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Prompted by Mikes post, I've been reading archive mgb damper conversion threads.

All looks like it should be a superb conversion.

However, the big problem, and the main reason for the conversion is, naff recon/used mgb dampers.

If you can't get decent mgb dampers and more than you can get decent original Spridget ones, then what's the point?

I see there are preponderanc...

I have the mgb conversionkit Mike mentiones.
Had some reenginering issues to actualy fit the mgb dampers as they are bigger then the spridget ones.
My car is a lhd one with a Rover K series in it so I have some non original parts on non original positions like the sepparate oilfilterhousing(is now a upsidedown one) and different alternatorbracket ad belt.

For the first time the ca...

Thanks Jeremy. Hopefully yours from the rebuild will be good, then I'll get my fronts done too. As I have a spare pair of rears, I'll have those done too, as they are all a bit uneven.

I had the FL kit on the front, but went back to levers when the FL oilite bushes became worn. Plan is to rebush and refit the FL 'temporarily'. The oilites are very cheap and easy to fit, but the pivot pins...

As an engineer the answer was easy as multiplication and division take precedence over addition and subtraction, brackets not required.

Malc

Early cars had the bracket for the flexi hose, whereas later cars had the flexi going through the inner wing.

Maybe they designed it using a later car 🤷🏻‍♂️

In my day, you would use brackets, but these days there is something called BODMAS.

There is a picture of the L482 on the Abingdon Spares link I posted earlier if you click on it Ed.

See also https://www.sportsandclassics.com/parts/mg-series/lucas-l482-mgtc-exu-model-rear-directional-lamp-morris-minor-mm-53131/

Not in stock but also https://www.holden.co.uk/p/rear_lamp_for_mg_tc_exported_to_usa

Best price seems to be https://www.brittrix.com/product/lucas-l48...

Drop the steering column and maybe pop the steering wheel off first - make it a bit easier.

See this?

Apparently most people can't work out it's 35.

The state of our nation.

Still, we'll EVENTUALLY, get a carrier and destroyer to Cyprus. 🙄

Hi Mike, yep I know about that kit. But my levers are shot. So I'm refitting the FL kit I already have.