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Your pictures do not seem to be working unfortunately . Love this thread , its a great read .
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Now some online links.
How can I get them from flickr to a on site picture?
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Now some online links. How can I get them from flickr to a on site picture? If you click the 'share' arrow in the bottom right hand corner of the picture, it should give you a link to copy, you want the one under the 'BBcode' tab   Empty spare wheel 1 by Eloy Testerink, on Flickr  New exhaust by Eloy Testerink, on Flickr Glad to see you've still got the car and running nicely by the sounds of it, whats the engine note like with the straight pipe? |
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Aug 16, 2017 18:56:14 GMT
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Thanks!
The engine note with the straight pipe is nice!
A good roar to it with pops and bangs when shifting down!
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Feb 13, 2018 21:17:36 GMT
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Soo that's definitely long time no see! Back from Denmark, had a lot of fun with the B last summer. Then I moved to Amsterdam, less space etc so the B was at my parents place. So at first the idea was to take the B on summer holiday with the girlfriend, but we broke up. Still went forward and got a ton of parts from across the pond to update the "lower" side of the B. My plan was to tackle the B in bite-size pieces, last year I head the engine head. This year I will take on the underside, next year paint. *fuel economy on the B on the Highway was 14km on 1 liter This week I have no classes whatsoever (lovely minor), so time to crack on and fresh up my baby   So the Lancia had to make room for the little beast! New poly bushes and 550lb springs will be fitted at the front, so pulled everything out.  The steering balljoint was a tough nut to crack, thank god my dad has a shed full of handy tools! Scared the cr*p out of me when it snapped loose  The bushes on the righthand side looked new and came off easily, on the other side they where pretty curse word.  I even had to burn one of the wishbone bush to get it free! I was wondering: Maybe this is why the camber looked a bit off on one wheel? Checked both kingpins, they felt nice and snug. Tomorrow I will crack on with the diff, I have a nice anti clunk kit to make my day a bit interesting. Hope this will be a bit nicer read in the future! |
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Feb 13, 2018 21:31:08 GMT
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When you say "Underside" you mean body or mechanical? How has the new Burges cylinder head been working out for you?
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Feb 13, 2018 21:38:30 GMT
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Todo for the underside is: - Poly bushes all round
- 550 pound front spring
- Gaz shocks rear
- Lowering block
- Anti clunk-kit
- Clutch kit
- New gaskets and seals for gearbox & overdrive
- machining of a flywheel?
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Feb 13, 2018 21:46:50 GMT
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When you say "Underside" you mean body or mechanical? How has the new Burges cylinder head been working out for you? Mechanical  Really happy with the head, had some issues with the ignition after the summer but a new distributor worked a miracle. The car feels nice and powerful, fuel economy is also pretty decent (32.90 mpg if my calculations are correct) Would be nice to compare with somebody who still has an original head. |
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Feb 14, 2018 21:07:28 GMT
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Ah another fine day of tinkering on the MG! Can't complain actually, all the bolts came off with eas or slight encouragement with the air wrench. Before lunch I had the complete rear suspension off! Right side damper is leaking, luckily GAZ is on its way!  Proper weather for dutch standards! Sat outside spannering away in the sun! I put some oil on the leaf springs to grease them a bit. The bearings on the rear side didn't look too good:  The poly will work lovely here I guess! I dropped the axle on 2 stands to keep the whole thing supported as by this weekend I hope to open up the diff. already started with opening up the drum brake, I found a really nice how to on how to fit the anti clonk kit. how to anti clonk kitThats the best thing about the MGB, there is so much info you can find either on the interwebs or youtube Biggest downside of the day is the Kingpin, there seems to be a bit of vertical movement in it.....  Contacted the MGB fan page, they said that it can be fixed with a copper bush. Also received a tip that the holes on the A-arm can be worn out, creating a weird camber on the wheels. Fingers crossed on not spending a ton of money again haha! |
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Feb 15, 2018 17:05:06 GMT
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You would have noticed the rounded holes where the lower pivot for the swivel axle bolts on. If you did not have to beat the bejeezzuus out of the bolt to get it out, the perhaps it was not seized and eating into the lower control arm holes.
