[Mgs] Moving Along....

[Dan DiBiase]

Well, good news and bad news tonight. I finished hooking up everything - throttle cable, the radiator and the various hoses
and wires. Decided to see if it would start, while up on the jackstands. Still need to bleed the brakes so didn't want to be
tempted to jump in and go around the block if it started....  ;-)

I needn't have worried - I hooked up the battery and hooked it to the family van. Soon as I did that I noticed that the parking 
lights are all on - so something is crossed somewhere. Turned the key and the fuel pump started clicking away! Took about 
3 minutes of solid clicking to fill the fuel filter - and then another minute for me to notice the growing puddle of gas on the floor! 
The carb is leaking from the float chamber plug, which is irritating because I had the same issue 2 years ago and replaced the
gasket. Guess it dried out again. I also have a seep from the fuel line where it comes up the bulkhead next to the pedal box.

So I guess I am going to remove the carb and have it rebuilt. I have vacation coming up so I won't be doing anything on the car
for a while anyways. 

I'm happy to be at this point (I guess about 98.763%, Stuart!) but kinda bummed that I could not get it going yet.

 Dan D
Central NJ USA
'76 MGB Tourer
'65 MGB Tourer (Project)
NAMGBR #5-2328 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Stuart MacMillan <macgroup at comcast.net>
To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>; mg-mgb at yahoogroups.com; MG List <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 7:35:05 PM
Subject: RE: [Mgs] Moving Along....

Dan wrote:

"I have to finish this up soon as I am running out of ways to say 'More
progress'.....!"

You need to post a bar graph that goes from 0 to 100% so we can track the
progress, just like for a charity drive.  Actually, it's too late for that.
Make it from 95% to 99.99 (it will never be 100%) and mark it out in .01%
increments! It sounds like you are about at the 96.03% point.  Good luck!

Stuart

P.S.: I'm going out to the shop now to pull the head on my daughter's GT,
which I hope only has a blown head gasket.