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Jugs, puppies,

Hooters are pretty good too. 🤣🤣

I have a nice door knocker as well as my door bell. Perhaps younger readers may not know there is little better in life than nice knockers.

Nothing on youtube for starter replacement on a Mk2 Ka (2009 petrol). I am now the proud owner of a very impressive (made in England) Norbar torque wrench that most likely will outlast me (may become a family heirloom). I also have a very nice 32mm socket.

However, as I discovered this afternoon despite what it says in the Haynes manual it is not necessary to remove the drive shaft. I...

The 7/16" tube nut arrived today. Very difficult to fit. I flared the pipe again, having made sure that it was as square as possible at the end. All back together, and guess what, it still leaked. Yesterday I bought a pack of copper washers and today I glued one in the slave using hydraulic sealant. I held it in place over lunchtime with a 7/16th bolt. Back together again and, lo and behold, there...

Cheapo and simple doorbell push (has battery) with two plug in ringers, one in the hall one in the garage. £14 delivered (eBay). Have windows (glass) to see who is there, and dog barks at anything on the drive before they get to the door anyway!

You could always employ a French taunter...

As an aside, Bill - did you fix your bonnet strut catch?

There! Thread drift to include Spridget content!

I also run a dynamo on my pub bike but I’ve changed the lights to led ones and the lights are very good even at very slow speeds (often !)
They have a capacitor in them that keeps the lights lit when I stop at junctions etc - which was always a safety issue with my old dynamo lights.

I have also found the attached, which may help.

You may find what you want at; chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/books/pdf/L400e_sd.pdf
The section is from a Lucas 1945-1960 catalogue.