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  • Les Rose28 November 2023

    I bit the bullet and pulled out the pistons again. One rod small end was a bit loose, another very slightly. The rods are at the gun driller now and I'll pick them up on Thursday.

    I won't bother with checking cam bearings as they were new last year, and I have found another source of the noise.

  • Mike Dixon28 November 2023

    The parts diagram shows a shim on the RH gearbox mount (71 1275) on the top of the rear bracket. I am just about to put mine back in, but there was no shim there when took it out.

    Any views on if it is required or not? In its favour is the fact that the plate on the top of my RH mount is no longer bonded to the rubber - might it be due to a lack of a shim?

    On the up-side the detac...

  • paulh428 November 2023

    It's the other way round.

    The white/brown comes off the ignition relay and feeds that fuse, other unfused ignition circuits like fuel pump and overdrive, and via that fuse most of the fused ignition circuits as well as the ballast resistance and via that to the coil. Or at least it did originally.

  • TF Springfield28 November 2023

    I do have the blue AccuSpark coil which is fed with the ballast lead.

    Sadly, the previous owner had attempted to do some major rewiring and I'm having to trace wires in order to find a 12v direct feed from the ignition switch.

    Currently the second fuse up from the bottom is fed from the coil which is of course ballasted.

    Thanks for your guidance, I'll persist.

  • Charles928 November 2023

    Hi Colin,
    The pipe & clip appear to be the same for both Chrome & RB cars with the Oil/Water gauge (Chr) & Oil gauge (RB) being in approx the same place. See picture for where my clip is fixed (there only appears to be one clip inside the car).
    Cheers,
    Charles

  • paulh428 November 2023

    I changed mine, remember a clip but didn't refit and can't see a hole either, sorry.

  • M Hyde28 November 2023

    Bruce - it is called 'composite panel' or board and there are many manufacturers. It is very thin aluminium sheet (around 0.2mm-0.8) each side with a very thin sheet of vinyl pressed in between the ally sheets. Sign writers also use it. Totally waterproof. Makes great panels for cars as it can be easily cut with strong scissors or a panel knife, screwed, shaped, bent glued and so on. There are m...

  • Paul Barrow28 November 2023

    Thanks Ian - we have both of those so if you can locate the chassis numbers of the other two sometime that would be great.

  • Bruce Cunha28 November 2023

    Can you post the name on the board you used. I am always interested in new/better products.

  • M Hyde28 November 2023

    I did something similar earlier this year using the new ultra thin ally/foam/ally car trimming panels and cut a hole for my heater fan under the dash. I used the same material to replace my crumbling kick panels. It can be glued or screwed and reshaped in situ if needed.

  • 1957 MGA COUPE

    Body off rust free car. 1800 cc. Five main at .060 over, Burgess fast road head and cam, alternator, high torque starter, header with 2 exhaust, Hoyle coil over front suspension, High Gear Engineering 5 speed gearbox, B front spindles with Wilwood four piston calipers, 75/100 watt tripod headlamps with relays. Black with black interior. Paint is base clear with some stone chips as I drive the c...

  • 1957 MGA COUPE

    Body off rust free car. 1800 cc. Five main at .060 over, Burgess fast road head and cam, alternator, high torque starter, header with 2 exhaust, Hoyle coil over front suspension, High Gear Engineering 5 speed gearbox, B front spindles with Wilwood four piston calipers, 75/100 watt tripod headlamps with relays. Black with black interior. Paint is base clear with some stone chips as I drive the c...

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