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Winter Projects On Hold- Too Cold!

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George Heissenberger — Posted on The MG Experience
Saturday February 6, 2010 10:08 AM

I had told myself to get started by February on my two winter MGB projects- taking off the carbs and heat shield so I can scrape the goo off the left side of the engine and take off the tappet covers to put on new gaskets. My other project is to replace the u joints on the drive shaft. In January there was a week where it got up to 30 and I should have started, but I didn't. My garage is unheated and its been hovering around 10 degrees this week, so I am not doing any of my winter projects. Even with a little space heater it onlu goes up about 10 degrees at best. My son bought a new old stock radiator shroud for his Dart and when he went to fit it last week it cracked because it was so cold. So I will wait until it gets a little warmer- maybe March!

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Thanksgiving Day Drive

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George Heissenberger — Posted on The MG Experience
Thursday November 26, 2009 8:42 PM

I took the MG out for a spin today as it was sunny and 55 degrees. They are calling for snow starting this weekend, so this is a good time to put the car away for the winter and start working on the list of winter projects. I am going to pull the drive shaft and replace a bad u joint, take off the carbs and replace the leaking side cover gaskets. I picked up a used wire wheel that needs to be sandblasted or wire brushed before priming and painting, to replace one that is slightly out of round. I had yet another flat and this time found I had run over chunks of broken glass and it had penetrated to the tube. this was on the spare I have been running since fixing the other tire twice.

The MGB and the Dart ready for a winter nap

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Oil Change And A Beer

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George Heissenberger — Posted on The MG Experience
Saturday November 21, 2009 3:00 PM

Pat, my brother in law who owns a '79 MGB stopped over to visit and we did a quick oil change to Our MG. It has been 11 months and 2505 miles since the last oil change. I think in the past season I have added at least 5 quarts of oil. Its just leaking out of the side covers and I think the oil pan gasket too. So I know I will have to address that this winter. Everything went smoothly and we shot the breeze while I did the oil change, then it was time for a beer.

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Stretching Out The Season

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George Heissenberger — Posted on The MG Experience
Tuesday November 17, 2009 10:35 AM

The tire issues seem to be resolved since I've not had another flat since the pinched tube was replaced. As long as the weather cooperates I've decided not to put the car up for the winter, at least until it snows and they dump salt on the road. So far I am keeping it to short trips because I still have to get the driveshaft off and replace a bad u joint. This weekend it was 60 degrees and although cloudy- a very mild day for November in Upstate New York. Maybe there is an upside to global warming!

Top down 60 degrees in mid November

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No Snow So Far In November

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George Heissenberger — Posted on The MG Experience
Tuesday November 10, 2009 4:18 AM

We have had a stretch of unusually beautiful weather for November and as long as it hasn't snowed enough for there to be salt on the roads yet I am still driving the MGB. This past weekend was just perfect, sunny and almost 70 degrees..in November in New York! Top down and loving it. We found the bad tire had a pinched tube, so after installing a new tube and slowly inflating it, bouncing it a few times and fully inflating it, all is well again.

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Near The End Of The Season?

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George Heissenberger — Posted on The MG Experience
Sunday October 25, 2009 11:25 AM

I usually put the MG up for the winter around Halloween, so I added fuel stabilizer and took the B out for a drive today because its so beautiful out. I've put on 2065 miles this season- less than some years, about average I guess. I may get it out once or twice more before the snow flies. I still have something going on with one rear tire because I got a flat while parked in the garage again and we just put in a new tube in that tire two weeks ago. I'm guessing something inside the wheel is cutting the tube. I'm running on the spare now and will dismount the tire from the bad wheel and look for rust or protruding spoke ends. I know there's no rubber band in that wheel, just many wraps of duct tape and maybe that's not enough?

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