<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Sounds pretty much what I did. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Add the transmission mounts — they are usually worse than the motor mounts.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I also cleaned up and rattle-canned the motor.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 26, 2019, at 11:10 AM, Andrew Lundgren via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I purchased an O/D from a fellow in NY. It arrived via freight yesterday and is now in my garage.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I've owned a '70 B since '96. I got a parts car several years later and took the O/D from that and put in my '70. I have always been happy to have it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I purchased another B ('78) about 5-6 years ago for my then teens to drive. (How did I end up with another white MGB???) This one did not have an O/D, as they rarely do. When a blue tag turned up at a reasonable price I bought it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The guy I bought it from was going to put it in an MGA. He got it from a friend who.... yeah... It does not have the shifter lever at all, so I don't know if it is '77 or later or not.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I'm planning on putting the O/D switch on the dash in the '78 auxiliary switch location using a standard '78 switch.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So now I will be pulling the engine on the '78. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">It's been a while since I've had an engine out. </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">While the engine is out I am planning on doing:</div><div class="">-clutch and throwout bearing (on sale a few weeks ago on moss)<br class=""></div><div class="">-speedo cable</div><div class="">-rear main seal</div><div class="">-motor mounts </div><div class="">-water pump</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am considering the timing chain with a duplex, camshaft, pushrods and lifters.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I will also clean up the engine bay while it is out. (the good thing about a white engine bay is you can get away with rattle can paint pretty easily in there, the bad part is it is white...)<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Anything else I should do/consider while the engine is out?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks!!!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">--</div><div class="">Andrew</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div>
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