[Mgs] mgb engine mounting

[Max Heim]

I'm wondering what you have to do to make the "fan hit the radiator". I've
driven long distance rallies, backroads, and the California highway system,
and I haven't had this happen yet. If you let your motor mounts get old and
weak, I could maybe see a problem.

Obviously, running into another car or a stationary object would cause
damage to all sorts of things.

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires



on 10/13/11 4:07 PM, mgbob at juno.com at mgbob at juno.com wrote:

>     Some sort of restraint for the engine is needed, GT and roadster.    W/o
> it, the fan can eat the radiator.
>     In my experience with my '72GT, even with it the fan can eat the
> radiator.
>    #95 in my Moss catalogue, page External Engine, Recoil bracket is, I think,
> a plate approx 1/8 inch thick that fits behind the rubber mount block and has
> a tab that is supposed to hook on the rubber when the engine tries to leap
> forward.  If you can't find one, you could make one easily enough.
>     Moss Early Gearbox page, #4, is a stay rod that might actually work. In
> conjunction with #95, the engine should stay in place if you dive into a
> pothole.
>     The '72 GT has a nearly useless rear restraint.  You are in better shape.
> Bob
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "Peter Ryner" <pryner at verizon.net>
> To: <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Mgs] mgb engine mounting
> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:28:38 -0400
> 
> 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.
> VB shows the part in their illustration but no part number so it isn't
> available through them.
> The workshop manual listed above shows the part but states that it is used
> only on the GT.
> Is the part used on the roadster?  If so are two required?  The motor mounts
> have a left side and a right side which are not interchangable.  If the
> brackets are required are the two interchangable - doesn't seem logical to
> me.
> Thanks in advance for any and all help.
> Pete