MG
The Classic Marque

Hi

I found out just now, that the two threads that hold the(made of brass) stop of the clutch operating arrangement have been mis-treated by some funny guy.

5/16 BSF Bolts fit in the threads, as well as metric M8x1 ones do!

I might have to ReCoil / Helicoil the two threads and need to please know which one is correct.

Regards
Anton Piller

Bill maybe ask your neighbours, especially when it's sunnier, for a contribution or some sort of reciprocal benefit😊?

As said the twist and remove only applies to the North American dash, unfortunately.

Hopefully (I've not had to do one of those) the 77 and later might be easier than the earlier UK dashboards due to the different layout. For the earlier getting to the two knurled nuts is a pain, often needing removal of the air vents. Both my (CB and earlier RB) cars came to me with just one knurled nu...

From behind the dash,undo the two nurled round nuts, unscrew the curled nut holding the speedo cable from the back of the instrument, pull out the illumination bulb holder & then pull the instrument out from the front.
Cheers, Charles

I haven’t tried to remove one on the later dashboard, so can’t say for sure, but USA cars had a different dashboard and clocks to UK cars, so the procedure could well be different.

Twist the whole gauge clockwise until the slots allow it to be pulled forward and out of the dash.

How do you remove the speedo on a 1980 MGB. The existing one is sluggish in response sticks on zero or at a previous speed.
Any thoughts.
Brian

Jeremy, yes, in a nutshell! I couldn't help of thinking what's actually going on in total. When I said that your solar was, in effect, sending current to the substation, that would only be true if your house was the only one drawing current. In reality, the neighbours houses will be drawing grid current meaning your solar's excess current would only need to get as far as the next neigbour. So ...

OK so thanks Bill - that makes sense.
So the solar needs to be pumping 'voltage' at a higher rate/pressure (than the grid) so the appliance picks up on that. Dark arts.

Thinking more about it, I'm about right. But for the solar to supply ALL switched on appliances it has to have the current capacity, otherwise the grid takes over. at least partly. So when the solar supplies ALL switched on appliances it has to have a higher voltage all the way back to your substation I.e. so the grid cannot send current to your house. As I said, your solar is "fighting" the grid...