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Happiness is a new crank. #1
oily-hands Owen Frankland Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, United Kingdom 1937 MG TA "Numbum" 1971 MG MGB GT "The Bruise" 2002 MG ZR	Posted: May 08, 2012 10:42AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 5,184

Finally got the TA finished today, went for a short shakedown run and found a slight weep from the oil filter feed and another from a radiator hose. Both sorted and it's ready for the road.

All I have to do now is take the lead out of my right foot for a few hundred miles. grinning smiley

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Re: Happiness is a new crank. #2
ddubois Dave DuBois Bremerton, WA, USA	Posted: May 08, 2012 11:20AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 4,290

Owen - Good to hear that Numbum is back on the road. That was fast.
Cheers,

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Re: Happiness is a new crank. #3
OldBloke Jim Legg Napa, California, USA 1971 MG MGB GT 1972 MG MGB V6 Conversion	Posted: May 08, 2012 11:34AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 8,238

Good to hear, Owen. Happy motoring!

"Not all who wander are lost." -J.R.R. Tolkien

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Re: Happiness is a new crank. #4
bobbygee bobby galvez Round Rock, Texas, USA 1952 MG TD ""Duckie Tee"" 1979 MG MGB "Duckie Too"	Posted: May 08, 2012 04:08PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1,713

Good to hear indeed! Numbum rides again. Glad it was not a long time off the road. I'd say you have a short driving season over there, but you and Numbum don't seem to pay much attention to the seasons thing.

smileys with beer

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Re: Happiness is a new crank. #5
Bob Agar Robert Agar Green Valley, AZ, USA 1953 MG TD "Myrtle Anne" 1957 MG MGA 1500 Coupe "Miss Scarlett" ~ For Sale ! ~ 1974 MG MGB "The Mistress"	Posted: May 08, 2012 07:20PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 1,998

Congrats on that speedy recovery. Takes me longer just to get around to it.
To the new crank from an old one!!!

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Re: Happiness is a new crank. #6
jrhickmn James Hickman Sevierville, TN, USA 1958 MG Magnette ZB "Maggie Rose" 1963 MG Magnette MkIV "Iris" 1972 MG MGB GT "Liz" 1977 MG MGB "Sophie"	Posted: May 08, 2012 11:43PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,503

see? i told you that you were quick. good for you. happy motoring!

Jim H. is a grease-stained wretch, too.

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Re: Happiness is a new crank. #7
oily-hands Owen Frankland Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, United Kingdom 1937 MG TA "Numbum" 1971 MG MGB GT "The Bruise" 2002 MG ZR	Posted: May 09, 2012 02:12AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 5,184

Thanks guys.

This is the longest the car has been inoperable since I had the engine rebuilt 10 years ago, Although it's not used every day, it's always been available if wanted and I missed that.

Dave. Thankfully it was only changing the crank or it would have been a lot longer.

BobbyG. Seasons don't mean much, but since I bought the B GT, I've got soft and used that more in the colder months. I'm contemplating some heated seat covers for Numbum, cos it's much more fun to drive, apart from when it's really cold. That's probably an age thing though. Me, not the car.

Bob. The car may have recovered, but it will take me a while to get back to what passes for normal these days. grinning smiley

Jim. OK you were right. smileys with beer

The running in starts today. Off out to what you guys would call cars & coffee? Meet up with a bunch of old codgers and talk cars, drink coffee & eat cake. A nice 50 mile round trip.

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Re: Happiness is a new crank. #8
Dave Braun Minnesota, USA 1952 MG TD "Tommy" 1970 MG MGB "Maggie" 1974 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "Sammy"	Posted: May 09, 2012 08:08AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 2,003

Owen, if you are running the same cam, pistons and rings, do the new bearings require running in? After a few turns, they should be about where they will be from here on out, except for normal wear. I should think you can drive him normally.

warmly,
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Re: Happiness is a new crank. #9
oily-hands Owen Frankland Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, United Kingdom 1937 MG TA "Numbum" 1971 MG MGB GT "The Bruise" 2002 MG ZR	Posted: May 10, 2012 09:23AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 5,184

Dave, you could be right.

The friend who helped me prime the oil pump advised doing couple of hundred easy miles. His exact word were 'Don't go reving the bollocks off it for a couple of hundred miles, As he's bigger than me...... grinning smiley

On a more serious note I don't want to be pulling this engine again so I'll err on the side of caution. It won't take long to do a couple of hundred miles, then normal service will be resumed.

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