I'd also have rebuild kits for the wheel cylindars, clutch slave and master
and brake master handy just in case or better yet just go ahead and plan on
doing them soon.
Safety Fast!!
Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA
http://www.tiac.net/users/jroverca/index.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of baldycotton@pop.mindspring.com
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 1998 12:33 PM
To: Nick Coleman
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Engine Preventive Maintenance
At 09:16 AM 6/11/98 -0700, you wrote:
>He wasn't putting 5,000 miles a year on it and might go more than a year
>between oil changes. So, I'm also flushing the engine oil and radiator.
>Hopefully it won't start leaking all over the place afterwards -- it
doesn't
>leak oil at all right now. But, when your dealing with an engine that
>hasn't been run regularly, is there any other preventive maintenance I need
>to consider?
So it may not have had a real tune-up in 25 years... that's cause for some
action.
When you say "flushing" the engine oil, do you mean more than an oil and
filter change? Don't do it. Some of the gunk that gets left over is
actually beneficial in clogging leaks.
Go over the brakes. Change the brake fluid for new. Use DOT4.
Check that ALL the hoses in the car are okay. At this stage, I'd REPACE
every hose, just for safety's sake.
Replace all the regular maintenance stuff, plugs condenser, rotor, all the
plug wires etc.
That should keep you busy for a while.
Dave
'62 MGA 1600 MkII
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