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Paul RobinsonMembership Status: Member Member Since: 2008-07-11 Home Site: The MG Experience Location: adelaide, Australia  Email: [Sign in to view] Website: [No website] Last Login: 2010-06-12 16:42:01 |
1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 0 mi (0 km) -- Average age: 1966
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Posted on: Monday January 12, 2009
Well, GOT THE CAR ROADWORTHY & REGISTERED ON CHRISTMAS EVE! runs beut. I have a car again. A real car! I'm cruisin. Joined my local Sprite car club & doing jim carner next weekend at someones paddock. Thanks to everyone that helped and inspired me!
Posted on: Thursday October 2, 2008
It's worth it - from scratch. Cost's just as much as a completed loom. Now I've leart and practiced the principals. Midget Mk III, UK 1500 onwards to end of production, USA GAN5105+. It's all laid out ready for testing. In places I've used thicker gauges than necessary for reliability. That and because I couldn't find the correct ones. Hazzards & turn signals with one flasher relay. The most interesting section. Then horn. Then Wipers. I added more relay...
Posted on: Saturday September 20, 2008
Overhauled! Not sure how long it took all up. Worked 14 hours today & forgot to check any seats. No worries - she fouled at the master cylinder pipe connections. Could be worse. Still requires anti rattle shims & more bleading. wont flash rust as much now. Takin it easy.
Posted on: Sunday September 14, 2008
Even after planning for months it's takin much longer than i expected to bowl over. A few set backs; inner fulcrum pins two weeks. PCV adapter a month. $2 circlip 1 week. With the money i've just thrown down the drain on these rip offs, i could had gone to school and made it all myself.
Posted on: Wednesday September 10, 2008
In 2003 i thought that my first head gasket was blown while cruising down the coast. I have since found out the points were loose when I over rev'd it in a downshift making the timing fly out the window. I was clueless & began pulling off the head by undoing the bolts in the wrong order & stripping the last bolt. I had to move house & couldn't afford to fixed her so she was towed away. LA Lancer. I hate tow trucks. I bought a 79 323 that had been left sittin...
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