MGB: British Service Manuals

Jul 02, 2009 09:20:25
The Wiz

I would just like people to know that these manuals are not written in the English that is spoken and written by regular British people, things like this:

1. Clamp hexagon body of LRT-12-013 in vice.
2. Screw large nut back until flush with end of
centre screw.
3. Push centre screw forward until nut contacts
thrust race.
4. Locate piston adapter LRT-12-014 with its long
spigot inside bore of hexagon body.
5. Fit parallel sleeve, grooved end first, onto
centre screw and smear outside diameter with
engine oil.
6. Locate piston and connecting rod assembly on
centre screw and up to adapter LRT-12-014.
7. Fit remover/replacer bush of LRT-12-014 on
centre screw with flanged end away from
gudgeon pin.
8. Screw stop nut onto centre screw leaving
clearance A, between nut and
remover/replacer bush.
Clearance A = 3 mm.
9. Lock the stop nut securely with lockscrew.
10. Push connecting rod to right to locate end of
gudgeon pin in adapter LRT-12-014.
11. Ensure remover/replacer is located in gudgeon
pin bore of piston.
12. Screw large nut up to thrust race.
13. Hold lockscrew and turn large nut until
gudgeon pin is withdrawn from piston.
14. Dismantle tool and remove piston, connecting
rod and gudgeon pin.
15. Repeat above operation for remaining pistons.


are a whole different language that is taught only in British Technical Schools. Us Brits are just as screwed as the rest of you when it comes to understanding these manuals.

:D

Jul 02, 2009 10:42:23
Limey

Sounds like the instructions for removing and/or installing a piston onto a connecting rod to me!

Jul 02, 2009 10:51:24
The Wiz

Limey Wrote:

Quote: "
Sounds like the instructions for removing and/or installing a piston onto a connecting rod to me!
"


See, it takes a British Engineer to translate!

Jul 02, 2009 12:02:42
Limey

Amateurs! ;)

Jul 02, 2009 12:32:29
The Wiz

A real Brit would just have said

"Press out gudgeon pin using correct tool"

Much simpler - yes? :)

Jul 02, 2009 17:01:03
twigworker

I especially like them when they have no drawings. It makes everything seem so simple! Can't wait for them to come out with wiring schematics in Braille.

BTW: Does anyone actually know what the basic meaning is of the word GUDGEON?

Jack

Jul 02, 2009 18:29:35
The Wiz

twigworker Wrote:

Quote: "
I especially like them when they have no drawings.
"


What I quoted has no diagrams, it is from the Factory Rover 3.5 engine manual.

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