[Mgs] mgb engine mounting

[Glenn Schnittke]

23 years is a long time to go without an accident if you drive like I 
do. :^)

I don't know how "original specific" you're intending the build to be, 
but even if your research tells you that the 'control brackets' are 
correct and the engine restraint rod isn't, I'd recommend the restraint 
rod. The purpose of the plates was to prevent the engine from moving 
towards the front end of the car in the event of a front end collision. 
I just put a couple of them back into a customer's car without the rod 
and I can't see how they would do the job as effectively as the rod. 
Mind you, (and I've had this happen to me on a '74 car) that more than 
just keeping the fan blades from trashing the radiator, the restraint 
also keeps the crankshaft pulley from hitting the steering rack and 
possibly bending it, and, as it's the lower half of the pulley that 
hits, prevents possible bending damage to the crankshaft itself as well 
as cracking the pulley. Given the choice, I'd go with both for economy's 
sake in the event of a collision. Originality is one thing, safety is 
another. Neither of these is going to save your life, but the difference 
between a busted up radiator and a bent crank and steering rack and 
busted pulley might make the call on whether to save the car after a 
collision. I can't imagine a concourse judge even looking at the car 
from an angle where he could see the rod and the peace of mind would 
allow driving the car more which is what the car wants anyway, isn't it?

Moss calls it a recoil bracket and it's p/n 413-075. $15 x 2. They call 
the restraint rod a stayrod and it's p/n 413-130. look it up on their 
website and they will show you all of what you need. There's other bits 
to it. It goes between the crossmember and an eye cast into the body of 
the transmission.

Glenn

> From: Max Heim<mvheim at sonic.net>
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> I also have a 66 B, it didn't have this "control bracket" either, and I
> could never figure out what parts were needed or how it was supposed to go
> together. So far I have managed to get by without it for 23 years.
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
>
> on 10/12/11 4:28 AM, Peter Ryner atpryner at verizon.net  wrote:
>
>> >  I'm putting a '66 MGB together that I got as a huge box of parts.  I've only
>> >  worked on a couple of MGs but have lots of TR and AH experience.  I'm
>> >  installing the front engine mounts and am trying to figure out if I need to
>> >  install a control bracket for the engine mount.  It is item #40 on the
>> >  illustrations used by VB and "The Complete Official MGB.  I do not have any
>> >  control brackets in my parts supply.  I looked in the Moss catalogue and the
>> >  illustration number is 95.  It shows a part number for the early roadsters
>> >  and GTs with a qty required of 2.  It also shows a part number for later
>> >  cars, two required, but not available.