[Mgs] mgb engine mounting

[mgbob at juno.com]

  I believe that this may be a GT situation. The 72 has a restraint on the
gearbox that might keep it from striking the under surface of the trans
tunnel, but it does not appear to offer any resistance to the entire assembly
moving forward.
   After the event, I bought all new bits from Moss, but I think the fault is
of design. One wonders why GT restraint differs from tourers.
Bob

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Max Heim <mvheim at sonic.net>
To: MG List <mgs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] mgb engine mounting
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:01:39 -0700

That seems remarkably sensitive.

On the 2006 California Melee, I was on a narrow barely-paved road snaking up
a valley through the woods. It was just left, right, left, right, in 2nd or
3rd gear, popping in and out of deep shade, so I didn't even see the dry
ford -- this was about a 12-inch drop with maybe a 30-degree bevel, and I
flew over it, bottomed out, crossed the ford and hit the up-slope with the
suspension fully compressed without even slackening speed. This didn't
manage to shift the fan into the radiator, so I find it difficult to
conceive of a survivable hazard that would do so (short of an actual
impact).

I wonder if the condition of the tranny mounts is also a factor. I have
noticed that over time these sometimes decay to the consistency of jelly.

--

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

on 10/14/11 6:50 AM, mgbob at juno.com at mgbob at juno.com wrote:

> Dan,
>     One need make no great effort.
>      One drives around a corner and into an unmarked cut made by the
natural
> gas utility,  a cut with sharp edges and a drop of about four inches.
>      Engine moves forward, fan eats radiator, crankshaft pulley does not
hit
> the rack, fortunately.
>      The gas utility was remarkably accommodating, reimbursing immediately
the
> cost of the radiator repair, fan, and broken mounts, as they admitted that
> their crew had not placed traffic cones or lights or any other warning
before
> leaving the incomplete job.
> Bob
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
> To: Max Heim <mvheim at sonic.net>, MG List <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] mgb engine mounting
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:44:22 -0700 (PDT)
>
> ________________________________
> From: Max Heim <mvheim at sonic.net>
> To: MG List <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] mgb engine mounting
>
> 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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> At that point, the fan hitting the rad is the least of the worries!
>
> Dan D
> Central NJ USA
> '76 MGB Tourer
> '65 MGB Tourer (Project)
> NAMGBR #5-2328
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