Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Start of a valve job, NFC

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hi Rick,
I've owned my 66 MGB (titled as a 67) since 1970 when I bought it as a 
insurance total for $350 - it needed a exhaust, fuel pump and LF fender - I 
then put 350K miles on it as my daily driver over the next 29 years - it 
never failed to get me home except for 1 time when the fuel pump died.

I've rebuilt the engine twice and trans once along with all the other 
systems once or  twice.   I'm trying to finish a ground up restoration that 
I started in 1990 (I;m kinda slow) but I CANNOT wait to drive it once 
again!!  That great little shifter is such a sweet mechanism - I keep seeing 
it in the garage and start thinking about how much fun it will be once I 
start it up again!  BTW< if you are ever tempted to replace the wiring 
harness - give it a LOT of thought!  It's a huge job!

If there's any questions you have I can probably help -

Good luck - kepp those photos coming!

Take care --

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:28 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Start of a valve job, NFC


> Hey Gang,
>   Quiet here!
>   I thought I would post a few links to the project
> I'm working.  Earlier today I tested the compression
> on my MGB and discovered that cylinder #2 has leaky
> valve(s).  The process has just begun.  Here's a few
> things to look at.
>
> But before I list the tear-down pictures, here is a
> picture of the '70 B's completed right-front axle:
>
> http://www.aubard.us/MGB/HPIM0848.JPG
>
> I have started the top-end job on my MGB.  Here are a
> couple of pictures as the tear-down begins.
>
> http://www.aubard.us/MGB/HPIM0851.JPG is a picture
> with the inlet and exhaust headers removed or
> disconnected.  The coolant has not yet been drained so
> I have not opened that system.
>
> http://www.aubard.us/MGB/HPIM0852.JPG is a picture of
> the right-hand side.  You can see the heater control
> valve that I forgot to change when I had the coolant
> system apart.  I'll change it now.  BTW, I did verify
> that there is adequate valve clearance and that a
> closed-up clearance is not the problem.
>
> http://www.aubard.us/MGB/HPIM0853.JPG shows the carbs
> and manifold, plus a few tools, on the workbench.
> I'll need to store these parts carefully so as to get
> a little more work-space on the bench to rebuild the
> head.
>
> So that's it for Wednesday evening...
>
> rick
>
>
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