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Robert GagnonMembership Status: Member Member Since: 2009-06-29 Home Site: The MG Experience Location: (Seattle Area) but Singapore for now, USA  Email: [Sign in to view] Website: [No website] Last Login: 2010-01-11 21:51:25 Last Forum Activity: 2009-08-07 00:57:31 Forum Posts: 1 |
4 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 60,496 mi (97,359 km) -- Average age: 1945
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Posted on: Monday January 11, 2010
Months later and we get the head off the car again. Seems it was a bad job all around and we needed to have it reworked as well as take out the carpenter bolts and replace them with the right stuff. Next were the terrible shocks...wow...complete rebuild...then the brakes... $2,500 later and she is said to be sorted out. Now I just need to fly in and see if it's true!
Posted on: Tuesday August 11, 2009
After receiving the new water pump, getting it and all of the surrounding pieces on her water problem was solved. That was good news and I was ready to fire her up for her first trip but remembered those clacking lifters and her running pretty poorly. Taking off the valve cover and setting the gaps showed a front gap of about 1/4" vs. the .015mm called for in the book. Hmmm...no wonder. So, we reset the gaps and changed the plugs. She started up wonderfully and everything was in order. ...
Posted on: Saturday August 1, 2009
Flew into the states to sell a few things (times are tough!). The triumph TR6 was first, the Suzuki Hayabusa second and then the SUV. Unfortunately the MGA is next but hopefully last. I bought the MGA on eBay - yep, what can I say? I bought it restored and when it arrived I had already taken a position overseas so I was here for the day or two of it's arrival. After it came off the trailer the driver complained of it leaking fluid and oil. Hmmm. Let me start it up. Radiator fluid pouri...
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