MGB New Project

[Dan Barlow]

Looks great.

[DanStokes]

Back on the rear end. It turns out that the first one I got had excessive backlash - should have checked it before I took it home. This turns out to be fairly common issue caused by wear in the washers that space the spider gears in the diff. The washers are available so I ordered up a set but when I went to install said washers I found that one of the spider gear seats was galled. The guy I got the rear ens from is way more than decent so he simply handed me another rear which is nice and tight. The galled spider gear seat:





So now I had a second rear to clean and paint which I did. Again, stripping wheels to the rescue then a wire wheel cup brush for the small areas that I couldn't get with the stripping wheel.





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Assemble and plumb the brakes and it's ready to install.

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I've been wondering who made my rear end and found this tramp stamp on the cover. The best explanation I've found is that when Morris and Wolseley joined they took MO and WO and added the G, perhaps for Garages. So basically a British differential made by the MG parent company. It looks sorta like a little Ford 8.8 and is quite heavy for its size.

[DanStokes]

So Dan, will you engineer in a little incontinence just to get the full on British car experience?

Hopefully not. Though the rear end is a MOWOG (we discussed this a page or two back) so maybe.

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Sitting waiting for the 2nd day for the shower door installers to maybe show up, and watching Wheeler Dealers on Motortrend tv. They're working on a Mk1 Mini in the episode I'm watching. When the owner and the dealer guy rolled it out of the garage (pronounced gaarahge in the U.K.) the owner commented on the inevitable oil stains under the car, saying the old girl had a bit on an incontinence problem. Rather apt...

So Dan, will you engineer in a little incontinence just to get the full on British car experience?

[Monster]

Sometimes I think Keith enjoys struggling.

[DanStokes]

Just keep them damned Whitworth thingies down there! https://britishfasteners.com/threads-bsw

Actually, no Whitworth on this car. Or Metric. All fine thread inch-type bolts. They loved fine threads - even the fender bolts. Non-comprende. So I find myself ordering fine thread SS bolts. Fun fact - Keith Turk's Healey is Whitworth so he has the wrenches.

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Just keep them damned Whitworth thingies down there! https://britishfasteners.com/threads-bsw

[Monster]

Yes, the Trunk is the "Boot".
Fenders are "Wings".
A Windshield is a Windscreen.
They spell tire with a y (tyre).
... and Curb as Kerb.

[DanStokes]

So back to the MGB......

I picked up parts near Charlotte this weekend. Same guy I got the rear end from - nice guy. So I brought home some odds and ends (he gave me two extra wire wheels so I now have a spare) and some sheet metal bits that I may or may not use but mostly I now have a rust-free hood (bonnet) and deck lid (boot lid, I think). I opted for a steel hood though he did have a couple of the early aluminum ones. He was attached to the alloy ones and had a stack of steel ones that weren't dear to him so I went that way. Note that the deck lid is the early type with the outline octagon and individual letters as opposed to the later ones that have a one-piece badge. I like the early style much better. So they're on the mezzanine waiting for me to get to them. The color match isn't good but I'll fix that.

[Monster]

Saw a guy on FB in the Power Tour Group that put a SBC in a TR6 that looked pretty good.

[DanStokes]

I'll post up some pics tomorrow but I just got back from the Charlotte area with a truck bed full of nice, rust-free MGB parts. Things are looking up!

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I know I'm an enabler, but. check this out!: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...e-7a50cb201db4

[SuperBuickGuy]

Yes they did - though they thought the engines were Rover. Still a popular swap along with one of the GM V6s.

As far as the flathead - it was a semi-common swap in TDs and TFs back in the day but nobody on the MG forum has any info on a factory flathead installation. I'm wondering if it was from a WWII British made truck which seems more likely. Evidently flatties were all over the war effort as plentiful power sources for all kinds of support gear from generators to trucks, at least as far as I've been able research it.

there are subtle and not so subtle differences between them. MG used the 5 bolt Oldsmobile block. Also, if you want to put a manual transmission behind a 215, MG and similar are the best source for that stuff... who knows, maybe that's what will power the Fiat 124.... I can get a flat plane crank for the 215 motor - something like 400 hp and 8000 rpm...sound like a Ferrari, looks like a Buick... thought I'd probably still lose the Design and Engineering portion ...