[Mgs] To do

[Barrie Robinson]

Hello Rick,

May I suggest that you use "memory" foam for your seats.   I used that 
stuff when I did my seats and it is incredible !!! But get the firmest 
grade.

Things not running smoothly here !!
Decided my MGB GT V8 needed a radio.  Had a $$$ Pioneer put in by radio 
shop.   Found it would not pick up the two weak stations that have no 
adverts.   Windscreen antenna useless. Bought a $40 portable for garage 
which worked fine in my garage AND the MGB !!!!   After car radio 
installed my car battery went flat after a few days!!!!!   Returned to 
car radio shop and had $$$ powered antenna installed.   Weak stations 
were picked up - hurrah.   But told to stop radio flattening my battery 
I had to remove face plate (WHAAAT!) because the radio was for modern 
cars.   So I had them install a kill switch and hopefully that works.  
(it does!).    So it would appear that the modern "off" is not off just 
as with my cell phone which goes dead after a few days because it polls 
the towers for calls /even/ after switching "off"   Technology is 
getting stupid these days.   Fancy, my Pioneer has all sorts of cr*p, 
Pandora, Bluetooth, Spotify, Sirius, telephone and more but /cannot 
/pick up weak stations as can my Golf and garage portable !!!!!!

On 8/28/2019 8:23 AM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs wrote:
> Hello friends,
>    It is SO quiet here! Everyone's cars must be running perfectly! 
> What else might one expect?
>    I have made no progress on my TD. The car is 98% restored and with 
> only four tasks remaining.
>
> 1. Replace the choke cable.
> 2. Install the new top and side screens covers.
> 3. Uncover the seat back upholstery and reshape the foam pad. More on 
> that below.
> 4. Replace the brake master cylinder and re-bleed the brakes.
>
> With all of that done, the little car will be ready for fall weather 
> motoring. Of course, there is no rush since I live in Houston, Texas 
> where autumn doesn't arrive until December!!!
>    Now for item number three: When I originally uncovered the TD's 
> seat back I discovered that the metal springs were rusted and failing 
> beyond repair. The backing board was also delaminating. So I then used 
> the old backing board as a template to mark and cut a new board. I 
> then padded the board with foam rubber but didn't contour the foam 
> correctly. The result was a beautiful seat back that placed the driver 
> far too close to the steering wheel! Here's how it looked.
>
> http://aubard.us/53_MG/20171003_124737.jpg
>
>    So now I need to remove the new leather upholstery and re-contour 
> the foam correctly. And this time I will test the shape before 
> reinstalling the leather!
>
> Rick
>
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