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Tightening Things Up.
Created on 2006-06-17 15:58:33
Plenty has happened since last time ive written. i fixed the tach, but while doing that i re-wired the prianha ignition i have, which seemed to help performance.
the car always had a rough time in the high idle, i know, from common sence, it can be a weak spark, weak carb settings, or weak fuel pump.
i eleminated one of thoes 3 possibilitys, put in the crane fireball coil, and holy cow! what a diffrence. for the first time, ever, new or old engine, ive brought the car to the yellow line. its still not right, but its better.
my fater, while i was at work (with another car for this reason) pulled some of the carb apart to find out which jets to order with the rebiuld kit, he also fixed a couple problems here and there, so that helped too. drivability is way up.
i still have a problem with water leakage (how bout that? in an MG? nooooo....) in the front footwells, so ive been siliconing things, and it seems to be helping.
also, ive always had a problem seeing in the footwells at night, if, say, i drop something, etc, so i set up 2 lights in the wells, that come on with the dash lights.
sounds stupid to have constant lighting, but they are set up to be very indirect, and are red, so not to kill night-vision. my father had em on his old freighliners, and it worked out really well.
oh. looks awesome too. haha.
i just hope people think im trying to rice it out. thats the last thing i want, man!
the car always had a rough time in the high idle, i know, from common sence, it can be a weak spark, weak carb settings, or weak fuel pump.
i eleminated one of thoes 3 possibilitys, put in the crane fireball coil, and holy cow! what a diffrence. for the first time, ever, new or old engine, ive brought the car to the yellow line. its still not right, but its better.
my fater, while i was at work (with another car for this reason) pulled some of the carb apart to find out which jets to order with the rebiuld kit, he also fixed a couple problems here and there, so that helped too. drivability is way up.
i still have a problem with water leakage (how bout that? in an MG? nooooo....) in the front footwells, so ive been siliconing things, and it seems to be helping.
also, ive always had a problem seeing in the footwells at night, if, say, i drop something, etc, so i set up 2 lights in the wells, that come on with the dash lights.
sounds stupid to have constant lighting, but they are set up to be very indirect, and are red, so not to kill night-vision. my father had em on his old freighliners, and it worked out really well.
oh. looks awesome too. haha.
i just hope people think im trying to rice it out. thats the last thing i want, man!
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Been Drving. Not Writing. | 2006-05-25 | so, been a while. reading that last entry made me feel crappy, but this is a happier one. so! its been about 2 weeks since ive been on here. everything is more or less great... | ||
| Little Stuff, Big Annoyances, And Too Much Time. | 2006-05-07 | arg. its been a frustrating week. i didnt do 2 things myself on my car. the machine work, and the freeze out plugs. i had the machine shop put em in, cause he had the block... | ||
| Alright... | 2006-04-27 | i could drive her right now. but the stupid flat...ugh. she runs well, sounds like we need to adjust the valves again, ones makin a little noise... everythings goin well, my... | ||
| That Noise, That Glorious Noise | 2006-04-26 | She runs. got oil pressure. yeehaw its so close. i think its so good looking. i gotta straighten out the timing... and my dad fried the alt wire, but alls good.... | ||
| Rain. | 2006-04-23 | 1 | anotther rained out long island weekend. this is now 4 weekends ive lost completly to rain during this build. i should be drving it already. its amazing around here. it will... | |
| And Its In. | 2006-04-22 | engines in. good stuff. she's pretty. i cant wait to... do everything with it. even driving to work will be fun for a week or two, then again once its broken in prop... | ||
| The Opposite Of Congress.... | 2006-04-22 | progress! the engine is complete! well. as comlete as i want it before i put it in. everything went more or less smothly, becides som... | ||
| The Opposite Of Congress.... | 2006-04-22 | progress! the engine is complete! well. as comlete as i want it before i put it in. everything went more or less smothly, becides som... | ||
| Blast! | 2006-04-09 | did coupla small things, whats left w/o having the engine... hung ex hangers, made sure everythings clean, fitted ex pieces toghter to make it easy when its build ti... | ||
| In The Beginning... | 2006-04-08 | journal, eh? i like it. so about 6 mos ago i bought my 76 mg. my first car. kinda proud to have the quickest, or coolest car outta all my frends, and all i pa... |
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