MG
The Classic Marque

Here a couple of years back we had never ending issues with copycat Lucas and Bosch ign.points that were being suplied in original looking packaging.
The problem with them was the contacts themselves, instead of being solid , the contacts were plated and as soon as the coating got burnt off there was no electrical circuit, they were only good for about 1000Klm at best.
Even the quality of ...

Gotcha! A way of avoiding a(what would be a very irritating) dormant failure!

When a car has been inactive for a long time hydraulics are usually a casualty. I would be stripping and checking all components, we are talking brakes after all.
Clutch is likely to have similar issues, though if it fails it is merely inconvenient.
Water pump seal also suffers quite often, but doesn't show up till after a bit of running.

Art - that matches my understanding as well, and it seems that each time Ipit in a new set, the quality gets worse!

I had an odd problem while attending the 2024 100-year MG celebration event at Watkins Glen. It was an intermittent lack of spark that would be cured it seemed by pulling the distributor and checking the gap, which was almost always spot on.

Back home in South Carol...

Just to confirm my understanding of the wiring inside the dizzy:
The plate holding the contact assembly is grounded by way of the adjusting screw.
The spring of the points assembly is live and as the
connections to it (condenser wire and wire from outside the condenser) must contact the spring and not the pole retaining the spring, ie these wires go under the insulating sleeves)
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Bjlp - Rob Snell is a reliable guy to buy from. Yes, shipping will not be cheap but where are you going find another so you can contact him with reliability!

Did Richard Knight from the UK get back to you on the hinges?

Paul

My experience with anaerobic thread sealant is that it's best to leave it overnight before applying pressure so that it has time to fully cure regardless of what the literature said about making an instant low pressure seal. That was for systems using propane/butane gas at pressure up to 3 bar and on tapered threads intended to be gas tight. I did also take the advice of a couple of professional g...

The copper washer didn't work, and neither did the sealant. Been on the phone to AH Spares and they are rummaging through their stock for a slave that will accept my 3/8 UNF male connection. Can't remember where I got the one I have, it was over 11 years ago. I think there's an invisible crack in the adapter or the cylinder.

Thanks David!

Looks good with the Cliffrod engineering hardtop.
Also another intresting hardtop(white) in the background...


Only just found out Thorpe did more then just spridgets.
Kitcar(s) too

This one maybe https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/188395915967