MG
The Classic Marque

No Y Tourers in those photos, but some lovely SA's and VA's.

Well done Bill!

Yep
Just make sure that snap ring is good quality and is a nice tight spring loaded fit in the groove of the shaft, and if it's a stamped/curved one, fit it with it's flat side out towards you as you fit it(towards the pump cover)

I know I said that before but there you go again

Cheers
willy

The broken teeth could be the result of fatigue. I had a pinion tooth taken out by the cross pin coming out and when I inspected the pinion I could see fine cracks running from the base of each tooth to the centre, the edges on the nose of the pinion were razor sharp which wouldn't have helped.

Crownwheel and pinions are stamped/ forged into shape out of a piece of redhot steel then machined (hob cut) then hardened, then set up in a lapping machine to get the contact spots smooth and quiet
Found these for you--

Crownwheel--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eS4OYzTRzg

Pinion--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5yroOIlgDc

Yes I have one of those snap rings that has a curved profile on one side. But I have ordered a replacement along with a new gasket. I believe it is a conventional ring with 2 holes at it's end to grab it with a snap ring pliers. The original one did not even feel like it was made from spring steel. I would have to compress it with the jaws of a pliers after installation because it was so loose....

Indeed it is, MGB to boot. Out of interest I've asked if they can measure the thickness of the casting at that point. They are going to sleeve it, but one can't help wondering if there are any other weak areas. Peter Burgess has told me that some Qualcast blocks were found to be so porous that they were sleeved from the outset.

Depends on the wire Tim, some wires will cope with welding over ,most won't, depends on the makeup of the wire/flux

My only advice would be to not let this project get overly complicated. The mechanism and "electronics" (electronics might a bit of an over statement) are pretty unsophisticated. When my gasket was leaking around the sender, I pulled the pieces off the tank to replace the gasket and noticed the "float" was in pretty poor condition. Wanting to use the car that weekend, I made a gasket from a piece ...

Impressive Guy
I pushed my midget racer to start it up once,slight downhill, got it up to a reasonable pace and then went to jump over the door, got over ok but caught my second foot on the top of the door,planted my head into the rollbar and had to go for the handbrake--very embarrassing in front of those there,
Nigel, I took an educated guess at the steering wheel, You had mentioned earli...