More MG photos

"Mark Tucker" (markbt73) 09/17/2020 at 14:36 • Filed to: None

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Undergoing surgery

Ouch!

Loud, but GOOD loud. Ignore the duct tape covering a rust hole in the cowl...

The Prince of Darkness strikes... this was the main alternator output plug.

Begone, demons! I cast thee OUT!

That’s more like it...

Some of these are pretty old photos, she now wears a “Specialty Vehicle” license plate, which is only a rear plate. Technically, that means I’m only supposed to drive her for special events, but like one of the old-ti mers in my MG club told me, “Any time you drive one of these cars, it’s a special event.”

MoCamino > Mark Tucker 09/17/2020 at 15:02

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That is a gorgeous B/GT. I love your reasoning for the Maggie nickname. I had a Midget many years ago, so I can attest there is a lot of truth there. I do have to ask - is that a LIFTER? Ouch indeeed!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Mark Tucker 09/17/2020 at 15:04

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Lovely old thing, and I love that shade of yellow! Think I prefer the MGB Coupes to the convertibles, but, I’ve always been a metal-roof man over a fabric-roof man :)

glemon > Mark Tucker 09/17/2020 at 15:07

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Nice, I am trying to identify the "ouch" picture, a lifter?  If so it looks pretty nasty.  Had a 67 B/GT years ago, great 3 seasons car, but man it got hot in the summer.

Mark Tucker > MoCamino 09/17/2020 at 15:09

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Yep. That was the worst one, if I remember, but they were almost all pitted to some degree. The inside of the oil pan sure was sparkly...

Mark Tucker > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/17/2020 at 15:14

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Me too. My dad had an MG coffee-table book when I was a kid, and I’d just stare at the GT photos for ages. Wanted one ever since. And now I have one.

MoCamino > Mark Tucker 09/17/2020 at 15:28

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SHINY!

sony1492 > Mark Tucker 09/17/2020 at 18:11

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Your approach to fixing the electrical is fitting, banish the entire loom because it cannot be trusted

RacinBob > Mark Tucker 09/17/2020 at 18:13

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I think the lifters and the rod bearing failures were unrelated. Sounds like your kind of failure is pretty common. I searched MGB Tappets and came up with some that looked just like yours. 

https://www.mgexp.com/forum/mgb-and-gt-forum.1/time-for-new-tappets-camshaft.1459679/

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > sony1492 09/17/2020 at 18:16

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When it doubt!

sony1492 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/17/2020 at 18:19

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Yes

Mark Tucker > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/17/2020 at 18:34

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That looks kinda like the Painless kit that I used, actually... and is that an old Power Wagon?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Mark Tucker 09/17/2020 at 18:37

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Yeah I have an M37. It’s a GM I think. It’s more GM now, I’m putting 1 ton disk brakes on it with a kit.

onlytwowheels > Mark Tucker 09/17/2020 at 18:59

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I like MGs.  What has kept me from owning an MG is directly centered around the butchered wiring I have encountered on every car I went to see. 

MM54 > Mark Tucker 09/17/2020 at 19:10

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Golf ball, lifter face... same thing

Good looking B!