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Wondering if many of you have added a third brake light to your MGB GT? If so, what did you use and how did you mount it. Pictures would be nice.

I do feel it would be a good safety item to have a third light at the top of the rear hatch window. That should be a bit more visible.

(I have installed brighter brake lights, but just like having that extra light on the car.

wimp !!

those petrol fumes must be getting to you

two different types of petrol tank, one with screws other with bayonet type locking ring - have a look at the usual suspects parts drawings

I'd guess you'd be best also to marry the correct sender to the correct gauge for accurate readings

as you don't say which model this is for it maybe you have a later car with an earlier tank and s...

thanks

you could use a thicker oil but that might just mask the problem - IIRC some B(?) owners use EP90 (GL-4) successfully in the g/box - but check if this is so for Spridget boxes

you could try using something like MolySlip - some frown upon these products and others say they work, I'd always try a thorough oil change first

Geoffery, Not the needles associated with the jet. The float valve, sometimes referred to as the needle valve is in the float bowl cover directly below the fuel intake. One to clean in each float bowl cover.


regards,

Jim Haskins 1953 TD

checking the level of the g/box oil is part of service work is very often missed as is actually changing the oil

if you do a thorough oil change of your existing oil
a) it might help but probably only a little but still worth doing if you don't know when it was last done
b) with the existing oil drained you can compare the condition of the oil that was in the box to the condition of f...

Wha whooooo....im back home,

I drove it about 40 miles all of it in the rain, just in town, up and down the blvd. And did some shopping.....no interstate hyw driving, to nutty out there with buckets falling frombthe sky and 5 0clock traffic

It was great best 40 miles ive driven in a long time, I do need to do some more carb work ... running a bit funny

The gas gauge started w...

Hi just got back from reccy . A few bit's will be different mainly the mid way rendezvous . BUT !! Cant post tonight as we have just had a power cut as I was writing up the 2014 route . Sods law ah ??? !!! And now my phone is going flat grrrrrrr

Here's what the carbs sound and look like (also posted on the lean mixture thread)

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=BC0BE72B68A44457!9626&authkey=!ABcQlKeicq1F29A&ithint=video%2c.mp4

For some reason, it's flipped sideways, hope I don't give you all a neck crick... :)