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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #401
Stretch GT Andrew Stretch Orange County, CA, USA 1971 MG MGB GT "Red Dragon"	Posted: March 21, 2012 08:15PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 90

Completed an 80 mile round trip to Lake Elisnore & back - stopped by The Lookout Roadhouse & enjoyed some awesome views from the top. smileys with beer

BTW, Gord - I could eat out of that engine bay. Nice job!

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #402
1980owner Jeff Grant Central, MA, USA 1975 MG Midget 1500 "Project Not Yet In Progress..." 1980 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE) "Daily Drivable"	Posted: March 21, 2012 08:36PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 995

Pulled the rear drums off to lube up the 1/2" adjustment bolt thing.

Below links are for my 80 B LE with factory 1800 and include pictures.
Blackstone Labs Oil Report #2 on 80 B LE (8/2011)
My MTX-L Wideband O2 Installation (8/2011)
M!ata Seat Install (5/2011)
Rear wheel cylinders, brake line bending, brake master cylinder replacement, pressure bleeding (9/2010)
1975 No-Cat Stainless Exhaust Installed (8/2010)

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #403
speedy Michael Terrell Oregon, USA 1975 MG MGB "The Little Engine That Tried" 1995 Jeep Wrangler "Little Engine That Could" 2010 Jeep Commander "People Hauler"	Posted: March 21, 2012 08:43PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 673

Fixed my blinkers

1975 MGB
Weber Down draft
Electric ignition
4 speed non O.D.
Soft Suspension
Tight Steering somehow
New Brake lines
New Clutch Master/Slave
SEAFOAM!!!

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #404
kimmie Kimberly Rae Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia 1970 MG MGB MkIII "'Blue'" 1998 Mercedes-Benz C-Class "The Merc"	Posted: March 21, 2012 09:48PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 511

Just got back from a few days on Phillip Island - 300 km round trip. blue ran like a dream, but it rained buckets yesterday and I did find several windshield leaks.

It's not a car...It's an Adventure! (apologies to Casey Ryback)

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #405
MGB JOHN John Schaub Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 1974 MG MGB MkIII	Posted: March 22, 2012 05:23AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 129

WOW Marco!!!! The drool is just about drying, but the smile of appreciation will be there for a while! Excellent job!!
John

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #406
Psu2011 Alan Klaum Johnstown Pa., USA 1973 MG MGB	Posted: March 22, 2012 02:02PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 79

Installed my new 50th anniversary grill badge. smiling smiley

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #407
forestghost07 Marco Sinai Florida, USA 1972 MG MGB GT "Viajero" 1999 Chevrolet Blazer "Works For Gas"	Posted: March 22, 2012 05:14PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 2,225

In reply to # 2018817 by MGB JOHN WOW Marco!!!! The drool is just about drying, but the smile of appreciation will be there for a while! Excellent job!!
John

Hi John! Ummm ... what job LOL confused smiley

You mean my last post here, tappet cover leak? thanks! smiling smiley

200 or so mi later still dry w00t w00t! thumbs up smiley

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #408
forestghost07 Marco Sinai Florida, USA 1972 MG MGB GT "Viajero" 1999 Chevrolet Blazer "Works For Gas"	Posted: March 22, 2012 05:41PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 2,225

Trying to save PLT's original jack bag today; DPO let it turn into a sad rusty mess angry smiley

Bit tricky without getting the inside wet - scrubbing the rust with CLR worked sort of ok. The buckles are history sad smiley

I'll use a bungee cord to keep it rolled.

I know there's replacements but you're only original once

~Marco and PLT~

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #409
1980owner Jeff Grant Central, MA, USA 1975 MG Midget 1500 "Project Not Yet In Progress..." 1980 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE) "Daily Drivable"	Posted: March 22, 2012 07:24PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 995

Changed the upper radiator hose and thermostat. One thermostat housing stud snapped off thankfully at nut and not the head. Little heat on the head and some vise grips turned the stud out without much issue at all. Replaced all the studs just to be on the safe side for next time and also added lock washers to the hardware assembly.

