Hello Everyone,
Let me introduce myself. My name is George, I am 21 and I've been wanthing an
LBC ever since my father sold his triumph when I was 4. I am new to cars in
general, but I've always wanted to learn mechanics and whatnot. It wasn't
until now that I could afford a car and I figured if I were to get a car, I'm
going to get a car that I actually want rather than out of convinience, there
is some sort of romanticism to that.
Well I finally got my hands on a '74 MG Midget, it's beautiful. Has 50,000
original miles on it, pretty much everything on it is original, including
interior, paint, and engine, and it was taken well care of by a sunday driver.
I suppose this could be a good and bad thing.
Anyways.
I anxiously awaited the arrival of my MG, and last Sunday I finally got it. It
_ran_ perfect. I drove it easily (I wasn't going to let my dream die too
quickly) and that evening I finally gave into pressure to teach my girlfriend
how to drive a stick. The car, in the hands of someone accustomed to
automatic transmissions, naturally stalled out the first couple of times. I
also had a hard time teaching her how to shift from 2nd to 3rd. So, generally,
our ride was a little rough, but that was to be expected. After about 45
minutes of abuse, and a stall, I tried to start up the car, and it startd to
run rough and backfired. Scared, I decided to quit the lesson and I had a
horrible time trying to get home, I couldn't achieve the power to go above 40
mph.
I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Yesterday I took a few pictures hoping
someone could help me out. What I think happened (now keep in mind, I know
NOTHING about mechanics aside from what I learned in physics classes in high
school) is that the hose from the fuel filter came loose or broke and too much
oxygen and not enough gas was getting to the engine, which caused it to
backfire.
I made a small webpage with my images of what I believe is the problem at this
site:
http://home.earthlink.net/~styloroc2000/midget.html
I really hope someone can help me, I honestly can not afford a good import
mechanic and I think this would be a good learning experience anyways.
I would also like to know what is the proper amperage/voltage resistance for
the fuses in the Midget. The car came with 25amp fuses (I forget the voltage),
but the person who sold it to me gave me 30amp fuses. I know 25 amps is
safer, but what is sufficient?
Thx.
George
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