Thread: 51 MG restoration.

Have one of those too.
Figure clean it up really well, and ensure I’ve got every crack cleaned out, take it from there.

Yup. Waving a hot torch over before welding will burn up as much as you can.
Get it on!

Have the case with a local welder after my attempt with my dc tig welder was a bust..
Tried on a scrap piece of aluminum from work and it was just poppin and cookin no matter what I did.
So I defer to the experts.
In the long run, it’ll give me piece of mind.
Took another really close look, and see no other issues. But I will put it together dry once and run it through it’s paces a few times it’s the actual shifter before I call this good.

Now on to figuring out the engine lift. Got a plan involving a coupling extender that I can mount on top of the existing head stud and not loosen off the original nut.

You seem intersted in removing the engine and the tranny together.

Would it be eassier in the long run to remove them seperately?

That new BMW I told you about a couple years back is starting to look real good about right now, huh?

Seeing as how I’m doing an engine tear down as well it just makes sense to remove them as one unit.
With the front removed it seems easier to just go out as one vs jacking it up really hi and lying on my back.

I do love BMW’s too,

With removing the front and rebuilding both that makes sense.

Well t’wernt easy, but she’s out. Took lots of adjustments and I ended up needing to drop the oil pan to get the clearance I needed but it’s done.



Pulled the transmission and pressure plate off already as well.
Need to get some longer bolts to mount her up to my engine stand for the proper tear down, but happy to get this far before the end of the year.
Cheers gents.

Think back in 2016 or 17 I was upgrading my Corrado to it’s 1.8 turbo upgrade over the christmas holidays. 7 years later similar work on an older car.
Got the flywheel off and the engine mounted on her stand so I can remove everything else required to really assess her condition.
Valve job at the least, and possibly new main bearings, seals etc.
The existing flywheel weighs over 50 lbs easy, and I am considering an aluminum racing unit seeing as how I need machining done to accommodate the new pressure plate regardless. And the weight reduction will provide improved acceleration and off the line umph.


Wet sleeve clean up will dictate how far I go, and in the spring, this will all come back together in a tight, oil drip free peppier condition! Marry that up to a newer gearbox and I’ll be a happy motorist turning heads and gettin spirited speeding tickets like a new car, hehe.

Hope y’all enjoy your end to 23!

From my perspective it can hit its ass in the door on the way out. Was a shit year, filled with medical appts with the wife and lots of world struggles that I couldn’t solve, only gripe about.
Hope this year things get back to normal. Even though I fully expect it to not occur gracefully.
Normal was making money, respecting what others have, and earning what you do not! No more hand outs, but hand ups. To all those that can appreciate the differences between the two anyway.
Health, safety, and prosperity for all my brothers in blades around this flat globe of ours!
Time to drink like a man with a younger liver!
Cheers all.

As long as you have it apart etc. I agree with updating the clutch.

I knew a guy that spent $10,000 USD upgrading an MG head!