Journal Entry

I was still having some problems with hesitation and the timing was being erratic. I decided that it was beyond my skill and I took her to the local MG garage (Glenn’s MG Repair in St Petersburg, Fl). He was able to diagnose and fix the problems. The hesitation was a bad accelerator pump and a lot of sediment & varnish in the carburetor. The timing problems were from very weak springs in the mechanical advance and a worn out distributor. With a freshly rebuilt carburetor and distributor she was like a new car.

My wife and I had decided to take "Bea" on a road trip to St Augustine (about 250 miles). As a precaution I took some tools & parts, that took up half the truck, my wife packed for two weeks (the trip was only for a long weekend-3days), that took up the rest for the trunk and behind the seat. I was allotted the luggage rack for my small duffel bag. and don't forget we took the dog too. He was very happy sitting on my wife lap. I didn’t want to drive on I-4 (always major traffic and road work) so we took the back roads, all secondary state & county routes. Less traffic with some scenery and a few twists & turns. The interstate would have been about 5 hours, my route was just about 7 hours, but more fun and when we stopped soneone always asked about the car and told me about the MG they had owned. Its alway good to get away and more fun in a MG