Philip,
I don't blame you. But do yourself a favor and take it somewhere that you can
watch. When I lived in South Carolina, I first took my Midget to an old
redneck in a one man shop who was in a hurry to go whitetail deer hunting and
couldn't be bothered. But when he looked out his door and saw my little blue
gem, he pulled the truck he was working on out of the bay and had me pull mine
in. He showed me exactly what to do, no really special tools, and it worked
great. I have done it myself ever since. Hope you can find someone that can
show you what to do.
By the way, where were all you guys when I started working on them all by
myself 5 years ago?
David Lynes, now in Woodstock, Georgia
73 Midget
78 MGB
Philip Hubbard wrote:
> As usual from this fine list, I have received some great suggestions
> regarding my alignment woes. I have since taken a look and found that the
> steering wheel is centered so that's one thing down.
>
> Tomorrow I'm going to try and get the local alignment specialists to take a
> look at it while I am at work. I'm going to have them do the toe-in and
> look and see what they can tell me about the basic straightness of the car.
> With huge luck, maybe it won't take too much to cure my steering to the
> left problem, but I'm bracing myself to hear it may be a bigger job than
> I'd like. We'll see.
>
> I think the shop is the way to go in this case as I'm not so confident that
> even with great list advice I'd really be able to tell what basic shape the
> car is in straightness wise. And I hope to be driving quite a few miles on
> Thursday and over the weekend, so if they can take a look see and get it to
> the point of assured safety, I could take off.
>
> I'll post whatever results I get. Thanks all.
>
> Philip
> 1974 Damask Midget - Arioch, Lord of Chaos
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