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Hi Colin,

The release arms I have are both stamped 22G169 the parts book says 168 but I have heard in the past numbers of parts being 1 out ?
The arm on the left has the classic bend due to over pressure usually by fitting a longer pushrod to try and get a bit more throw when the clutch is already bottomed out.

Bit late to check if it’s all back in place !

Hope it all goe...

I stock ARP cylinder head washers. My price beats all others!
As for those that do not think that they are needed on an cast iron head.
"Here is what Jonathan Maylard @ ARP: states about using ARP cylinder head washers on a cast iron cylinder head.
1) "The washer will cut down the friction between the fastener and the surface of the cylinder head"
2) "Cutting down the friction will...

I haven't seen him Arie. Maybe in the summer he'll be at the pub again.

Willy. Thanks for your thoughts on pushrods. I have a couple of different ones on order just to try plus I have one that I extended. I will try them all once the car's running again. As it is, with a standard 1275 pushrod, there is an initial free movement of around 1/2" at the pedal before pressure is felt, then full travel until it touches the firewall. There is no difference in the free movemen...

Hi again Robert,
One of life's little mysteries.
To get the model no. I removed the cd drive connection.
After it was plugged back in, and a PC restart, cd did not work.
But when i plug cd in with the pc turned on, then use file explorer, it all works fine.
what can I say. Well, I'll be leaving it together now. pdf is messed up screen shot, sorry
good luck KGM

Found it, thanks!


Found this video of an mgb in the swinning sixties London.
Way before I was born LOL!!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2197457914394878

Thanks mate :)

You ever heard of him again, how is he progressing on the roof?

Some set it up as per the factory, then measure it, then use that as a future reference. If nothing else that can show there are differences between carbs that shouldn't be there. These were never close-tolerance machines and especially after all these years no two engines or pairs of carbs will be identical in terms of what they need or how they best operate. Which is why - for me - setting th...

Hi Arie, in this thread.

Thread: Aston or MGB?

https://mg-cars.org.uk/cgi-bin/or17?runprog=mgbbs&access=11136766502073&mode=archiveth&subject=110&subjectar=110&thread=2024080112504045761

I've revived it.

For Arie.