[Mgs] BGT Resurrected

[Max Heim]

I am having a hard time figuring out what you are trying to do.

You had new valves installed 12 years ago,and you are just trying to adjust
them now?

Why are you running a compression check? Did you observe some kind of
problem?

What do you think Lucas oil additive will help?

It seems to me that you should learn where the timing marks are, and how to
use them, before making any assumptions about the tune. Especially, do not
adjust the carburetor until all these other issues are sorted out. Otherwise,
the entire situation is liable to spiral out of control.

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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
And now GHN3U137949G
Old English White, and not going anywhere anytime soon

> On Dec 19, 2014, at 3:54 PM, daybell7 at aol.com wrote:
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> My 68b GT is running decently after resting in the garage for the twelve
years Ibve owned it.
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> Actually Ibve taken it for short drives each year but never got it
dependable enough to use
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> regularly.  Right after I bought it I had new valves installed.  In the last
week or so I adjusted the valves and ran compression tests using Edbs handy
form.
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> Readings hot and with three plugs are 160,155,140,165, with oil:
175,175,165,160.
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> Oil pressure is 25psi at idle and 48psi on the road.  I changed the oil
filter when I first got the car and recently put Castrol 20-50 oil in the
engine.  I intend to change the filter again and add Lucas oil additive to the
motor, probably two quarts.  I see therebs a pressure valve to investigate,
plus I was just using the gage in the dash and want to get a more reliable
reading.
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> I donbt see the markers to adjust timing, but used Barneybs method to time
the motor turning the distributor.  I put in the Petronix electronic ignition
in the car.
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> The car has a 45DC Weber carb that I adjusted the best I could.  When I put
a vacuum gage on the weber, the gage fluctuated wildly.  An increase in RPM
steadied the needle somewhat, but still wasn't close to being steady.
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> My plan is to run it fairly hard & retest everything.
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> Anybody got any thoughts on this.  BTW, I had a nice time driving the 30
miles today.
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> Thanks,
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> Steve H
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> Gainesville, FL
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