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David Terry
Member ID: Beedapox
Member Status: Silver Member  Houston, Texas, USA 
Last Login: 2012-05-25 08:06:30
Forum Activity: 2012-05-25 08:38:18 Forum Posts: 396 |
1 Vehicles --
Total mileage: 146,250 mi (235,367 km) --
Average age: 1976
There are 6 total entries in this Journal.
Showing summary of the most recent Journal entries:
Posted on: Monday March 12, 2012
I finally bit the bullet and replaced my front shocks. The PO told me that they needed to be replaced when I bought the car and based upon the quantity of oil they left on the garage floor I dare say he was right. After researching all of the posts on MGE on the subject and the associated horror stories, I ordered the parts, doused the upper trunnion with PB Blaster, found my BFH, and prepared for the worst. I should mention that I ordered my shocks from Peter Caldwell at Worldwide Auto Parts ...
Posted on: Thursday March 8, 2012
I finally got around to addressing the alternator indicator light that had recently begun to glow and determined that the rectifier was giving up the ghost. Given the banjaxed nature of the wiring harness, I chose to replace the alternator with a remanufactured unit from O'Reilly Auto Parts instead of converting to a unit with higher amperage and then rebuild the defective unit for use as a spare. The actual process of cleaning up the old alternator and replacing the old parts was very sim...
Posted on: Friday September 16, 2011
I have been slowly replacing odds and ends on my MGB over the course of the last year. Since I have every other Friday off, that's when I typically try to get those tasks completed. I had originally planned on replacing the front disk pads and had acquired some new pads and hardware from the Bhive. The car had other ideas. Last Sunday, the fuel pump gave up the ghost. So, I spent the week acquiring a new Facet pump and hardware from NAPA. After shipping the kids off to school this morning,...
Posted on: Friday July 1, 2011
I just finished replacing the beat up trunk lid on my 76B. The replacement lid came with a nice luggage rack that I intended to install once the lid was repainted and in place. I quickly realized that I had failed to take into account the condition of the rack. Although the metal was in good shape, the screw holes were all stripped out and largely out of round on the rear horizontal member. After several trips to Ace Hardware to find a variety of different size SS screws, I had an epiphany: ...
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