Dave,
Congratulations on your recent purchase, It should give you lots of
enjoyment and you'll meet so many new people.
I use Castrol 20W50 in my coupe. Will probably run the same in the
rodaster when I get it on the road.
I don't drive hard or many miles, so I don't sweat the valves. If I get
only 30,000 miles per valve job I figure that will be about 15 years.
Probably time to tear it apart and at least look at things. Not a
popular belief on this list, but it's mine
As far as the speedo is concerned, there are many places that will
repair them for around $100.00 flat rate. Try Nisonger's (914-381-1952)
or other Sports and Classics (203-655-8731). As far as the Tach goes.
I've been using mine for 10 years. I just don't get around to fixing my
speedo. Anyway the ratio is 17.4 MPH / 1000 RPM. I use 17/1 while I
drive. In rough terms:
30 MPH=1700 RPM
35 MPH=2000 RPM
40 MPH=2300 RPM
45 MPH=2600 RPM
50 MPH=3000 RPM
55 MPH=3200 RPM
60 MPH=3500 RPM
65 MPH=3750 RPM
70 MPH=4000 RPM
Chuck Schaefer
56 roadster (undergoing complete frame up restoration)
61 Coupe (waiting for today's repairs to be done)
baldycotton@pop.mindspring.com wrote:
>
> Well, the weather turned from "Tornado Watch" and "Thunderstorm Watch" here
> in New Jersey to partly cloudy/sunny 70 degrees, so I went and picked up my
> MGA. I bought it in south Jersey from a really nice guy by the name of
> John Desilvio. Some of you have prolly met him at meets and so forth.
> It's an MGA 1600 Mark II. I met him and the car at the Moorestown NJ show
> a couple of weeks ago.
> Bright red, new camel interior leather and black rugs, 60 spoke chromes,
> black top, runs really well. It was converted some time ago to positive
> earth, and the ignition was changed over to electronic. It's got bias-ply
> Dunlops, which look really nice, but when they wear out, I'll consider
> switching to radials, mainly for the handling. It has wind wings, which I
> suppose help the compartment be more comfy at speed, and look kinda cool if
> not "purist". Side mirrors were removed. I drove it from Cherry Hill to
> my girlfriends house in Frenchtown last night, and home to Bloomfield on
> the highway this morning with much caution.
> A really fun part was this morning. Luckily, they were paving Pittsown
> road, so I had to take the long winding route through the farmland, and I
> went into Clinton this morning for a cup of Joe, and parked on Main
> Street... Four people came up. Old guy in a pick-up who had one back when,
> a woman who will be buying an MG or a Morgan when she retires someday,
> another guy who used to have a TD, and still another old fella who just
> bought a '56 T-bird. Lots of good conversation and smiles, thumbs up and
> beeps on the road. Damn, life is good.
>
> A question or two for the moment... what grade of oil are you guys using
> and why... I just added a quart of Castrol 10-30. Are you using an
> additive for the unleaded gas? Is it really needed without changing valve
> seats or anything? Better to use it just to be safe? My speedo doesn't
> work worth a damn, so what are the RPM's at 55 and 65?
> Does anyone have info about the Westwood NJ event in July? I e-mailed the
> guy (from the Triumph list) who's in charge, but haven't heard back from him.
> Thanks a million, folks. Look forward to seein' some of you at events.
> Dave Iwansky
> '62 MGA 1600 II
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