07:11:11 2011 From: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk (Paul Hunt) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:11:11 +0100 Subject: [Mgb-v8] How many left? Message-ID: <153E7306FB8F443D9F442E6B2FDC6E04@paul> A question that has been asked from time to time, now (info from Top Gear) there is a web site giving the numbers for UK cars licensed or notified as being off-road from 1994 to 2011 based on government data. This doesn't include cars that have been off-road since before 31st January 1998. Since that date a car must either be taxed, taken out of use and notified as such, scrapped and notified as such, or possibly exported and notified as such, the first two remaining on the database, the second two not. So each reduction in numbers over the period is almost certainly a car having been scrapped (or exported), in fact it's probably more than that as a few may well be coming back on the road, having been off since before the above date. For the MGB (search for MG B) it shows 11271 in 1994, rising to 14156 in 1999 (i.e. 3000-odd coming back on the road in that time), then a steady decline to 10453 in 2011. For the GT it's 19498 in 1994, then a more or less steady (and significant) decline to 8168 in 2011. For the GT V8 it was 710 in 1994, fairly steady until 2000, then a decline to 414 in 2011. Some of these are a bit surprising to me - like the significantly higher number of GTs in 1994. Perhaps not so surprising is the much greater decline in GT numbers - halving - since 2000. Also surprising is the decline in genuine V8 numbers given the interest in conversions. The Government scrappage scheme which started in May 2009 doesn't seem to have made a huge difference, I'm glad to say. Current numbers for other MGs also available of course, just 5 Magnette (Farina), but then there were only 9 in 1994 anyway. Perhaps unsurprisingly the MG Maestro and Metro have suffered the greatest decline, with the exception of the Metro 6R4 which is only one fewer, albeit having gone up by 13 and down by 14 over the period. There doesn't appear to be a single MG Montego. http://howmanyleft.co.uk/?q=mg+b