With the amount of vertical play you describe, I would be surprised if there was not any side-side play in the lower swivel axle bush. I would clean everything up and reassemble dry to see if you can feel any movement.
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Back again! It's been quite some time since I have been on the first page for more than a couple of hours  guess I should just keep posting every day! But another update, a day with definite up and downs... Let's start with the first down: It was the first time I actually ran through all the boxes of the parts that I bought for the MG, jup you guessed it. On the floor layed a beautiful set of GAZ shocks, nice and shiny. Couldn't wait to fit on the car, but something seemed off.  Yes, no mounting brackets... Immediately got on the phone with the company at which I bought them, at first they gave me the tip that the mountings should be in a white bag. Like you are calling because you want to have an extra set of mountings, give me a break I just checked four times  But not too long after they said that they are going to send the mountings today, probably will get them after the weekend. That's quite a bummer as I would have liked to finish the rear side before the weekend So I started with fitting the leaf spring poly's and lowering block on one side of the car. The kit came with longer u bolts, and you really need em  I saw on the internet that the shock mounting plates should be switched in order to get the right travel. I was fiddling with the lower mounting plates and tried to sandwich the whole poly and metal layered cake as tight as possible to make it fit. A voice in my head told me to use a air wrench as it would be a lot faster and probably more efficient than with a normal wrench. 5 minutes later.........  I've said a lot of things and was happy that my mum was not at home Lesson of the day: Yes it was a lesson, but now I had to order 4 new bolts coming in at 30 euro's  Besides the bolts I immediately ordered new copper shims for the stub axles, I'll have em tomorrow. ToDo for tomorrow is breaking open the stub axles, I hope they are nice to me! So those where the bad things of the day, now for the good things! After the airWrench lesson I tried again with a normal ratchet, this worked.  As you can see this fits lovely, let's pray that this is the correct way for mounting GAZ shocks. Especially with the lowering blocks. Tomorrow with a new U-bolt, the other side  Some love for the wishbones: FROM TO Mounted them on the car, but unfortunately no picture. Tomorrow another day of work, moving along nicely! Thanks for reading  |
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Finally received the copper washers for the kingpin But I encountered a very very hesitant castle nut..  After heating with the paints tripper, no luck.. Used the air hammer, still no luck. Ratchet with a 1.5 m pole extension, forget about it. Called for drastic measures, fire Used a blowtorch to heat the nut until it was turning white, then put it in a vice and give it a turn with the ratchet + extension. A proper jank and there was a loud snap, it came free!! The pin was in a bit of a sorry state, I think it hasn't been lubed for quite some time. Glad I opened it to clean it up and replace the washer. Assembled it with new PU rubbers, will make a picture tomorrow  I cracked on with the anti clonk kit, a very simple set of a couple of washers. When switching from forward to backward the car would have a clonking sound, also when you would dump the clutch Wonderfull youtube had some video's on how to install it and it was a breeze!  took me 2 hours to fit the washers and the diff immediately felt more snug. I probably have to take it a bit easy to wear it in a bit, anybody have some experience? The friendly postman also brought the new U-bolts, so I could fit the left side of the lowering blocks! As I have learned from my air wrench error, it was installed in a matter of minutes. This left some time for experimenting... So the B will be a bit lowered which enhances the sporty look of the car, especially with the shouty stickers I guess it will be a nice racy look. But the interwebs gave me some nice inspiration to try:  obnoxious? maybe, but I really like the look on these RWB Porsches. So I though of a nice word to put on the tires of my B : OUWE. It won't make a lot of sense for the non dutch people. It means: old, old guy but the youth also uses it as slang for each other. If you would see your buddy you could say: Hey ouwe! I figured, why not?! Made a stencil and started with a small experiment on the inside of the tire.  Layed the stencil on the tire, one layer of white primer... all of a sudden the paint turns brown   Tried various things, from cleaning the tire with brake cleaner or applying multiple thin layers of paint but no luck. Thank god it is the inside of the tire haha! So do you guys/gals have any tips to paint a tire? Tomorrow I will fit the new front lowering springs and kingpins, this will finalise the front "tuning" Have a great weekend! Time for a...  |
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Hi Again!Week later some good progress! Received the missing parts from the Hive and I was able to install the rear shock kit! 
