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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1421
Orange-77 Joe Torre Tallahassee, FL, USA 1977 MG MGB "Punkin"	Posted: July 29, 2012 03:04PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 12

Installed relays for the headlights and the cooling fan. Both work MUCH better now. Next project will be installing drilled and slotted rotors, new calipers and steel brake lines. the never ending battle continues.

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1422
oldredsel Rick Crosby South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA 1959 Ford Country Sedan "Edsel Villager Station Wagon" 1969 MG MGB GT "Emma" 1997 Dodge Neon 2003 Chevrolet S10 2011 Subaru Forester	Posted: July 29, 2012 05:24PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1,781

Took the GT for about a 60 mile road check of the new oil cooler and connections. thumbs up

Cloudy and around 70 degrees, sprinkled on a couple of times, but all in all, beautiful weather for an MG drive here on the MA Southcoast! smiling smiley

Cheers,

Rick

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1423
ohlord Rob C North of Seattle, N.W., USA 1971 MG MGB "Bedouin 2"	Posted: July 29, 2012 06:06PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,839

Attended the All British Field Meet abfm.com in Bellevue,wa. Hundreds of all British cars showed up on a perfect day.
Left early afternoon and drove up to Canada for the World Fireworks Competition
http://hondacelebrationoflight.com/
Both shows excelled. Both were a Blast winking smiley

Long day,long trip north.
ABFM had everything from pre WW2 to modern Mclaren's,Lotus well represented,minis(real) Minors by the droves, MGB's in all varieties, T-series, Rolls ,Triumph's, Ariel Atoms, Healey's great showing,and many many more.
1930 Austin Seven Really was the essence of pure British Motoring thumbs up

Kudo's to the owner.
A big tip of the hat to Steve Hanegan for all his hard work and to all those that chipped in to give him a hand.

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1424
bobbygee bobby galvez Round Rock, Texas, USA 1952 MG TD ""Duckie Tee"" 1979 MG MGB "Duckie Too"	Posted: July 29, 2012 08:39PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1,708

Had an annoying leak at the right rear tire. Took it to Dsicount Tire to get it looked at, found out that my tires were from 2004 and the spare from 1980!

Came home with 5 new tires on the rims.

BobbyG

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1425
MG David David Witham Warwick, United Kingdom	Posted: July 30, 2012 04:15AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 117

Took the B to Shelsley Walsh hill climb on Saturday. My first time at that venue and the earth banks look very solid when you need to drive home afterwards.

I was allocated a good number, 50. Shame I didn't set a good time. The target for a standard B is 42.2 seconds and I did it in 47 and a bit.

The next round of the MGCC Luffield Speed Championship is a sprint on 5 August at Curborough. I should get closer to the target there.

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1426
Red Roadster Iain Trainor Perth, Western Australia, Australia 1969 MG MGB "The B" 1999 MG F-Type "The Lad" 1999 MG F-Type 2009 Nissan X-Trail	Posted: July 30, 2012 04:47AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 141

Got unbelievably frustrated! Pulled out the seats removed the old carpet (I think it was 43 years old!) Laid the sill and battery box then found the transmission tunnel carpet was for a model with a hump. And the floor carpets are for a LHD! It is the weekend and I cannot get hold of the supplier until Tuesday in OZ because of the time difference. Checked the part numbers and it should have been correct. Oh well it proves O'Tooles Law! Murphy WAS an optimist! The Red carpet does look good.

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1427
ourmg George Heissenberger Victor, New York, USA 1973 MG MGB "OUR MG- The Old Girl" 2006 Mini Cooper "Greta's Mini"	Posted: July 30, 2012 06:26AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 2,814

In reply to # 2132926 by bobbygee Had an annoying leak at the right rear tire. Took it to Dsicount Tire to get it looked at, found out that my tires were from 2004 and the spare from 1980!

Came home with 5 new tires on the rims.

BobbyG

There has been a lot of discussion in recent years about old tires and how long is too long to keep them on the car. 2004 isn't all that bad if the mileage on the tires isn't excessive, but 1980 is way overdue to be replaced. I think 10 years is about the recommended replacement time. It also depends if you have Rostyles and are running tubeless or wires and running tubes. My Pirelli tires are from 1998 with only about 20,000,miles on them and free from dry rot but I replaced the tubes in the tires in 2010. I am going to get the tires replaced soon.

"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? #1428
ohlord Rob C North of Seattle, N.W., USA 1971 MG MGB "Bedouin 2"	Posted: July 30, 2012 11:37AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,839

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=138
Miles are not the greatest concern,they affect wear.Hopefully most MG owners know when the thread depth is beyond hope.
8 years on a non daily driver seeing plenty of storage in the off months,consider yourself well served and she deserved the new shoes thumbs up

1998? I wouldn't be driving them on the highway,new tubes or not wise decision on getting to the tire shop thumbs up

Soon

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1429
bobbygee bobby galvez Round Rock, Texas, USA 1952 MG TD ""Duckie Tee"" 1979 MG MGB "Duckie Too"	Posted: July 30, 2012 06:18PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1,708

In reply to # 2133309 by ohlord http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=138
Miles are not the greatest concern,they affect wear.Hopefully most MG owners know when the thread depth is beyond hope.
8 years on a non daily driver seeing plenty of storage in the off months,consider yourself well served and she deserved the new shoes thumbs up

Yup - I didn't put up any kind of an argument. The tires were showing some of that pattern hairline cracking that they begin to show on the sidewalls. It was nothing to worry about, but I had made note.

