michael anderson

Member ID: mjamgb

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NORTHERN NEVADA, USA

Member Since: 2008-07-01
Home Site: The MG Experience

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Last Login: 2012-02-10 10:27:00
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My first MG is the '67 listed. I took it to college and proceeded to destroy it over the years... college being worst on it. Subsequently, I turned it into an auto-x car and have just retired it due to the, er, flagrant body lightening (rust holes). I've owned 19 cars and still have 9 of them and a '67 Beezer A65, starting with air-cooled VW's and the '67B. I adore racing but no budget either in money or time... maybe someday.

michael anderson's Vehicle Registry

1954 MG Magnette ZA
KAE433113

1967 MG MGB
GHN3L129266

1973 MG MGB
GHN5UD313102G

1974 MG Midget
GAN5UE150706G

4 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 457,600 mi (736,436 km) -- Average age: 1967

Member Journal – Michael Anderson's Journal

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Some Sorry Magnette Photos

Posted on: Wednesday December 1, 2010

Well, I thought it would be good to post a few shots of the ZA prior to doing any actual work to it so...

Midget A-arm

Posted on: Monday August 10, 2009

Damage to the A arm Note how it has bent the arm

Well the passenger side (right) came apart and went back together with difficulty but nothing like the "OhMyGod... IhadtouseasawzalltogeteverythingapartanditwasAWFUL" horror stories I was reading. Then I started in on the driver side (left). OHMYGOD ITISAWFUL HOWAMIGONNAFIXTHIS??? Just kidding. It wasn't as nice as the passenger side, however. In the first place, the inner bushes were fully and completely rotten to mush. The tabbed washers on the rear pin had actually rubbed a brigh...

DOT5 And DOT3 Imiscible?

Posted on: Saturday July 25, 2009

July 25, 2009 - Day one. 3:00 pm Pacific: I poured a couple ounces of (previously open) DOT brake fluid in a regulation Planters Salted Roasted Cashew jar. This I followed by a couple ounces of DOT5 brake fluid. The DOT5 clearly floats on top of the DOT3 and there is a distinct demarcation line... Then I swirled them together (No violent shaking, please. This is a SERIOUS experiment!). They mixed into a more or less uniform cloudy purpley grey mass that seems to be just as "fluid" as either ...

Replacement Wheel Cylinders Midget

Posted on: Sunday December 7, 2008

Other than the bother of doing a brake job in the first place, replacing the wheel cylinders is a big PITA, mostly due to the fact that they are retained by a spring clip instead of a screw. I sourced new units frrom the B-hive. They were made in Italy and the factory obviously didn't look at the install to select the spring clip because it comes with a giant e-clip that is flat out impossible to fit. In retrospect, the whole job would be much easier on a workbench or in the vise. However,...

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