Thread: 51 MG restoration.

They most certainly do my friend

Here.. Nasty stuff, MSD! Note the tach reading as things are done...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlrmRBK0uCc

The running boards receive three aluminum channels that hold some rubber treads. Running board protectors but really these aren’t for standing as much as mud deflection.

Looks FANTASTIC Mike!!
Bravo!

Pete <:-}

Give that man a cigar!

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Give that man a cigar!

Sorry, Tc. I responded when the question was for Mike!

I just wanted to say you are doing a fantastic job...

Originally Posted by MikeB52

I’ve always liked midnight blue on bikes, but TC’s choice with the pearl is gonna be pretty head turning.

Radar blue is not a bad color either....I mean its that blue that's almost to the point of being purple..

Decided to get new hydraulics all around and I’ll keep my originals for spares.

And getting the pedal box finalized.

Now I can run the final hydraulic lines and tie it all in.

So decided it was time to take apart and clean my speedo and tach’s.


Fingers were to grimy to snap pictures but basically there’s a flywheel, return spring, and magnetic disk inside each of these that needed cleaning and relubing. Reminded me of the guts of a mechanical watch sort of.
Have new custom cables on order too as the old ones were pretty worn on their square drive ends, and since moving the engine forward they are both too short now anyway,
Details, details….
Cheers gents.

The cables are coming from a small shop in Medicine Hat Alberta.
Guy knows his stuff cause he asked for my shaft square measurements as well as securing hardware.
Good thing too as the tach is .125”, but the speedo is only .105” across the flats. I didn’t even notice and would have had one of the two cables not fit if I just ordered online from a traditional parts shop.

Splitting my time between shopping, the car, and shoveling now that winter is trying to get a hold of things.
Cheers.