Andy:
The early transmission does not have a stay rod. There should be L
shaped plates mounted above your engine mounts that limit travel. Sometimes
these are ommitted, as some repro mounts don't have long enough studs. Look
for an L shaped plate that has two holes drilled in it that match up with
the engine mount block studs.
Alternatively source a late MGB rear x member and stay rod.
Alternatively bolt a couple of cables from your present crossmember
to a fabricated plate that can mount to the two lowest engine-trans mounting
bolts. BL did this as a fix for some AC equipped vehicle applications.
I'm probably going to do the latter on my Magnette.
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maffei Andrew P SSgt 27LG/LGQPT
> [mailto:Andrew.Maffei@cannon.af.mil]
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 12:31 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: help.....
>
>
> I need to know if anyone else has had a similar problem. I
> have a 66 B, and
> it seems that somewhere down the line some one replaced the
> transmission
> with one from a latter MG and this tranny doesn't have the
> mounting hole for
> the stay rod. Anyone have any suggestions on how to install
> a stay rod for
> this kind of situation? Needless to say I am replacing the
> radiator because
> of a big hole where the fan hit it!
>
> Andy 66B
>
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