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charles durning 
New 12H2709 Cylinder Head Evaluation
The 18V engine in my 74 MGB GT was in need for a cylinder head replacement. The heads that I had available were either cracked or prone to cracking. The head on the engine was incorrect in that it had a 42cc chamber. With that head and the deep dish pistons the engine did not even have 8.0-1 compression.
After some research I decided to give a new County 12H2709 head with its advertised 38cc chamber. The head was purchased from one of the usual suppliers at a good deal and free shipping. When the head arrived it was packaged well and in good...
John S
The new condensers arrived the other day so I decided to take care of some needed maintenance. I had filed the points a week ago and did so with the distributor out of the car. Re-gapped them and then reinstalled the distributor. The weather was nice then so I didn’t bother getting the timing light out. After a couple outings, it started to show signs of not being quite optimal so yesterday, I decided to take advantage of some non-driving weather and do it right.
Checked valve lash, fresh oil and filter, installed the new condenser, reinstalled the distributor, cleaned the plugs, and got...
James Jans
The 20 plus year-old fabric replacement was a couple of shades off, which does not match the front seat inserts. So, I went back to SMS Auto Fabrics and returned the original green fabric and placed an order for some green Rayon fabric that went well with the exterior two-tone paint job so now the front and rear seats match along with the door handle inserts.
Custom Sewing called the other day, and the seat material is ready to install back on to the seat frames and get the interior ready for the upcoming cruising season. I installed the material onto the frames using new hog rings and...
Brian Voss
I've continued to explore the wiring issue in the MGB, and found that the damage seems to have begun where the Radio would have been located. So I'm looking at moving the dash out a little in hopes I can snake the main harness out the glove box hole and splice in any new wires that are damaged. I'm really hoping that this doesn't sideline the car for the entire summer.
I've disconnected some of the harness already and took pictures on how it was setup. It's going to be a few weeks before I can get into the dashboard and hopefully snake out the harness without damaging anything, or...
Peter Hay 
In the last post I had cut off the passenger side member. The previous side member repairs were pretty awful generally but in the portion of the frame just behind where the front end attaches they did a reasonable job using 12 ga steel. So I decided to leave that portion of the frame.
I cut the frame about 8" behind the front end attachment points leaving some rather severe looking angles jutting from the front portion (see previous post). The trick at hand now is to line up the new side member frame piece so that it will meet the 12 ga steel appropriately. Welding the new frame (18...
David Weyandt
She would just shut off while out cruising. Complete electrical shut down, no anything. We would get towed home and I would plug in the trunk charging unit and the next morning she would start right up. Went to YouTube and John Twist’s post on MG electrical systems. Made all the test and found the alternator was bad. Replaced the alternator and she is back on the road.
Steve Sargent
To get the fender and hood gaps close, I had to cut the hood frame so it could be bent about 1/8" down. It's not perfect but workable now. I measured the fender templates from the rear and found I could use them if I added more to curve to the front 2" of the flare. Driver side is done but the passenger flare is about 40%. I welded the back flares a little too fast and got a little more warping than I wanted so we took our time on the fronts.
Eric Pfiffner
A quick snap of the car as I went to pick up my dad and head to Hudson for the British Car Day show.
That's about as clean as I can get 'er.
(I took care of that weed in the driveway shortly thereafter)
It was a beautiful morning, it started to look ominous around 12:30pm so we headed out, we had seen everything by that point.
Lots of beautiful cars to see, and we took all back roads so as always the driving was the best part.
Ken G
The goal was to have it running at the end of May and with only two mores days left in the month that isn't going to happen. Oh well what can you say life get busy some times. BUT I did have a bit of success today, I managed to get the windshield installed on the car with the new bottom seal. After reading about this on the forum I was dreading it, but I didn't think it was too bad. About 45 minutes to set the new seal into the window track and around 2 hours by myself to get the 4 bolts locked in and the seal flattened.
Crystal Johnson
The boot (aka Trunk) smells like gasoline. I hadn’t noticed this before mostly because the boot lid has always been propped open. Now that I have had it closed for a while, it’s really noticeable.
I checked the fuel tank connection Hose (Moss #282-620) and tightened it. However, the gas smell was still there the next day.
Since the evaporation recovery tank (see #76) system is all original, I suspect that one of two things have gone bad. Either, the Evaporator Tank or the hoses (#77 and #81) are cracked. Since the rubber fuel line hoses are over 50 years old, I decided to...
Chris W 
Haven't done much here for a while and I'm still to resolve the last two projects that have been started here, but... moving on...
Car hasn't been running well of late and I just haven't had the time or the motivation to do anything about it.
I was behind the car recently and noticed something odd.
The exhaust was hanging down at the back to the point it was actually resting on the ground.
The rear hangers had failed AND the centre hanger as well.
Rego was due and I simply did not have the time to do the checks and fixes.
It's unfortunate that all 3 of my cars have their...
