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Ryan and Keenan: Part 2
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Well I know you all wanted more, and I was getting email asking about it so I thought I would make a post. While you all try to figure out what I was talking about and why I did tell you I would type the full event.
Okay, well it was cold but not cold off the bat. It depends on who you ask.
Ryan got here earlier so I did not get a chance to have the heaters running and well I did not wake up like
I wanted a couple of hours early so it was not as warmed as I hope for it to be off the bat.
We pretty much got down to business, went to O”Reallys got what we needed and came back.
We started off wit the drive shafted which with Ryan’s expert talents and my novelist gear changing got it done in good time.
Then Ryan and I started on the exhaust with I had problems with one stud and we got that a rolling.
Got most of it choked up and ready to go.
Then we start the fiasco of it all, The Carb.
Well, me stupid stupid I took it apart when I took it off; I know I know I’m dumb.
So Ryan and I broke out a manual all compare, while Ryan was doing that because I can’t stand not doing any thing. I installed the Gear shift and the interior parts. Sadly Ryan finished before me I had a set back with the cover and gear shift boot, my daddy and I put way to many staple in it.
After that Steven my friend came by, and he helped. A little work the rest criticizing me, actually a lot of that.
Ryan and I went to get some bolts for the Alt and a new radiator hoses cause I accidentally sent it off to a guy, not the hose but the cap.
We got that done, yes its not factory looking it’s a 13inch adjustable hose. It will work for now: Now that’s Keenanism yea, not as great as John Mooreism.”
Then, Ryan and Steve rebut on new nuts to the manifold – engine, while I did, I don’t know what but I was doing some thing. O yea getting FOOD for us.
After that NO Joke and don’t laugh we spent a whole good hour looking for the connecting bracket for the alt to the engine. We found it once we gave up I happened to spot it after we cleaned the garage and digged every where on a wire on the wiring harness.
The get this we mess place the new belt, yea two things in one day, some odds where against guys eh.
My dad went out with the old one and the guy at the store some how talked him in to buying the wrong size a whole inch off.
So basically that’s where we where shot down out. We filled her up will oil and antifreeze and plugged a few whole” its look very inter resting, pipes with a bolt in it and claps.”
Backed up, Liz make some of her good pacaia bread and gave Ryan a snack pack and Said thank you walk with him to the car and he drove off in the sun set, my car guru.
I would like to than Ryan Reese again for another learning, fun filled experience, He’s helping me out a lot. Ryan’s a good guy; I’m very lucky and thankful to have his help.
Okay, well it was cold but not cold off the bat. It depends on who you ask.
Ryan got here earlier so I did not get a chance to have the heaters running and well I did not wake up like
I wanted a couple of hours early so it was not as warmed as I hope for it to be off the bat.
We pretty much got down to business, went to O”Reallys got what we needed and came back.
We started off wit the drive shafted which with Ryan’s expert talents and my novelist gear changing got it done in good time.
Then Ryan and I started on the exhaust with I had problems with one stud and we got that a rolling.
Got most of it choked up and ready to go.
Then we start the fiasco of it all, The Carb.
Well, me stupid stupid I took it apart when I took it off; I know I know I’m dumb.
So Ryan and I broke out a manual all compare, while Ryan was doing that because I can’t stand not doing any thing. I installed the Gear shift and the interior parts. Sadly Ryan finished before me I had a set back with the cover and gear shift boot, my daddy and I put way to many staple in it.
After that Steven my friend came by, and he helped. A little work the rest criticizing me, actually a lot of that.
Ryan and I went to get some bolts for the Alt and a new radiator hoses cause I accidentally sent it off to a guy, not the hose but the cap.
We got that done, yes its not factory looking it’s a 13inch adjustable hose. It will work for now: Now that’s Keenanism yea, not as great as John Mooreism.”
Then, Ryan and Steve rebut on new nuts to the manifold – engine, while I did, I don’t know what but I was doing some thing. O yea getting FOOD for us.
After that NO Joke and don’t laugh we spent a whole good hour looking for the connecting bracket for the alt to the engine. We found it once we gave up I happened to spot it after we cleaned the garage and digged every where on a wire on the wiring harness.
The get this we mess place the new belt, yea two things in one day, some odds where against guys eh.
My dad went out with the old one and the guy at the store some how talked him in to buying the wrong size a whole inch off.
So basically that’s where we where shot down out. We filled her up will oil and antifreeze and plugged a few whole” its look very inter resting, pipes with a bolt in it and claps.”
Backed up, Liz make some of her good pacaia bread and gave Ryan a snack pack and Said thank you walk with him to the car and he drove off in the sun set, my car guru.
I would like to than Ryan Reese again for another learning, fun filled experience, He’s helping me out a lot. Ryan’s a good guy; I’m very lucky and thankful to have his help.
kennypinkerton
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Sounds like a good day.
KLUTZ
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Not a lot of Ryans around these days. Gotta make things as easy as posible though when you have helpers comming over. That includes Heat and getting up on time. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Is your pal Steven the pal who helped you with the steering wheel adventure? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
March Break now Keenan? You should get a lot done this week.
Good luck, and hope the weather co-operates with you.
Paul
Is your pal Steven the pal who helped you with the steering wheel adventure? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
March Break now Keenan? You should get a lot done this week.
Good luck, and hope the weather co-operates with you.
Paul
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Sounds like a super sat. Does it run? Whats left besides clean up, like bolts in hoses?
Boy oh boy, I'm excited.
Ryan, you got to be one of the all time nice guys, thanks for helping/teaching.
I can't wait for you and Liz with a pic in the little care doing your thing. Ahhh, waveing to all the neighbors.
Boy oh boy, I'm excited.
Ryan, you got to be one of the all time nice guys, thanks for helping/teaching.
I can't wait for you and Liz with a pic in the little care doing your thing. Ahhh, waveing to all the neighbors.
Daimlerdb18
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What a great day! These posts certainly make me wistfully remember the times I had with my first MG (1965 B), my second little British car, and learning to dissasemble and reassemble without too many parts left over. Dad had bought me the B and said that "if you want a car, you'll have to learn to work on it, because I'm not going to fix it for you or send it to a garage for you." Soooo, I learned the fine art of spending every weekend in the garage with the B. What started off as necessity has turned into a middle-aged passion. Good luck to you on your adventures in keeping the MGB on the road.
Bye the way, I just this past weekend finished assembling the engine on the 1956 MGA project and cranked it over...realized that the dist drive was in 180 deg out of phase and pulled it out and reassembled. Wow what a sweet sound it made when it cranked and started with a nice roar from the unmuffled manifold, probably waking unappreciative neighbors....
Bye the way, I just this past weekend finished assembling the engine on the 1956 MGA project and cranked it over...realized that the dist drive was in 180 deg out of phase and pulled it out and reassembled. Wow what a sweet sound it made when it cranked and started with a nice roar from the unmuffled manifold, probably waking unappreciative neighbors....
jaybird
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Not only are there NOT a lot of Ryan's around, the man went out in 4 degree weather the night before (25mph winds) to replace the alternator on his truck (at 10:30 at night) to make the trip.
This man embodies exactly what MG family and love for the marques is all about.
~stands and applauds Ryan Reis~
This man embodies exactly what MG family and love for the marques is all about.
~stands and applauds Ryan Reis~
tony barnhill
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Ryan's a better man than me!
kennypinkerton
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Snackpac even. Ryan must love pudding.