Slotted on quite easily, I do have my doubt about having a bush on the lower side. The manual said all should be fine so we'll just have to see  Pretty nice to have a week in between, gives you the time to start again with a clean and sorted workspace (amazing how fast it'll get cluttered again) Backside done! now on to the front! All went easy on, lot of split pins and pulling nuts to torq spec. Really curious on how the lowered springs will fit, what is the difference with a standard height MGB?  Not the clearest pic, also not the cleanest underside haha. Could already see that there is definitely less tension on the a-arm. let's lower it to see what is the final result. Okè snap, car is so low that the jack is stuck under the car... higher it up again, put it on drive on stands and try it this way. Not the best idea since it pushed itself backwards off the axle stands Thank god no damage as I already had the axle stand on its lowest position. so without further ado.....  Hey presto, we have a lowered MGB. Looks awesome with this amount of tire in the wheel arch. so let's take a look at ground clearance.  Not a whole lot, so let's see how the bump stops look?  Snap, well it is clear WHY they sell lowered bumpstop kits Solution brute force...  BYEE bumpstop!! Took it for a small test drive just after to see if strange things would happen. Car ran like a ********** (insert negative word) My thermostat has been leaking ever so slightly, but it seemed that the problem had become worse. It had leaked a ton of coolant on the distributor, messing up the ignition. Already ordered a new part so a quick fix, but definitely ruined my first run. Today the weather looks awesome so I'll take her out for a spin, will make some pictures to show off.
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Feb 25, 2018 10:17:49 GMT
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Nice work, it looks mean that low. Any issues with bump steer?
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Feb 25, 2018 10:48:27 GMT
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Mmmm, IPA. I do like a drop of that. "B" looking good too. |
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Feb 25, 2018 11:39:20 GMT
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I have in the past run my GT as low as what you are showing. While I loved the look, and lived with it for several years, what I found is that the MGB suspension geometry does not like to go lower than where the lower a-arm is past level with the ground. Bumpsteer starts to become a thing.
Good move on getting rid of the bumpstops. It took discovering snap oversteer on the track to teach me the lesson.
The last straw was the day I high centered the car on the transition coming out of an underground car park.
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Feb 25, 2018 14:53:02 GMT
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Feb 25, 2018 15:01:25 GMT
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Awesome test drive, at first it was quite bumpy but a few clicks on the GAZ shocks and it was way better.
Takes some getting used to with the speed bumps here in Holland but I noticed that a softer rear end helped a bit.
The anti-clonk kit also did its trick, the powertrain has a more direct feeling.
Still left is the gearbox, lot of cabin noise due to the swooshing sound coming from the box.
Will tackle cross that bridge when the weather improves a bit!
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Feb 25, 2018 15:30:30 GMT
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Looking great at that ride height I had some similar issues with the bump stops on mine, until the rubber perished so much that they fell off |
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Apr 30, 2018 14:29:07 GMT
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Had a nice day with the MG club Holland!
A friend of mine made a small video and my car got the main part! It was the first time I did a slalom course but I eventually got in at the 6th and 7th place from 20 cars.
As far as performance goes I did ok! but I do want to raise the front just a little bit to make it look a bit more level (see video).
During the trackday I was sliding on my seat like a madman, so I bought a cheap secondhand Corbeau racing seat (unfortunately only one).
So another thing to prevent sliding will be a footrest. Now you don't have any place to grip, I guess a footrest will definitely help with that.
I was already looking for a smaller steering wheel but now I really need it haha! I felt like a truck driver turning the wheel that much.
Maybe one of the readers has one laying about?
Anyway check out the video!
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guess I should just keep posting every day!
