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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #675 on: May 20, 2013, 05:16:09 PM »
I think I may have found the problem.



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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #676 on: May 20, 2013, 05:21:01 PM »
I think I may have found the problem.



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Did you forget to tighten the lugs?

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #677 on: May 20, 2013, 05:23:56 PM »
No, I think I may have installed something incorrectly.  I'll have to take both front wheels off to find out where I screwed up.

It's either the trunion (backward) or the spindle axle (upside down).  Here is the other side.  I had a very hard time getting that top bolt back through the trunion, so that may be it.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #678 on: May 25, 2013, 02:26:31 PM »
Wow, I really screwed up on that one.  I put the trunion on backward (the rounded side faces outward). 

I've got everything reassembled and lined up.  I'm taking a break before putting the final nuts and bolts on.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #679 on: May 25, 2013, 10:33:09 PM »
Wow, I really screwed up on that one.  I put the trunion on backward (the rounded side faces outward). 

I've got everything reassembled and lined up.  I'm taking a break before putting the final nuts and bolts on.

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #680 on: May 25, 2013, 11:36:29 PM »
Fix one problem, another one crops up.  My steering is loosey goosey... I may need new tie-rods.  Good thing they're cheap.

Think I'll check out the steering box first.  My dust covers are trashed.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #681 on: May 27, 2013, 09:04:02 PM »
Found the problem.  The wheel on that corner is not balanced right. 

Since I replaced all the major suspension components, I can feel every part of the road surface.  It's a little unnerving.  Ripples, cracks, even the road surface itself.  I found a piece of newly-paved road -- nice and smooth.  The rest of the road sends miniscule vibrations and bumps through the steering wheel.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #682 on: May 29, 2013, 08:42:27 PM »
My headlights stopped working. :whatever:
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #683 on: May 29, 2013, 09:27:51 PM »
My headlights stopped working. :whatever:

Toggle your light switch back and forth as fast as you can.  They should start working again. 

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #684 on: May 29, 2013, 09:30:45 PM »
Tried that.  No luck.

They worked with the engine off.  Once I started it, they went out again.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #685 on: May 29, 2013, 09:34:11 PM »
Tried that.  No luck.

They worked with the engine off.  Once I started it, they went out again.

Will the car start with the lights off?

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #686 on: May 29, 2013, 09:35:09 PM »
It looks like the ground wire in the trunk is supposed to be held on with a nut.  There's no nut there.  I haven't checked the front of the car yet.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #687 on: June 01, 2013, 01:14:31 PM »
It looks like the ground wire in the trunk is supposed to be held on with a nut.  There's no nut there.  I haven't checked the front of the car yet.

Those grounds are all over the car!  I think there is something like 20 or so, if you count the light grounds, the ones under the dash, etc. 


I've been scratching my head the last day, trying to figure out what might be going on with your lights on the car.  I remembered I had a similar problem (car would not start with lights OFF). 

Do you know that big bundle of wires that sits behind the fuse box, and in front of the firewall?  The one with all the bullet connectors, and might have a couple of in-line fuses (if someone didn't mess with your harness)?  Check those connectors, and make sure they are all seated really good.  I think there are a few that run down to the starter from that bundle, too.  I would pull them all apart, and twist them to make sure they are seated really good. 

They make a special little brush to clean those male and female ends of those connectors.  I need to get one, or see if I can find a Dremel brush that will work.



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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #688 on: June 02, 2013, 12:41:30 PM »
Huh.  They're working now. :???:
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #689 on: June 02, 2013, 12:56:06 PM »
Huh.  They're working now. :???:

That's how my starting issue I had with the lights having to be on started.  It was intermittent; sometimes it would start without the lights on, then I had to have them on, then even having the lights on wouldn't cause it to start. 

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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #690 on: June 02, 2013, 12:58:42 PM »
Is it still doing it?
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #691 on: June 02, 2013, 07:01:38 PM »
Hm, much improved.  I was using the tire pressure listed for radial tires... it was too low (27 front, 32 rear).  I bumped it up to 34 front and 36 rear (cold).  Very nice.

I stopped and looked at an MG T that a local car dealer had for sale.  No price listed, but it looked nice.  It was sitting next to an AMC Marlin and a Mercedes 560 SEL.  I was accosted by some dude walking down the street that started telling me these bullshit stories about his high school glory days. 
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #692 on: June 02, 2013, 11:28:29 PM »
Is it still doing it?

Nope.  All my woes ceased after I spent an afternoon hunting down every wire connector or ground on the car, and cleaning them up (the best I could without the special little bullet connector brush tool).

I was accosted by some dude walking down the street that started telling me these bullshit stories about his high school glory days. 


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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #693 on: June 03, 2013, 08:56:04 AM »
"My high school held 53-mile marathons.  They wouldn't let me enter 'cause they knew I would win, so I ran the whole race backward and still beat everybody."  :mental: :rotf:
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #694 on: June 03, 2013, 01:18:10 PM »
Hm, much improved.  I was using the tire pressure listed for radial tires... it was too low (27 front, 32 rear).  I bumped it up to 34 front and 36 rear (cold).  Very nice.

I stopped and looked at an MG T that a local car dealer had for sale.  No price listed, but it looked nice.  It was sitting next to an AMC Marlin and a Mercedes 560 SEL.  I was accosted by some dude walking down the street that started telling me these bullshit stories about his high school glory days. 
:lmao:

I always wanted a TD, TC, or TF, and I would stop anytime I saw one.  One day I stopped to look at one that a guy had stuffed a 327 Chevy in.  What a mess, literally still sends shivers down my spine thinking about that poor, mangled frame.   :argh:

And in other unrelated news, I saw an Auburn the other day out driving around.  It had this style rear end but with a much better paint job:



I would love to have had a better look at it but it was going the other way and I had things to do.



 
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #695 on: June 03, 2013, 01:54:35 PM »
I could have bought a Bug Eye Sprite with a Chevy in-line six and 3 speed stick in it. I  said no, even though it was only $200.

It was a mangled mess.   :p
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #696 on: June 03, 2013, 01:56:59 PM »
I could have bought a Bug Eye Sprite with a Chevy in-line six and 3 speed stick in it. I  said no, even though it was only $200.

It was a mangled mess.   :p
Half of me wants this car... the other half wants to run away screaming. 

http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/3790498099.html

Check out that glove compartment.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #697 on: June 03, 2013, 03:34:35 PM »
 :overreaction:
Half of me wants this car... the other half wants to run away screaming. 

http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/3790498099.html

Check out that glove compartment.


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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #698 on: June 03, 2013, 04:18:01 PM »
Hell, the drive train is almost worth it. Almost.
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Re: 1973 MG B
« Reply #699 on: June 03, 2013, 04:22:23 PM »
Hell, the drive train is almost worth it. Almost.
Depends.  I live in a smog-controlled county that uses EPA/CARB rules for engine swaps.  If they removed all the original Chevrolet emissions parts, used a pre-1982 SBC, or a truck motor, forget it.
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