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Charlie Adams
Member ID: MGACharlie
Member Status: Silver Member  Fairfax VA, USA 
Last Login: 2012-05-18 12:29:32
Forum Activity: 2012-05-18 19:45:59 Forum Posts: 8 |
In 1968 I purchased a 1960 MGA that my family enjoyed for the 17 years. Then in 2009, I discovered a 1962 MGA that needed restoration, brought it home and joined the local MGA club. We found so much enjoyment with our new friends that my wife encouraged me to get a running MGA, and now we have two.
2 Vehicles --
Total mileage: 68,276 mi (109,880 km) --
Average age: 1962
There are 6 total entries in this Journal.
Showing summary of the most recent Journal entries:
Posted on: Wednesday July 13, 2011
Last week I made up a welding cart for my bargain welder. Carl Heideman of Eclectic Motorworks got me started on this...he suggested this project during his MGA body restoration seminar last winter. I used metal from a disgarded garden stand which I found at the nearby Lorton dump along with a couple pieces of sheet metal. Keith Kallapos, a friend in my local NAMGAR club donated the wheels. It was a satisfying project that cost me nothing. My welder is a Lincoln 140HD which I bought off...
Posted on: Wednesday July 13, 2011
I thought this would be a good day to begin the restoration of my 62 from New Mexico via Manassas VA. Its been in my garage since 2009 gathering a little more dust. I've tinkered with it some and found lights, horn, and turn signals working. After soaking the cylinders the engine spins nicely and makes plenty of compression. No doubt it will run but I suspect it may smoke after sitting since 1980. Its mostly complete and has very little rust. On the 4th, I started to pull the interior. Th...
Posted on: Thursday March 31, 2011
I've got my hands into several projects today. This morning I reset the timing with my new Craftsman timing light which worked like a charm. I adjusted the timing at 950 rpm idle from about 22 degrees to 17 degrees BTDC. Then I used a stick to hold the rpm at 3000 and found the timing advanced to about 26 degrees. I'll leave it there till I have a chance to take it for a spin. Rain here in DC, so today is not the day. My speedometer arrived from Nisonger today. Hooray! It looks so n...
Posted on: Sunday March 20, 2011
Last fall, the clutch pedal had started to catch about 1 inch from the top. In this position I could hear a slight a whirring noise and when I lifted the clutch pedal with my foot, it would snap to full return and the whirring noise would stop. So, the throw-out bearing was riding on the pressure plate until the pedal was lifted. After getting the engine running again last month, it was time to investigate this clutch pedal catch. I started by removing the clevis pin at the end of the ma...
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