Thread: 51 MG restoration.

I think that you need to pull the engine and rebuild it. Same thing with the transmission! Maybe put a supercharger on the engine with straight pipes coming out of the hood. When do you think you'll get started on that project? Can't wait for pictures....

Oh John, John.........

I prolly will be pulling the entire engine next winter John. Want to do the timing chain as she has 250k on her.
Slightly chain rattley sounding till the hydraulic tensioner kicks in. But that’ll be after a season as I promised the misses no car projects this year. This’ll be the season of local car shows in the MG, and weekend, or coastal get away’s in the Benz.
If I ever get a reason to drive the PCH, it’ll be in something like this SLK.
Got a call from the shop and it seems the rear control arms have bad bushings and that was my left vibration in the wheel. But aside from that she’ll pass safety!
Woo hoo.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

If I ever get a reason to drive the PCH, it’ll be in something like this SLK.

Forget the PCH and do the Cape Breton Trail instead.

Bob

Think this summer we are doing the East run Bob.
Never been east of Montreal by car in my entire life. Got a recommended route maybe?

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Think this summer we are doing the East run Bob.
Never been east of Montreal by car in my entire life. Got a recommended route maybe?

Now that is a big ask considering all the attractions east of Montreal. I'd say confine your trip to the Maritimes and leave Newfoundland for a separate time. You should thoroughly research what there is to see to tailor a trip to your likes and time available for the trip. You may find that you will need several trips to the Maritimes before you even come close to exhausting places of interest to see.

I thoroughly enjoyed our trips to the Maritimes and Newfoundland over the years. I'd say I enjoyed them as much as our trips to the West Coast and up to the Yukon and Alaska. Whatever you decide, I don't think you will be disappointed going to the Maritimes.

Bob

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Got a call from the shop and it seems the rear control arms have bad bushings and that was my left vibration in the wheel. But aside from that she’ll pass safety!
Woo hoo.

Do the shops there that pass safetymake money by repairs?

I have always thought that was a big rip off.

If they say it is bad then some one else should repair it.

Yeah Tim, I could have brought the car home and done the work, but would still need to take it back for their sign off on the safety. Plus messing with the fronts necessitates an alignment job which I can’t do at home anyway.
That coupled with wanting it all done in a timely manner meant I paid them to do it. Still cheaper than the Benz dealership, and this particular outfit, they all drive Mercedes and enjoy working on them.
Not a Dieter in the bunch. A bunch of Indian dudes, but young and seemingly quite westernized so I gave em a chance.
The MG was fun to work on cause everything was easy to get to. This car 50 years newer and built by the fussiest engineers in Germany, hell no.
Takes an hour of undoing covers and trim to get to anything mechanical and frankly, I don’t find that part fun any more.

Originally Posted by 32t

Do the shops there that pass safetymake money by repairs?

I have always thought that was a big rip off.

If they say it is bad then some one else should repair it.

They got rid of vehicle inspections in Florida because of corruption. Aparently some were in cohoots with repair shops who were "certified." The inspection stations were not consistent. You could go to one in one county and fail, go to the one in the next county and pass. Basically the whole system was crooked as a dog's hind leg.

We used to have emmisions testing her in MN. Believe it or not they stopped a government program!

The best reason I heard is that if your vehicle starts and runs here in the winter it would pass the test.