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #410
ourmg George Heissenberger Victor, New York, USA 1973 MG MGB "OUR MG- The Old Girl" 2006 Mini Cooper "Greta's Mini"	Posted: March 22, 2012 08:22PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 2,814

Got headlights working again. So I guess laying upside down playing with wires under the dash of a small British car is my way of relaxing after work.

"OUR MG" Glacier White 1973 MGB, owned since 1983. Factory hardtop. Member MG Car Club Western New York Centre
"Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Ben Franklin

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #411
lsnadon Les Nadon Cheyenne WY, USA 1978 MG MGB "First Mate" 2008 Triumph MC Bonneville "Girlfriend"	Posted: March 22, 2012 09:08PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 114

Monkeyed with the clutch hydralics and then ordered a clutch slave from Englishparts.com

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #412
Retro Fit Tony Zito Los Angeles, USA	Posted: March 22, 2012 09:20PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 503

Broke my damn turn signal switch by fumbling with an emergency horn blow. Now the high beams flop down to the on position. very irritating. I will be ordering a new one tomorrow. Found a new one on eBay for $65.00 with free shipping.

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #413
forestghost07 Marco Sinai Florida, USA 1972 MG MGB GT "Viajero" 1999 Chevrolet Blazer "Works For Gas"	Posted: March 22, 2012 11:03PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 2,225

In reply to # 2019627 by ourmg Got headlights working again. So I guess laying upside down playing with wires under the dash of a small British car is my way of relaxing after work.

Hi George haha congrats been there as well - gotta love the challenge and the backaches huh tongue sticking out smiley

Oh ... and the gut satisfaction of slaying the Prince!!

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #414
mulpha Terrence Walters Calgary, AB, Canada 1974 MG MGB MkIII	Posted: March 22, 2012 11:50PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 78

Wasn't today, but I've been dealing with family emergencies the last few days.
Last Saturday, 4 gents from the club came over and we did some compression testing and then took Dorothy's head off.
Great times!
More detail here: http://www.mgexperience.net/journal/mulpha/7257

Today I worked on my maintenance XLS. It's setup for Canucks that garage their cars over the winter - I'll share when I've sorted a few more tasks out.

http://www.terrencewalters.com/wordpress/74mgb/

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #415
kimmie Kimberly Rae Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia 1970 MG MGB MkIII "'Blue'" 1998 Mercedes-Benz C-Class "The Merc"	Posted: March 22, 2012 11:51PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 511

Solved an odd problem with my headlights: When I selected High Beam, the dash illumination for the speedo went out, and when I selected Low again, the illumination came back, but High beam stayed on.
This was obviously connected with the relays I have fitted, but that was 6 months ago. It turned out to be a bad earth of the speedo itself, sorted now.

It's not a car...It's an Adventure! (apologies to Casey Ryback)

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #416
mgb77owner James Irland Live Oak, Texas, USA 1980 MG MGB "Lady Daphne"	Posted: March 23, 2012 09:15AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 365

Drained and refilled both the differential and transmission. Getting ready for some serious driving in the Texas Hill Country.

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #417
iamyeehaw John Herres Grenada, USA 1970 MG MGB GT ""Emma""	Posted: March 23, 2012 09:17AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 21

In reply to # 2020000 by mgb77owner Drained and refilled both the differential and transmission. Getting ready for some serious driving in the Texas Hill Country.

James, I lived in Central TX for about 38 years. Are you taking 2222 or Bee Caves RD?

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #418
tmarchese thomas marchese tallahassee,fl., USA 1980 MG MGB "Ole Girl"	Posted: March 23, 2012 10:56AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 18

sounds like your going to do nice ride just got back from ride on canopy roads and back highways here in tallahassee florida and through south georgia had my 80B doing 70-75mph just huming along with frank sinatra cd just loving life isn't it great? have good day

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #419
bobastor BOB ASTOR YORK, PA, USA	Posted: March 23, 2012 11:27AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 1

Spent my lunch hour driving around the backroads. This weekend, rebuilding the seats.

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #420
sharethewealth Tim W Southern Ohio, USA 1977 MG MGB	Posted: March 23, 2012 11:54AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 24

Filled up the fuel tank on my way to work this morning, then spit and sputtered to the next exit as if it were out of gas. So my to do list just grew this weekend...

TIm

1978 MGB
43,XXX original miles, paint and interior

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