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Matchless
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The engine may be running next week, and then again it may not be! I am not aiming for a show winning restoration, the "original" red leather will be going back in with just a recolour, some is actually original and some was sourced used in the 70's, new, better carpets will be ordered, I am unsure about the dash as it has a crinkle black finish that is it seems not correct, maybe someone changed it early on due to glare from the body colour (OE White) facia, on balance I will probably leave it black,
Matchless
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Air filters again! having come up with a pair of Hillman Hunter air filters, the same as I fitted inside the original cases back in the 70's a mate has given me a pair of UNIPART GFE 2019 air filters and they fit like a glove, no need to squash them down 10mm, but I was wondering if anyone can cross reference them as a mate with another MGA would like to find some!
Matchless
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GFE 2019 but also has K1094, could be old stock as there is a sticker on one box offering a swatch watch for £8.99 inc. P&P send a cheque before 29th February 1984.................
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Nothing in my book but online it appears to be a Volvo 667042. More info: https://www.skandix.de/en/spare-par...GTJ05imAlll59dcgF2IJ1WytkkaWODVV8XZxmMbW8DSMC
Matchless
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Jackpot, as the first set of filters were in for 50 years I may not need to replace these but if I do at least I know what to look for!
Matchless
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Blasted the front chassis extension today, needs some welding and anti roll bar mounts added, I am fitting an MGA special equipment anti roll bar, or an early MGB one, one is £500.00, the other was £15.00, guess what one I bought! and they are the same dimensions......
Matchless
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I repaired some rust damage to the chassis extension, straightened it up and fabricated anti roll bar mounts to take the early MGB roll bar, most of the welding was done using my treadle spot welder plus a touch of mig.
Matchless
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Started to mock up the front end, that front corner suffered in an accident in Athens on my second trip to Greece in 1977, it ended up about 1/2" shorter, something I only noticed when I test fitted the steel wings before I stripped it down, the "new" steel wings were bought on Ebay about 20 years ago and shipped over from the USA in the trunk of a Caddy, when first restored I fitted GRP wings as that was all that was available, and they were cheap! My intention is to fit all the new parts together using cleco pins and then spot weld as much as possible using my treadle spot welder........
Matchless
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Took a day off from the MG, I towed my 1929 Dodge home from the council garage it has been sitting in very unloved for the last 6 years, it has suffered a bit but was actually far better than I thought it would be! I had to stop driving it when my shoulders started to get very painful. I am trying to get it running again and probably next year tackle the list of jobs that needed doing before I parked it. The starter solenoid has died so I mounted a spare pull cable MGA one and made up new battery leads, fitted new points, new battery going in tomorrow, then may look at the water pump leak, bleed the brakes and see how it runs! It is nothing as nice in the flesh but will come good.
Matchless
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Back on the MG, I have a pair of Hardi fuel pumps (German SU copy) these are not new, one was on the car when it was laid up in around 2012 and the other looks almost new, they are not the latest type as they have points, the issue is that both pumps had a load of black soot covering the points and inside the cap, the newer looking pump has a capacitor??? across the terminals, the other does not, when I live them up (negative earth) there is noticeable blue sparking across the points, maybe worse on the pump without the capacitor, should I fit one to the pump that does not have one, could the existing one be faulty? is that sparking normal? what about the black soot?
Matchless
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Ok, I cleaned the outside of the petrol tank today and gave it a coat of black self etch primer (Trimite Kephos) but I need to clean the inside so I can line it, there is almost no rust or even staining but I need it squeaky clean for the liner to stick well, I have some caustic and some citric powder, what are the group thoughts? I would expect to use hot water,
Matchless
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Dodge now runs and drives, lights work,
Melvyn Best
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It’s gone very quiet on the Jaguar front? Have I missed something?
Matchless
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The Jag is progressing very slowly, I drove it out of the workshop shed and into the cleaner storage shed to do the interior and build the doors but .......... it is not heated in that shed and I have little enthusiasm for those jobs and the main thing is that I MUST get the MG on the road this year as it was my actual honeymoon car in 1975, I did plan to get the JAG finished before starting the MG ...........but I realised that time was running out! I have owned the Dodge for over 20 years so not a new project, I have spent a day getting it back usable locally, will need more work if I am going to use it for say a weekend away! that can wait for another year.
