jmayzer
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GOOD NEWS GENTS: i finally found one! its a 1965 mg midget mk ii, two tone red and black. found it from a member of the mg experience forum and got a great deal on it.
BAD NEWS GENTS: the car has a lot more problems than i was expecting. going to get it, i was told that the car made "a funny noise in 3rd gear" but otherwise ran like a charm. and it certainly did! for the first test drive.
i brought it home, whipped it around for about 30 minutes and it was great (i'd just skip 3rd when shifting). next morning i rode it around for almost an hour when i started to notice the exact noise in 3rd gear start to spread to 2nd and 4th very very quietly at first until it got gradually louder. then it got bad.
first off it doesn't idle very well to begin with (gotta keep giving it gas or it stalls), and i came into the driveway, shut it off, went inside for less than 10 munutes and then came out to find it dead (left the headlights on, my fault). so i got it jumped, and at this point our 3rd gear noise has spread to the idle in neutral. i get it in 1st gear and go to take off; i make it all of 6 inches until the gearbox locks up completely. took out of gear, tried it again, and the same thing happens. this morning i can't even get it running due to both of the issues getting worse.
he 3rd gear noise is very hard to describe other than a very loud, violent knocking or rattling coming from the gearbox (i feel it in the shifter and in between the seats). but as i said, it has now spread to all the gears and even neutral idle.
help.....:dispirited::dispirited:
BAD NEWS GENTS: the car has a lot more problems than i was expecting. going to get it, i was told that the car made "a funny noise in 3rd gear" but otherwise ran like a charm. and it certainly did! for the first test drive.
i brought it home, whipped it around for about 30 minutes and it was great (i'd just skip 3rd when shifting). next morning i rode it around for almost an hour when i started to notice the exact noise in 3rd gear start to spread to 2nd and 4th very very quietly at first until it got gradually louder. then it got bad.
first off it doesn't idle very well to begin with (gotta keep giving it gas or it stalls), and i came into the driveway, shut it off, went inside for less than 10 munutes and then came out to find it dead (left the headlights on, my fault). so i got it jumped, and at this point our 3rd gear noise has spread to the idle in neutral. i get it in 1st gear and go to take off; i make it all of 6 inches until the gearbox locks up completely. took out of gear, tried it again, and the same thing happens. this morning i can't even get it running due to both of the issues getting worse.
he 3rd gear noise is very hard to describe other than a very loud, violent knocking or rattling coming from the gearbox (i feel it in the shifter and in between the seats). but as i said, it has now spread to all the gears and even neutral idle.
help.....:dispirited::dispirited: