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Update II
Created on 2002-05-18 00:00:00
The good weather held out for one day, significant progress was made. Not far to go now!
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The stripped interior. Sorry about the lens flare, the sun was setting while I took the snaps. The DPO fiberglass transmission alteration to fit the OD transmission will be replaced with metal. Some surface rust on new floor pans already, not suprising
I removed the entire wiring harness (minus rear loom) connected to the dash. It was pretty tricky getting to the dash bolts with all the gauges in, but the right combination of long socket extensions did the trick. Actually, the radio did have to come o
Misc parts from the teardown. I hope I remember where they all go!
The REALLY bare front shot. Drilled out the screws for the RH headlight bucket, the engine is visible and has only the exhaust header still attached.
You know you're a bit car crazy when you think to yourself, "So that's what it looks like behind the dash!"
The stripped interior. Sorry about the lens flare, the sun was setting while I took the snaps. The DPO fiberglass transmission alteration to fit the OD transmission will be replaced with metal. Some surface rust on new floor pans already, not suprising
I removed the entire wiring harness (minus rear loom) connected to the dash. It was pretty tricky getting to the dash bolts with all the gauges in, but the right combination of long socket extensions did the trick. Actually, the radio did have to come o
Misc parts from the teardown. I hope I remember where they all go!
The REALLY bare front shot. Drilled out the screws for the RH headlight bucket, the engine is visible and has only the exhaust header still attached.
You know you're a bit car crazy when you think to yourself, "So that's what it looks like behind the dash!"
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Update I | 2002-05-11 | 8 | Spent a few hours tearing the car down this weekend, here's how things stand now. | |
| On Your Mark, Get Set... | 2002-04-29 | The wheels of restoration have once again been set in motion, tonight I start taking the B apart. I have a spot reserved at the end of May with my new bodywork specialist, and af... | ||
| Hibernation | 2002-01-16 | Well, I fixed most of the leaks by using some silicone RTV to help the lower windshield seals seal properly. I'm just using the B for short errand trips right now, the valvetrain... | ||
| Drip Drip Drip | 2001-12-01 | OK, for all of you that have been emailing me wondering when I'm going to update the web site, here it is. The reason that I haven't been doing much work on the car is because I ... | ||
| Found the Clonk | 2001-10-01 | 2 | For a while now I've been trying to find the source of a "clonk" sound that comes from the rear-right hand side of the car when I go over bumps. If you search through the rest of... | |
| Catastrophic Engine Failure | 2001-09-09 | Last night I was driving up Knight street here in Vancouver, accelerating up a mild hill, when I hear a soft "bang" sound in the engine bay and all of a sudden the car loses all p... | ||
| New Exhaust Note, Wheels Fixed | 2001-08-01 | This month I did a LOT of driving in the MGB. During a recent trip up to the cabin in the mountains, I had just rounded the last corner of the hour-long hillclimb through the mou... | ||
| MGB Month II | 2001-06-15 | 6 | Lots to report, first I finally got a new speedometer installed. I ordered a large-face 1280 tpm speedo from the UK to match my later top-fill overdrive transmission. Only the U... | |
| MGB Month I | 2001-06-04 | 3 | Did some more work on the car today while the weather lasts. There was a "clonk" coming from the rear right-hand (passenger) side which I assumed was due to the new leaf spring pa... | |
| Pre-Paint Pictures | 2001-05-30 | 3 | As promised, pictures with the new orange boot lid. For the first time since I bought the car the boot actually closes and locks normally - I will never get sick of that beautifu... |
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