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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #700 on: June 03, 2013, 04:29:14 PM »
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Chris, you need to post that up on one of Hooniverse's 'Found on Craigslist' threads.

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #701 on: June 03, 2013, 04:49:53 PM »
Your electrical gremlin paid me a visit last night.  I spent almost five hours tracing down why the driver's rear brake light was not functioning on my 71 Dodge D100. 

I've exorcised him, so he's probably on his way back over to your house now.

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #702 on: June 03, 2013, 05:00:47 PM »
Much appreciated.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #703 on: June 03, 2013, 08:28:26 PM »
I think I've found the source of my headlight problem.  It may be the headlight switch/stalk.  I can flash the brights and it will spring back into the correct position and the lights come back on.  That was the same problem that manifested itself before that switch stopped working when I replaced it last year. 

Guess we'll see.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #704 on: June 03, 2013, 08:46:19 PM »
Oh my.  That's quite an interesting shifter you got there.

http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/3828832864.html
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #705 on: June 03, 2013, 09:20:51 PM »
Oh my.  That's quite an interesting shifter you got there.

http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/3828832864.html


Wow.  At first, I thought you were being sarcastic, because I didn't see a shifter.  I just wasn't looking in the wrong place. 

At least he put in a Buick 455, instead of a Chevy Olds Pontiac lump.  The Buick 455 is my favorite of the B-O-P lot.   

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #706 on: June 03, 2013, 11:21:47 PM »
Think I found another problem.  I may have over-tightened my suspension bolts which would account for the harsh bumpy ride.  I'll need to retorque them.

I don't own a torque wrench.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #707 on: June 04, 2013, 12:25:21 AM »
Beam type torque wrenches are cheap and they work close enough for what you're doing.  I'd pick one of those up. 

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #709 on: June 04, 2013, 10:14:50 AM »

Wow.  At first, I thought you were being sarcastic, because I didn't see a shifter.  I just wasn't looking in the wrong place. 

At least he put in a Buick 455, instead of a Chevy Olds Pontiac lump.  The Buick 455 is my favorite of the B-O-P lot.   

Why the Buick?

I kinda favored the Olds 455 myself....
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #710 on: June 04, 2013, 05:40:13 PM »
Why the Buick?

I kinda favored the Olds 455 myself....

The Buick 455 is lighter than either the Olds or Pontiac variant, weighing in only a few pounds more than a Chevrolet 350.  The Buick also had the shortest stroke of the three. 

If we're talking Oldsmobile, I'd take a Rocket 425 over the 455.   :-) 

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #711 on: June 04, 2013, 07:52:06 PM »
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-2-half-inch-drive-click-type-torque-wrench-239.html
Got it.  It was on sale... I didn't have to pay any sales tax.

It was nearly the last one on the shelf.  I almost didn't get it.  I had enough left over to buy a new set of 1/2-inch SAE sockets (you can never have too many).
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #712 on: June 04, 2013, 09:15:10 PM »
That MG T is gone.  It didn't last long, maybe a week.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #713 on: June 05, 2013, 12:15:22 PM »
The Buick 455 is lighter than either the Olds or Pontiac variant, weighing in only a few pounds more than a Chevrolet 350.  The Buick also had the shortest stroke of the three. 

If we're talking Oldsmobile, I'd take a Rocket 425 over the 455.   :-) 

Interesting. I was just reading that the Buick weighs 40 lbs. less than the Olds. Both, according to at least one person, have oiling problems.

Another source says that the Buick has the distributor up front, versus the Olds. Oh, well.

Back to your MG discussion.  :-)
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #714 on: June 05, 2013, 04:27:06 PM »
Interesting. I was just reading that the Buick weighs 40 lbs. less than the Olds. Both, according to at least one person, have oiling problems.

Another source says that the Buick has the distributor up front, versus the Olds. Oh, well.

Back to your MG discussion.  :-)

Yeah, the Buick has oil starvation issues.  I'm not sure what the Olds issue was; however, in the Toronado I had with the 425, I did not experience any oiling issues. 

On the 425 I had, the dizzy was in the back standing straight up, while in the 455, it was in the front, lower, and leaning off to one side.
 

I was going to put the 455 into a 65 Skylark coupe.  I even managed to track down some original Stage 1 heads (from Montana) that I sold with the car.  I sold that one to have enough room to keep the 66 Toronado.  I then sold the Toronado about a year later. 

I really, really, miss both of them (especially the Skylark, and would love to have just one of them back.:thatsright: 

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #715 on: June 05, 2013, 04:29:27 PM »
That MG T is gone.  It didn't last long, maybe a week.

I went to go pick up a bunch of MG parts one time in OKC with my brother.  When we got down there, the guy had a bunch of cars in various states that he was also selling.  He had a T there.  I never liked them before, but then I saw one in person.  Mistake! 

I almost left there with a Morris Minor estate that he had for sale. 

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #716 on: June 05, 2013, 04:36:55 PM »
The Marlin is still there.  It has an excellent paint job, but it's so fugly (and large).
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #717 on: June 05, 2013, 04:40:21 PM »
The Marlin is still there.  It has an excellent paint job, but it's so fugly (and large).

I love Marlins.  What color is it?  Is it online anywhere?

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #718 on: June 05, 2013, 04:47:14 PM »
I think it was a metallic aqua color.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #719 on: June 07, 2013, 09:29:20 AM »
I went to go pick up a bunch of MG parts one time in OKC with my brother.  When we got down there, the guy had a bunch of cars in various states that he was also selling.  He had a T there.  I never liked them before, but then I saw one in person.  Mistake! 

I almost left there with a Morris Minor estate that he had for sale. 

Way back when I worked at a Rexall Drug Store when I was in high school, I drove a Morris Minor as a delivery car for prescriptions. What a piece of shit that was.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #720 on: June 09, 2013, 12:18:37 AM »
I retorqued the wishbone bolts to the correct 28 ft/lbs, put in new cotter pins, and lubed all the grease fittings on the left side today.  That seems to have calmed down the herky-jerkyness on that side.  I will do the other one tomorrow. 

I'm going to make plans to visit the seller in Staunton next weekend. 
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #721 on: July 01, 2013, 08:20:29 PM »
Drove the MG to work today.  Definitely need new shocks, but it ran great otherwise. :II:
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #722 on: July 01, 2013, 09:12:20 PM »
Why the Buick?

I kinda favored the Olds 455 myself....

I like the Pontiac power plants myself. Well and the cars to go with them of course.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #723 on: July 02, 2013, 02:15:33 PM »
Drove the MG to work today.  Definitely need new shocks, but it ran great otherwise. :II:


Nice, no parts falling off is a good thing.   

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #724 on: July 02, 2013, 09:48:02 PM »
I wiped down the interior with baby oil to get rid of the pollen and dust buildup.  Wow!  What a difference.  My dashboard is all kinds of shiny.  It still has a giant damn hole in it and adhesive residue from that stupid dash cap.  I may have to wind up buying an entirely new dashboard.


edit: the Marlin is still for sale.  Sure you don't want it?
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