[Mgs] first drive of the year

[Councill, David]

Nice guess. I think Minnesota. But similar story to mine - my first
drive of the year in my 72B was yesterday, in the 40s but warmed up to
high 50s for the drive home. Normally I still take it out for a drive
during the winter months when the weather is mild and the dirt road I
live on is dry. But this year we had record snow (Montana) and it was
buried in snow for about three months straight, the snow just melting a
few weeks ago.

The 72B ran well with no problems which is good since most of my car
time has been on a restoration of a 64B that hasn't run since 1981.

David Councill
64 B
67 BGT
72 B

-----Original Message-----
From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bill Saidel
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:27 AM
To: Paul Root
Cc: MG Digest
Subject: Re: [Mgs] first drive of the year

But Paul, where are you writing from? North Dakota???
Two Saturdays ago, I pulled my 76B out of the garage for the proverbial
winter maintenance (oil change, spark plug change, quick battery charge)

and took my SO for an hour's trip around Southern New Jersey.
And old and frail?????? try 62....
But it was soooo nice driving in a sunny 60 degree environment....yea, I

know what you mean about "Good to be back."

Bill Saidel
BMCSNJ



Paul Root wrote:
> I drove my 77 'B into work today. First drive of the year.
>
> It was about 47 degrees, top up as I'm old and frail (46 :-) ). The
car ran
> fine, but the temperature gauge never climbed above the edge of the
blue down
> by the C.
>
> I stopped at a convinence store 13 miles in and a mile away from the
office. 3
> minutes in for my morning drink, and the engine didn't want to start.
A couple
> minutes of cranking and it came to life. So I've got some diagnostic
work to
> do.
>
> Last week, when I pulled the car out of storage, I removed the heater
valve
> and put in my home made (plumbing ball valve) valve. I haven't gotten
around
> to hooking up the controls, so it's wide open. Which could be a
symptom of the
> temperature gauge.  I did top up the radiator fully.
>
> Good to be back in the car.
>
>
> Paul.