[Mgs] MGB maintenance after 3+ years not driving?

[Eugene Balinski]

Mark,

Replace all rubber gas lines including the lines from the
gas tank to the fuel pump, and the pump to the metal gas
line.  Include also the rubber hose that connects to the
carb.  All of mine were brittle and cracked

Gene 

80 B

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:40:16 -0400
 Tuck Southworth <tsouthworth70 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I would drain the gas from the tank and the lines and
> replace with fresh gas
> as well as install a new fuel filter.
> 
> Prior to startup I would remove the plugs and squirt some
> 20/50 in each
> cylinder and spin the engine without the plugs in.
> 
> Reinstall the plugs (cleaned and gapped)
> 
> 
> 
> then basic stuff, check fluids, test brakes, make sure
> there are no critters
> sleeping in the exhaust system!
> 
> The good folks on the list will fill in whatever I
> missed.
> 
> 
> 
> Tuck
> 
> 69 B - hers
> 
> 55 - TF 1500 all mine
> 
> > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:46:39 -0400
> > From: markwisenc at gmail.com
> > To: mgs at autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Mgs] MGB maintenance after 3+ years not
> driving?
> >
> > As I mentioned in a previous post, I am going to try to
> get my 1980 MGB
> > back on the road after a long hiatus. Due to changes in
> family, work,
> > etc. the poor car has only been driven once in the past
> several years.
> > Now my two young boys ask me daily when they'll get to
> "ride in the
> > green car". Sadly, neither have ever seen it on the
> road.
> >
> > In two weeks, my Dad will be flying out to help me work
> on the car. We
> > will be installing a Crane XR700 ignition, as the first
> step. The
> > ignition was always a problem with that car. Assuming
> that the new
> > ignition will actually get the car running, does anyone
> have suggestions
> > for some other maintenance to-do's that I should plan
> on doing with the
> > car before I take it on the road? We'll definitely be
> changing the oil
> > and filter. Anything else?
> >
> > Thanks for you help!
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Mark Wise
> > Raleigh, NC
> >
> > markwisenc at gmail.com
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