MG
The Classic Marque

Forgot to mention, the passenger side has slightly more drag than the drivers side.

I have noticed that if I have applied the brakes then release the pedal there is very slight drag on the disc pads, I can still spin the wheels by hand but definitely a slight drag. After a while this goes away and the wheels spin much easier. Is this the master cylinder residual pressure or the calliper pistons not moving back - guess there is no load to push them back? Car seems to roll easily e...

What happened Dave, you sold yours?
Who made you do that, the revenue-man? :)

Adrian
If you slot the top hole of your slave cylinder you can leave the bolt in the bell-housing and it only takes a ‘nip’ with a spanner to do and undo sliding the slave in and out. The bottom bolt is more easily accessible.

Rolled up cardboard tube.

One of the few benefits of having a Heritage shell - the access hole for the bolted 1500 propshaft ! Easy !

In the past, I have threaded a length of string through the front yoke to help support and locate it in the gearbox.

Hmm, I doubt I could do that while lying underneath the car, well not without a severe loss of patience anyway.

Fortunately I have one piece removeable GRP front bodywork so engine comes out quite easily, cross fingers it will go back in a similar fashion.

Pull the shaft backwards over the axle. Wrap the " remote" end in gaffer tape rhe stop the UJ from flopping about and aid re- erngagement with the gear box. It'll soon rip off on the first drive. Alternatively you can use a piece of stiff wire through the gear lever hole to lift the end into the 'box as your pretty young assistant pushes from underneath..a job for two pairs of hands. Good luck. Da...

Propshaft may be removeable in situ, but how does one then get the front end back into the gearbox to reassemble?

Engine/box only needed to come forward enough to slide shaft out, which is now stripped (with the aid of the angle grinder and cutting disc as rusted circlips broke up) and awaiting new UJs.

I wish I hadn't disconnected the clutch slave cylinder as I now have to put ...

Gas can go “off”. I use sta-bil . Never had an issue

Regards, Tom