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tony barnhill

tony barnhill

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Disassembled 5 MGB engines today to get the cranks & rods...am collecting flat-sided cranks & floating rods....have a few more blocks to disassemble tomorrow.

Plus, rebuilt the brake booster on the '79 MGB I bought last week - awaiting a new check valve to arrive tomorrow as I still had hard brakes when everything went back together.

I'm beat! What did you accomplish on your MG this week?
 
I took the MGA that had been hit by the tree and stripped it of most anything useable, cut it into little tiny pieces and hauled it to the scrapper, tommorrow i put a new exhaust on the midge. and then my su conversion.

mark
 
I got back to work on the GT. At least 5 hours worth on Tuesday. Finnished up the inner sill and repaired the trumpet section on the pasenger side. Hope to get the rocker panel on this weekend then figure out if I am ready to fit the replacement rear fender on myself. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Felt good to get back working on it though.

Paul
 
the only thing I accomplished on my MGB this week was renewing my registration, and getting it to pass Smog testing.

Tony, did ya have any good late heads on any of those engines?
 
Complete front suspension and the addition of the swaybar and 1" blocks to the new rear suspension added the week before.

Actualy went very smooth and had none of the usual problems with stuck bolts but did have to grind off one of the steel sleaves from the original rotted bushings that rust welded it's self to the pivot.
 
Pulled the cable to the starter and taped it up. That's it. Too busy working to work (or even really to drive around).
 
Well I started the 58, drove it around the block once then took some pics for insurance.
Then the 61 A started to act up....ended up being a bad ground strap. While I was in there I tightened up the fan belt and some other general maintance stuff. I am off tomorrow so hopefully I'll get going on my TC motor.
 
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Tony, did ya have any good late heads on any of those engines?

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No, Rob, those were all short blocks...I have 4 heads in the machine shop right now for magnafluxing but they're all already spoken for.

I'm going through all my short blocks, pulling what's good out of their guts & junking all the blocks with frozen pistons.
 
Had computer go down. Sigh, just back up, but missing all my bookmarks and email address. Hope folks send me an email so I can trap them.

Lost my pics as well, good thing I have hard copies of Miss Agatha and all the others through june are on a DVD.

Oh yea all genology on a backup thumb drive, thank goodness. Over 1500 names and data.

Bad bad two days.
 
Darn, Jack - I don't think I've been keeping the photos I've sent you...they're not in the laptop; maybe they're still in the camera's smart card but I doubt it.
 
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junking all the blocks with frozen pistons.

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WHY, Tony??? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif

Kero or des'l poured on top of piston WILL free up.

And NLA block ain't coming back!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/angel.gif

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Ed
 
Tony, I got all the bugeye ones on the web and hard copies for my book as well. No problem with them.
 
Ed - they've been sitting in my engine storage building for at least 10 years & nobody's needed them yet....I'm keeping the ones where the pistons slide out easily...

I hate it also, but........now if somebody wants to come get 'em before I give 'em to the junk man, please feel feee to do so.
 
Wow, Tony is on an organizing kick. You almost could not get in that building for all the engines.
 
Jack - if I worked nonstop every day until winter sets in, I'd still not be organized! The other building is so full of small things that I can't move around without stepping on something! & the suspension/body panel shed so packed I stump my toes on something everytime I go in it!

Once I start serious culling, I'll really clear up space...after all, when I'm gone somebody has to move all this stuff!

I probably have 30 alternators, as many starters & generators, scores of valve trains, enough transmissions (no OD's) to provide an extra for everybody on the forum, same with valve covers, engine plates, flywheels, akmost every ZS carb in existence, & the list goes on - just in the engine building!

& there's at least 6 cracked heads in a corner! Maybe more!

I know: valve covers to make valve cover racers: $5 apiece plus shipping! hehehehe
 
Ha, cracked heads to the crusher. Might be time to go through and just keep the good stuff, maybe.

Midget heads are good stuff.
 
I checked the oil and coolant on my GT on monday and have been driving it around Atlanta all week. It had trouble staying cool on the 92+ days with the A/C on high.
Did you notice that the flat cranks almost always have two dowels and the cast cranks have one? I have fourteen engines 18GB to 18V to tear down and about thirty blocks to do something with. There is still a market for heads??

Alan T
 
Valve cover racers /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif ....I have one from a TR3 valve cover...A few past 'British Car Days' had valve cover races.
 
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