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MGB Things I remember that I did to my MGB...

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kennypinkerton

kennypinkerton

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10-11 years ago, I was driving this car while trying to improve upon it as best I could, given my financial situation. Under the hood the first thing I had to do was replace the motor mounts, because the old ones had zero rubber left in them.
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I also had to get a new brake master cylinder before I could drive it. Looks like it's still holding PhotoGrid_1474414571137.jpg

I also had to replace the fuel pump. I bought one of those solid state SU pumps.. I had to install the top, that had removed from the frame, and the frame that had been removed from the car. I had to install the drivers seat. I had to break loose the clutch, after I installed a new slave cylinder.

I also did the GM high output alternator swap with a brand new alternator when I realized the diode pack in the original had went south.
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Looks like I had to zip tie the temp sensor too. (I'm pretty sure that one and several other mods came from here).

Then (or maybe before a few of them), after the car was only running for about a week, I set off on a 350 mile round trip in the untested B, to visit a person I had met here, to get a passenger seat, parts for the top frame, some rostyle hubcaps, and a few other odds n ends. But mostly to go meet the man in person and see his amazing collection of MGs. I miss Tony Barnhill.
 
I have a lot of boxes of parts put up that I need to find... half of which I can't even remember. I can do this. I'm going to do this. And it's going to be awesome. I feel bad that I let it sit this long.
 
Life does get in the way, but it's good to be back, isn't it. Cars are patient, they will wait -- and no one will arrest you if leave it in the garage or yard for a few years. Unlike what happens if you do that to children. :grin:

It will all come back quickly. I was away from my MGB for 3 years (sold it to a friend, then just bought it back) and it didn't take much time to get back into the swing of things with it.
 
Old Chinese proverb, The Oxen are slow, but the Earth is patient. :encouragement:
 
Hahaha. OK, well I have tons of tools, ordered a new Moss catalog, and bought a blast cabinet (that I'm fixing before I even get to use - see the tools section) and a 50 lb bucket of 80 grit glass beads. Hopefully the wheels will get finished first. Yeah it's been sitting on blocks for 7 years with no tires.
 
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