[Mgs] FW: Silly error.

Sat Jun 15 07:18:14 MDT 2019

Yesterday spent on replacing the old hydraulic fluids.

Our son helped well and the result is great.

Even though I use DOT5, regular renewals are needed it is proved.

Someway dirt contaminates into the master and slave cylinders. 

So at the end of the day I tried to start, but the battery was flat.

Reloading for a few hours helped, but I think the battery has had its best days…

We took the GT for a run in the sunny evening and the car behaved great!

Clutch goes very easy and brakes are firm and good.

A joy to drive again. I even touched top speed for a short while – took a little effort to reach to the 100 m/h, so it seems the car’s in a good again, except a poor battery, but that will be an easy fix.

As it is father’s day tomorrow our son will perform a detail polish job on the outer parts, so the GT will be a very presentable car again.

Cheers,

Hans

’71 BGT NRG

Van: Mgs [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] Namens Robert's New iPad via Mgs
Verzonden: donderdag 13 juni 2019 20:51
Aan: Richard Lindsay
CC: Hans Duinhoven; mgs at autox.team.net List
Onderwerp: Re: [Mgs] Silly error.

  Good on both of you.

  Yesterday was an interesting day for me. Went out as passenger with a friend in his TF, stored a year or so.  It ran out of go at 2500 rpm, sputtering, bucking, etc, but would smooth out at 2000.  

  Back at the garage, found the strangest stuff in the float chambers. One had a teaspoon of large chunks of solid material. The other had some of that, plus a goo that looked like frog-egg liquid.  

  The goo was easy enough to figure out, but as the chunks are far larger than would pass through the SU carb banjo filters, the SU pump filter, the additional filter he has in line, and the original screen filter in the tank, it was a puzzle.  We could check banjo, pump and additional filter-none had any grit or sediment. 

  Pump delivers the pint/minute quantity that workshop manual says.

  Engine runs better, but not much. I suspect that some of the sediment is in the passage from float chamber to the jet, but we ran out of day yesterday.

Bob

On Jun 13, 2019, at 1:49 PM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:

   Good work Hans! I too had a successful day at the shop. I replaced in two bolts in the waterpump housing and the leak is gone! We brought the engine up to temperature with (up to) 13# coolant pressure, and no leaks.

   I also found a small fuel leak at the intake of the fuel pump. A couple of spannet twists put that right and dry. With that, we made a few laps around the shop and all was still well.

Rick

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:58 AM Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven at planet.nl> wrote:

Funny – I solved coolant issues earlier and yesterday.

Had to replace the thermostat housing gasket and yesterday I had to replace the hose connecting the bottom radiator pipe to the waterpump.

A horrible job to do, as there is almost no space to work at the bottom of the radiator pipe.

Nut with a dry result!

Fully cleaned a clogged charcoal filter and renewed the charcoal particles.

Replaced the oil filler cap and will renew the brake fluid tomorrow.

Then the GT should be roadworthy again.

Cheers,

Hans

71 BGT NRG - 

Van: Mgs [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] Namens Richard Lindsay via Mgs
Verzonden: woensdag 12 juni 2019 18:51
Aan: mgs at autox.team.net List
Onderwerp: [Mgs] Silly error.

Hi Friends,

   My TR6 rebuilt engine leaks coolant. Okay, its not an MG but the issue is universal. Here's the short story.

   When reassembling the waterpump I made a newbie error. I got in a hurry and left out two bolts, some of the bolts that hold the pump body to the head. The coolant leak is through one of those bolt holes. The threaded hole drilling entered the head's water jacket and of course, leaks.

   I now have new bolts and I will apply sealant to the threads and place fiber sealing washers under the bolt heads. Doing so hopefully completes the engine rebuild. I can then get back to replacing the top on my MG TD.

Rick

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