Mid life Crisis.....another update
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:28 amLast week was BIG smile on my face day. After 2 1/2 years of sleeping, my MGB finally sprang back to life.............and no one was more surprised than me.
I finally got to the point where I could turn the key and see what happens...
The engine had been stripped right back to the block. The carbs were a thousand bits on my bench and the wiring loom had been un-loomed, cleaned up and re-wrapped. I have been in the mean time hunting a problem of no power to my fuel pump. The last owner had got creative. I had to un-create it back to standard. Anyway, put in a gallon of petrol, went in to tell my dad I was going to try and start her as he wanted to watch. At this point, Mum, wife, children and several neighbours gathered around............So no pressure. I expected the engine to just crank over, splutter, cough and then spend the next few days sorting it out. I squirted some brake cleaner into the carbs, turned the key and................She started a split second later and ran quite smoothly considering I have only set the timing by eye as I lent my strobe gun to a mate years ago and had not got it back....
Below is a couple of pictures of other progress. I got a bit fed up with the wiring problem so before I sorted that I put on some shiny bits.....Not much left to do now. All mechanicals a finished. I just have some clips to install, clutch to bleed and wiring to tidy and then I can start on the body.....sanding back three resprays......
Matt
I finally got to the point where I could turn the key and see what happens...
The engine had been stripped right back to the block. The carbs were a thousand bits on my bench and the wiring loom had been un-loomed, cleaned up and re-wrapped. I have been in the mean time hunting a problem of no power to my fuel pump. The last owner had got creative. I had to un-create it back to standard. Anyway, put in a gallon of petrol, went in to tell my dad I was going to try and start her as he wanted to watch. At this point, Mum, wife, children and several neighbours gathered around............So no pressure. I expected the engine to just crank over, splutter, cough and then spend the next few days sorting it out. I squirted some brake cleaner into the carbs, turned the key and................She started a split second later and ran quite smoothly considering I have only set the timing by eye as I lent my strobe gun to a mate years ago and had not got it back....
Below is a couple of pictures of other progress. I got a bit fed up with the wiring problem so before I sorted that I put on some shiny bits.....Not much left to do now. All mechanicals a finished. I just have some clips to install, clutch to bleed and wiring to tidy and then I can start on the body.....sanding back three resprays......
Matt
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........And I would not do it again, I was knackered after doing it.
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