That's not the fuel filter folks, that's the charcoal canister and raw fuel
should NOT be coming out the bottom of it.
Chuck Young
Las Vegas, NV
'79 Midget
'64 Midget
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Wood" <djw69@idt.net>
To: "MGB" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: My First Post, LBC, and...Problem.
> George,
>
> Congratulations on a beautiful looking MG. You are correct in your
> assumption about the fuel filter. You need to hook up the missing hose to
> the open end of the filter. That should solve the no running problem. As
> to the choke cable problem, it looks like the cable may be pulled too
tight.
> Try pulling it out of the firewall and making sure that it isn't binding
or
> making too much of a sharp bend. I have had that problem with the
throttle
> as well when working around the cable and moving it aside to get at the
> problem. Sometimes it just has a little too much bind and won't return
the
> way it should. There should be springs beneath the carburetors hooked to
> the heat shield to pull the throttle and choke back when you release them.
> You might check that out as well.
>
> You have more faith in your girl friend than I did in my daughters. I
made
> them learn to drive a stick on another car before I let them drive my MG.
>
> Dave 72 B
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Cahlik <styloroc2000@earthlink.net>
> To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 2:08 PM
> Subject: My First Post, LBC, and...Problem.
>
>
> >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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