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Re: MGC Motors

To: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
Subject: Re: MGC Motors
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 97 11:09:15 -0400

>> Hello??? Scott Gardner
>> 
>> >> What are the lifting points on a B's 4 cylinder? I'll be putting mine 
back 
>
>> in
>> >> a couple of weeks from now. Thanks!
>> >> 
>> >> Tom Green
>> >> 1979 MGB
>> >> 
>> >I think you use the two bolts that hold the rocker cover down.  I 
>> >know they look pretty flimsy, but that's what I see in the shop 
>> >manuals.  A few months back on this list, somebody looked up the 
>> >stress ratings on bolts of that size, and it's something like 500 
>> >pounds EACH!
>> >Scott
>> Yea 500lbs each - straight up and down. if you put an angle stress on a 
>> stud or bolt of that size it will bend. we used to use the head bolts if 
>> there was no attachment point available. one at the tranny end and one on 
>> the opposite side on the water pump end. Of course re torque after. 
>> better yet dont't torque prior and then torgue. One of the manifold bolts 
>> (use a spare and on of the peripherials (alt, air pump etc) is a better 
>> bet. 
>> 
>> Good luck Tom
>> 
>> Larry Macy 
>> 78 Midget
>
>    I'm not going to say what's wrong or right, but if you're worried 
>about off-axis load on the bolts, why use a manifold bolt?  Since 
>those stick out parallel to the ground, using them to lift the engine 
>would put the load squarely at right angles to the bolt, begging for 
>one to snap.
>Scott
>Scott Gardner
>gardner@lwcomm.com
>www.lwcomm.com/~gardner
Good point. I guess if you tighten them down tight, does it really make a 
differerce?

Larry Macy
78 Midget

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