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« Reply #360 on: April 09, 2011, 08:51:23 PM » |
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Happy Birthday Chris, Enjoy "your" day!
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« Reply #361 on: April 09, 2011, 09:30:01 PM » |
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Happy Birthday Chris.  May I strongly suggest that you keep having them?  Wayno |
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« Reply #362 on: May 10, 2011, 05:52:20 PM » |
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Patience has paid off.
A special thanks to Kiwi Steve and Lee Kennedy for their approval of my clutch blanket.
It wasn't a sure bet. I've talked with other racers who have made the request to run a blanket who were turned down.
What I had going for me was a forged flywheel and a small clutch. It's a rare exception, but the decision probably made the difference between me being able to race this year or not.
Okay, now that THAT excuse is behind me - it's time to get back to the garage . . .
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« Reply #363 on: May 10, 2011, 06:00:07 PM » |
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as I like to say......you're running out of reasons not to be finished.....
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« Reply #364 on: May 15, 2011, 07:52:07 PM » |
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One of those “Better get it behind me now” type deals, seeing as I’m STILL in a holding pattern on the pistons, rods and crank, which unfortunately, hasn’t even been chucked up in the lathe, yet. Polycarbonate is the rule, so polycarbonate it shall be. Started on the top. The construction of the factory hardtop is two-piece fiberglass. Where the inside and the outside meet in the window frames is not bonded – they used the window gasket to hold it together and let the windows “float” . . .  I was able to make the windows about 1’ bigger than the opening all the way around, and sandwich the Lexan between the inside and the outside. A bit of adhesive and a few pop-rivets . . .  I want to keep it looking as stock as possible, so I took the molding and trimmed it flush . . .  And glued it into place . . .  And while the glue is setting, might as well install the new fuel pump . . .  The door windows will be a bigger issue – they’re only framed on the front and the bottom. The vent windows will be no worry. |
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« Reply #365 on: May 15, 2011, 08:50:11 PM » |
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Hey...
That's not a poxy Bendix fuel pump!
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« Reply #366 on: May 15, 2011, 09:05:37 PM » |
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Hey...
That's not a poxy Bendix fuel pump!
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Correct - that's boxed up and should be on Dr. G.'s doorstep in a week or two - along with the MOWOG motor I mailed him . . . |
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« Reply #367 on: May 15, 2011, 09:08:04 PM » |
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Grummy   How the hell did you know that it was a Bendix, and not the stock SU? You've got cards you're not showing, or that was a lights-out bullseye. Yes, with an external regulator. Is there something I need to be aware of? It's just that any time an English car has made me hold up traffic, it is usually a bendix fuel pump problem And I would have forgotten about bendix , but I was at the Roadworthy testers the the other day and he had a Jag on the hoist that wouldn't do more than about 30. My suggestion was to replace the fuel pumps with a pair of anything else. He rang me later to ask me the same question you did Used to own a Landrover I did. G |
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« Reply #368 on: May 15, 2011, 09:20:17 PM » |
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Correct - that's boxed up and should be on Dr. G.'s doorstep in a week or two - along with the MOWOG motor I mailed him . . .
I've been trying to get him to put the quad cam V6 in the new tank Good of you to mail it to him , postage collect? I was having bendix memories on Saturday morning when I was trying to get the poxy Austin to start No one was more amazed than me when after hitting the fuel pump a few times , the truck started And all the neighbors came out to watch as it drove straight up onto the back of a tow truck, and left So now if you come over, you will have to pay attention to the street numbers G  |
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« Reply #369 on: May 15, 2011, 09:51:53 PM » |
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I've been trying to get him to put the quad cam V6 in the new tank Put the V6 in THAT and ditch the Ford. That's a tow vehicle with STYLE! |
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« Reply #370 on: May 16, 2011, 02:08:29 AM » |
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Sorry MM
There's a place for that sort of English machine
Somewhere else
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« Reply #371 on: May 16, 2011, 10:08:03 PM » |
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Vent windows done . . .  I've been able to get by with consumer type, .093 Lexan so far, but the door windows will require something a bit less flexible. My neighbor lady's brother works in a glass shop, and he'll be able to fix me up with the pro stuff for the side curtains. So far, 5 of 7 windows for ~ $70.00. I expect the next two won't be as cheap. Off topic, but . . .  A year ago March, I went out to start the MGB, only to have the idler bracket bolts that tension the supercharger belt snap. 3 hardened 1/4 28s with standoffs threaded into a 1/4 inch plate holding tension for a supercharger? What was Moss Motors thinking? For that matter, I should have caught it when we put it in. It sat until last November when I was able to retap the engine plate and upgrade to 5/16 bolts, but by then, it was too late in the year to drive it. I've vowed to not let this summer go by without making up for lost top-down time. Pulled the wraps tonight. Now if we can just get a 60 degree day. It's been a miserably cold spring. |
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« Reply #372 on: May 24, 2011, 06:04:43 PM » |
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Finally some good news.
Rody Machining has received my blank. Greg threw it in the chuck today. 5 weeks with machining and processing, it should be ready to ship.
Motor mounts fixed, shoes on order, gaskets arrived today.
One step at a time . . .
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« Reply #373 on: May 29, 2011, 10:05:18 AM » |
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Chris, it's looking good!
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« Reply #374 on: May 30, 2011, 11:47:39 AM » |
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Thanks, Flattie - steady by jerks. Cooler heads prevail. Get a cold beer from me at WOS if you can tell me what this is out of –  A trick for keeping the A-series head cool is to route the front and back lines that would go to the heater core through a small auxiliary radiator, one I was able to find at Milwaukee Cycle Salvage. I had clearly stumped the owner when I found this in the basement of the place. Numbers don’t match anything online. I told him what I’m doing with it, I told him it was going into an MG, and he took pity on me and cut me a deal. I’ll need to have the folks at All Kool swap one of the bungs around, but it should fit nicely behind the heater air intake behind the grill.  All Kool helped my last September with my radiator with a same-day emergency repair, and it was though them that I met a few other LSR racers here in the Milwaukee Area. Support those who support us. One thing I missed with last year’s thrash was a day at the ballpark. There are two places in the United States that I consider otherworldly. One is Bonneville. The other is Wrigley Field. Despite a two-and-a-half hour rain delay, a bitter-cold wind coming off of the lake after the storm passed, and a change in hot dog suppliers (Vienna Beef Franks are okay, but I sure miss those Hebrew National Kosher dogs), Kate, Tim (my electrical guy), Jerry (Tim’s dad) and I saw a very rare event yesterday – a Chicago Cubs Victory.    There’s still hope for the summer. |
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