I'm from Corpus Christi, Texas. I hav e a friend who is familiar with older
model MGTs and As, however he is disabled and a teacher which makes him hard to
get a hold of outside of working hours. If there is any one out on the list
in the area who could help me out, I'd dearly appreciate it. Any advice is
more than welcomed.
I have picked up the chiltons guide for MGs, but I have not found it very
intuitive, and given my experience with cars, that's not good... I need to
learn with pictures, as silly as it might seems, like a 4 year old...
It's funny because I do tech support for a software company and now I'm on the
other end... you live you learn.
Thx.
George
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On 7/19/00, at 4:00 PM, George Cahlik wrote:
>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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