Jim Gevay

Member ID: Jim Gevay

Member Status: Silver Member

Circle Pines MN, USA

Member Since: 2008-04-24
Home Site: The MG Experience

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Website: s228.photobucket.com

Last Login: 2012-02-11 13:03:26
Last Forum Activity: 2012-02-11 13:25:45
Forum Posts: 933

In the fall of 1973 I bought a '69 MGB and drove that car year round in Minnesota for 3 years. I was young and I probably drove that car pretty hard, but I'm sure the winters were even harder on it. For many years afterward I never really thought much about MG's unless I saw one on the road, which was only on rare occasions.
I just happened to stumble upon this site in 2008 and it started the juices flowing with MG's. That spring I started looking at MG's for sale locally, and I was lucky enough to find a nice clean '74B in October. I joined the local MG club and I've met some very nice people there. Right now, I'm learning more about these neat little cars and having a blast driving it.
I'm just a pilot who loves classic old airplanes and now I have a classic old car to enjoy too. Currently I'm restoring my 1946 Aeronca Champ, which I've owned since 1985. Pictures of my Champ restoration are on my "web-site" listed above at Photo-Bucket.

Jim Gevay's Vehicle Registry

1974 MG MGB
GHN5UE329711G

1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 66,150 mi (106,458 km) -- Average age: 1974

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Removing Dizzy Drive Housing

Posted on: Tuesday June 23, 2009

Before this shows how close it was to the dipstic

This last spring I sent my dizzy to Jeff, which he rebuilt and changed it to a Pertronix. When I installed and timed it, I found that the vacumn advance pointed to far to the front of the car, and that it interfered with the dip stick. I needed to remove the dizzy and the dizzy housing and the drive spindle underneath it to rotate it back one tooth on the gear. You'll need one tool, a 5/16" X 24 bolt about 3 1/2" to 4" long. First I static timed the engine and removed the dizzy. Then you can...

Details Of A Spax Tube Shock Conversion

Posted on: Wednesday February 4, 2009

Here's some pictures of the Spax shock conversion that was done on my car about 10 years ago. This was done long before I bought the car in 2008. I'm not sure if their better than the original lever shocks, I'll have to wait and see after I put some more miles on them and have a chance to compare it with other cars.

Finding The Cause Of No Heat

Posted on: Wednesday December 24, 2008

Well I had a chance to drive this car for 6 weeks before I put it away for the winter. I put some miles on it and had some fun in doing it, but I also found some things that need some work. One of them was the heater, I had air blowing but no heat. Earlier I ordered some gaskets and other parts for the car. When I got those I was ready to drain the anti-freeze. After that was done I pulled the thermostat and the heater valve. Well it was obvious right away that the cause was, it was a bloc...

The Last Drive Of The Season

Posted on: Sunday December 21, 2008

I took my last drive in my MGB for the 2008 season two days after Thanksgiving. It was about 42F with mostly sunny skies and calm winds the last few days. Really great weather for the end of November in Minnesota. I put on about 40 miles that last day with an additional 55 miles the day before. On Thanksgiving I brought it over to the in-laws for our turkey dinner and later my wife and I went over to my sisters place to visit with my family. Thanksgiving was the first time some of my fam...

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