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KG, your car, and all others, have been coping with charging the battery in the battery box as designed since it was built. Remember when first started the charge rate is highest for some miles and they cope just fine with this situation, or at least I have yet to hear of any bursting into flames due to inadequate ventilation, so I would not worry about it. If charging while stationary leave the...

Mike
I stopped advertising my continental runs in Mascot, for members from the Shires to join us, in 23 after having so much trouble with Chairman Parrot over the Gaydon Gathering.
I take no credit in planning it. A Kent member had arranged it all - discounts at Gaydon, discounts at a Hotel, advert in MG Enthusiast (?) and the MGOC Mag. An absolute gift for the Club, and costing nothing,...

Mike
Darren decided to discontinue: it had run its course.
With 20mph speed limits; cameras, humps & bumps, bus & cycle lanes it wasn’t in the end that much fun.

Hi

Guess the New Year’s Day London Bridges Run is now something of previous times?

Happy New Year when it arrives with you - wishing you good health and happy Spridget driving, repairing, restoration and modification.

Cheers
Mike

Ah nice to have a FWB thread! Let’s see if we can get this to over 400 posts…

Anam - NOS FWBs do still occasionally come up for sale on eBay - I wonder if people have forgotten or do no know about possible issues with alternatives. The Meditech modified (machined with correct radius) new bearings were not available for very long.

Cheers
Mike

Alan

I am glad you are still having fun. An effective ombudsman system for clubs sounds a good idea.

Any scope for some out of country Spridgeteers? How about a trip to Scotland including seeing some Spridget sprint/hillclimb competition?

Cheers
Mike

Yep. they should last forever if maintained properly---cleaned,regreased and new seals every 30-40,000 Contamination is the killer, good sealing is a must.
David raised a good point about moderns running tapered races without spacer blocks and yes it's quite common, BUT our older cars' stub axles don't like it much, maybe for normal road work it's ok I ran a V8MGB without for ages without an...

Mike.
Thank you

It is but few ‘bad eggs’ on Committee but what they do impacts on the Club as they have caused members to leave and Kent Area to walk away to form Spridgeteers.
East Kent Group, if you read Mascot, is but ‘smoke & mirrors’.

Making their own rules they are answerable to no-one as they censor both the Magazine and Fb. Articles of Association are ig...

Alan, I am sorry to hear of your ongoing bad experience.

This particular club and its members have lost out by losing your excellent and ingenious technical experience, advice and willingness to share this including writing many articles in the club magazine. This is ironic as you persuaded me to join it many years ago for the technical content.

I am a member of a few clubs but ...

"I suspect the mileage the cars do now a set would last many years. "

For many years, read 'forever'. They were good for 100k miles anyway.