I'm running Rostyles tubless and figured that the slow leak was not going to be solved without a tire change - I was debating with myself what to do when that decision came - replace just the rear two or go all around. There was a lot of tread on the tires still. Once there I decided that I would less likely regret replacing all of them than deferring part of the expense.

BobbyG

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1430
Adam Kincaid Brighton, United Kingdom 1978 MG MGB GT "Tiger"	Posted: July 30, 2012 09:21PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 711

All I did was polish my car today. I just wanted to post in what seems to have become the longest thread I've ever seen on MGE. 72 pages, wow!

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1431
Dwight Dwight McCullough Ham Lake Minnesota, USA	Posted: July 31, 2012 06:21AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 1,151

Well yesterday, a friend helped me and we removed the motor mounts only to discover that the 'frame shop' had installed them backwards, which pulled the engine too far forward to where the headers were hitting the frame and made it look like there was far more wrong since the crash.
I t also broke the new mounts/rubber..

Whew!
What a relief, not as bad as I thought...

Next project, pull the rear springs to find out why it sits 1-1/2" lower on the left rear than the right.
Since the crash...............

Might be a good time to do the modification......

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1432
Bankerdanny Daniel Palmer Chicagoland, USA 1972 MG MGB GT "Dudley" 1977 Honda MC Gold Wing	Posted: July 31, 2012 10:19AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,055

Drove it over to the weekly Monday Night Car Show at the local mall where I helped to raise the value of every other car around me. LOL. Great turn out, but no LBC's besides mine (my neighbor with the electric converted Midget drove his Leaf instead). The only other British cars were a vintage Roll's (50's I think) and a late 70's Roll's sedan. Lots of muscle cars, a nice unrestored (or older resto) '54 Hudson Hornet. A kid driving a pristine gen 1 Civic CVCC 5-speed (I had a non-CVCC 4-speed in the late 80's).

Endeavor to Persevere

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1434
ohlord Rob C North of Seattle, N.W., USA 1971 MG MGB "Bedouin 2"	Posted: July 31, 2012 04:44PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,839

Changed oil,pulled out body glove recliner chair with built in umbrella,sitting in the shade enjoying the afternoon sun.
With Mikes hard cherry lemonade and a sub sandwich.Listening to the Doors on the new stereo install in the Bedouin 1971 MGB roadster.
Can life get any more relaxed? Standing still that is.
In motion is another story completely. thumbs up

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1435
Bankerdanny Daniel Palmer Chicagoland, USA 1972 MG MGB GT "Dudley" 1977 Honda MC Gold Wing	Posted: August 01, 2012 11:06AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,055

Ordered some parts: rear brake cylinder rebuild kits, a seal for the pedal box cover so I can pull and repaint it, a new cap for the brake MC to replace the old one with its almost non-existant seal, a new set of pads for the brake and clutch pedals, and a new parking brake cable so I can have a functioning e-brake.

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1436
Adrianmillward Adrian Millward Calgary, Canada 1964 MG MGB	Posted: August 01, 2012 11:05PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 119

Replaced the tires and inner tubes. Went with a p185/65R14 they are about an inch wider than the old ones and will lower the old girl about another half inch. Can't wait to get her off the jack Stands only about 8 weeks of driving left in this part of the world

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1437
ghettosled andrew marvin lakewood, ohio, USA	Posted: August 02, 2012 06:46AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 44

In reply to # 2135470 by Adrianmillward Can't wait to get her off the jack Stands only about 8 weeks of driving left in this part of the world

don't remind me winter is coming up. my B is temporarily buried behind other projects going on. i'm sure by the time those projects are done, the weather will have changed.

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1438
ohlord Rob C North of Seattle, N.W., USA 1971 MG MGB "Bedouin 2"	Posted: August 02, 2012 10:59AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,839

In reply to # 2135470 by Adrianmillward Replaced the tires and inner tubes. Went with a p185/65R14 they are about an inch wider than the old ones and will lower the old girl about another half inch. Can't wait to get her off the jack Stands only about 8 weeks of driving left in this part of the world

Don't they drive in Calgary in the winter? We get snow,MG's drive in it. thumbs up

Once I wiped it all off. winking smiley

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1439
Adrianmillward Adrian Millward Calgary, Canada 1964 MG MGB	Posted: August 02, 2012 03:24PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 119

It's not the snow it's the 30 degrees below and a MG heater !! that keep us off the roads up here

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Re: What did you do to your MGB today? #1440
ohlord Rob C North of Seattle, N.W., USA 1971 MG MGB "Bedouin 2"	Posted: August 02, 2012 05:08PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,839

Do the heater fan relay mod and eliminate the heater valve with the plumbing parts fitment. Flows 50% more hot water and the fan really blows enough to keep you warm. Insulated hardtop also help with good rubber seals. thumbs up

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