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MGB My 1980 MGB [Need some help please!]

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JPSmit said:
MGBGirl said:
So... I still need to put insurance on this baby. Can I get some advice on how I should go about this? Stuff like how much it's worth, should it be classified as antique with 2000 miles or go all out and get liability and all?
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<span style="font-size: 11pt"> Theoretically you also shouldn't be driving to work etc. <span style="font-weight: bold">though how they can prove that I don't know.</span> </span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt">Only way I know is, if she has a reportable accident, God forbid! PJ</span>
 
Is there a repair shop ANYWHERE in the vicinity of your work? If so - and knock wood - something happened - all you need to say is you were bringing the car there for some service. That falls in the guidelines of appropriate use. I have something like 5 shops specializing in old and LBC cars within 5 miles of my work. :smile: :driving:
 
With Haggerty they just took an amount I wanted to insure it for. Doesn't cost them any more (only you) and that doesn't mean you would get more in the end
 
I use Haggerty for our classics. I've used others in the past and had no problems, but Haggerty has the most friendly staff I've found. A stone hit a new windshield in the wifes B and Haggerty not only paid for a new Tri-plex, but, because I told them I won't let anyone work on my classics but me, they paid me the going rate for me to install it! A rate they got from a commercial glass installer. Now that's service. PJ
 
If you are still shopping for insurance and haven't found alocal broker to help. Might pick up a copy of grassroots motorsports and Classic Motorsports and read through the ads in the back. They have extensive ads for a lot of things needed by LBC owners.
 
MGBGirl said:
Does anybody have Hagerty's number? I can't get on their website for some reason lately.
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800.922.4050
 
MGBGirl said:
Well, dad and I are going to attempt to build the solid state stabilizer. Hope it works! Has anyone tried their hand at building one and like to give advice to us?
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Probably this is too long after the fact, but I just stumbled across this post (I'm a Triumph guy). I recently built my own voltage stabilizer (to install a TR4 temperature gauge into my TR3) and I'm happy with it.

I was a bit worried that most of the solid state conversions use a regulator IC that requires a 2 volt drop in order to regulate. In other words, it cannot output 10.0 volts, if the input drops below 12.0. So I chose a "low dropout" regulator IC, that works down to 10.5 volts.

Although not mentioned in the data sheet, the IC I used apparently requires a bypass capacitor on the input. Running from my bench supply, it oscillated (which caused the output to appear too high). Adding a 0.1 uF tantalum to the input solved the problem.

I also added a small LED "just because".

IMO if the VS fails, it's not likely to hurt the instruments. The exception might be if you have a full tank of gas and don't notice the problem, the fuel guage might get overheated. But until the needle is hard against the pin, it is still operating within it's design current, regardless of what the VS is doing. I say go for it.

PM me if you have any questions, I'll be glad to help.
 
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