[Mgs] FW: Silly error.

Dan DiBiase dan.dibiase at gmail.com
Sat Jun 15 07:40:06 MDT 2019


Sounds good, Hans - Happy Fathers Day to you and all!

Dan D
Central NJ USA

On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 9:18 AM Hans Duinhoven via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> 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.
>
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> 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…
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>
> 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.
>
>
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> Cheers,
>
> Hans
>
> ’71 BGT NRG
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> *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.
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>   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
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> On Jun 13, 2019, at 1:49 PM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
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>    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.
>
>
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> Rick
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> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:58 AM Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven at planet.nl>
> wrote:
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> 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!
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>
>
> Fully cleaned a clogged charcoal filter and renewed the charcoal particles.
>
> Replaced the oil filler cap and will renew the brake fluid tomorrow.
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> Then the GT should be roadworthy again.
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> Cheers,
>
> Hans
>
> 71 BGT NRG -
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> *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.
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>
> 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.
>
>
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> Rick
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