Steve Lyle
About a year ago I was backing the B out of storage and ran it into the tailgate of our pickup, which I had lowered and forgotten about. I busted the tail light lens, bent the lens frame (still need to straighten that a bit), and chipped the paint and filler just below the chrome strip. Luckily no metal damage. This weeks project was to fix it. I got a new quart of the paint I used when I painted the car in 2013, luckily it was a perfect match, or at least it is to my eye.
Warren Siringer
Got the car back from the upholstery shop with the new tunnel carpet installed, Looks perfect around the custom made shifter tunnel piece for the black label shifter. He will redo the carpet on the rear wheel wells later this week. Removed all the parts to be able to do it right this time.
The new wheel well carpet is in, really looks much better. Cross threaded and snapped one of the bolts putting the seats back in so I ended up drilling the hole oversize and using a longer bolt with another washer and nut underneath. I could not get the tap to start in the remnants of the grade 8 bolt...
egbert hascher 
And again 3000 km of MGb holiday in France. Without any trouble !
Gil Dupre
I just finished a simple one using a piece of 3/8 steal cut out to the shape of the inside of the seam on the steel part of the rubber bumper. I used a piece of cardboard to make the pattern and had a machine shop cut it with a water jet. I bought a 1 1/4 inch trailer hitch with the same shape as the steel plate drilled and tapped the plate and attached the reciever with part of the hitch I bought and also welded it in place. I then attached each end to the hold down brackt holes in the body.
Joan Trejo
Had a busy spring, spent time getting the house ready for paint and digging plants away from the foundation, so had to put working on Agatha on the back burner. In the early part of June I had time to work on the car and was able to clean and replace some of the connectors on the headlight wiring and replace a bad headlight switch. Turned on the headlights and the passenger side was bright and the driver side was dim. Once again had to postpone working on the car some more as I had to repair my son's car which he needed shipped to him. Got it fixed and then attend his graduation in S.C. ...
Gary Brown
Well the time has come. I'm without a lbc as I sold my GT to a forum member. The back is coming along but now the hip is giving me trouble. Was extremely hard getting in and out of the GT. Just wasn't able to give it the attention it deserved.
I'm trying to get an old '94 Chevy Silverado back on the road. The truck belonged to my Brother who passed away in June. It had sat in his yard under a tree for 6 years. Already done quite a bit of work to it. Tomorrow I'll take it up to get a new exhaust and tires put on. Also get the ABS bled. It should be ready to hit the road again.
George Heissenberger
It's been a while since I last posted here. Things are going great with the MGB. I had another bucket list year at Watkins Glen at the vintage weekend in September We had our annual Sports Car Festival yesterday and it was a perfect day weather wise and well attended by sports cars. I hadn't posted since last year since I had a bit going on health wise. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late fall and had a prostatectomy in December. They caught it early thanks to my PSA testing. I am now cancer free. After a short period of recovery I was back to work in two weeks and back in the...
Paul Mansell
OK after much consternation I believe I have all the issues finally fixed, The shop managed to fix the majority of the sensor issues, apparently just dirty connections and one ground that was loose…..doh! So with that done went for a run and the car definitely ran smoother and stronger but the trouble light was on again. Hooked up the computer and found a code 44 lean but also it would glitch and 15-20 more codes flashed on then off again. 44lean refers to the O2 sensors and as these were the originals I decided to just replace them, had to get the muffler shop to look at the driver’s side...
O M
Performing routine maintenance on the under carriage of my MG.
Wilbur Engelsma
Due to financial and health reasons, I have decided to throw in the towel and sell my project car. I would prefer to sell the whole thing, maybe someone can complete it. If not, I will be parting it out and selling it piecemeal. You can check out my progress on my member journal: http://www.mgexperience.net/member/Wilbur
The pluses:
1. The body is complete- all rust replaced with metal, seams welded, gaps are perfect, ready for built primer to sand and finish.
2. The suspension is all upgraded- Quaife diff, disc brakes and 4 link suspension in the rear. Large Wilwood brakes, coil over...
Roland G
The new owner of the GT is ecstatic with his purchase. What makes the transition a delight for me, is knowing it is going to a welcoming home. The owner is a young chap with many years experience working with cars and his father used to be a MG mechanic at a dealership in London years ago.
The proceeds from the GT sale have funded the purchase of a 24' laguna sailboat. My wife who has absolutely no sailing experience is actually more excited about the boat than me. It's going to be a very full summer roster... RVing, sailing, jag tinkering... (not necessarily in that order)
Simon Dix
Just keeping track of the mileage due to a speedo swap.
Removing speedo reading 51,443 and replacing with 50,541
Mike Nyholm
This winter I would like to have the gearbox gone through so we pulled the engine and box out of the parts car so any needed parts could be salvaged. Engine was pulled the farmer way...borrow one wheel tractor and lift it out with the bucket. Total job took less than 3 hrs.
