This inadvertent forward motor movement is why they added the "stay rod"
anchored to the tranny crossmember. I'm not sure which years it came on --
my hybrid has the crossmember for it but none of the other parts. But then
my 3-blader old school fan is a little farther from the rad.
You might take a look under the motor and compare it with the drawings in
the Moss catalog and the FSM. I have never been able to quite figure how how
it was supposed to work -- the best thing would be to look at an original
installation.
You'll have a good opportunity to examine all this while fiddling with the
exhaust <g>. I would think that job would be generally straightforward, with
the usual fussing with rusty nuts, and twiddling to get it all lined up.
on 5/15/03 10:43 AM, Bob D. at bobmgtd@insightbb.com wrote:
> Had to make a panic stop in the B the other day. Coming over the crest of a
> hill, a car was standing still waiting to make a left hand turn. The car in
> front of me had to stop fast, which meant I had to stop faster. I locked up my
> brakes, and stopped in an impressively short distance. Fortunately no one hit
> anything. Unfortunately I skidded off the road a bit, and the terrain was not
> kind to my car's exhaust system.
>
> When I got home I found coolant leaking from three little holes at the bottom
> of the radiator. Evidently, the engine pitched forward, and the fan blades
> knicked three of the cores. (This was easily fixed with a bit of solder.) The
> radiator fan is plastic, which isn't original for a '71. And, there is exactly
> one inch of clearance between the fan and the radiator. Should the engine have
> been able to move that far? I inspected the engine mounts, and all seems to be
> solid. And, I can't make the engine move by hand. But, it still doesn't seem
> right that the fan could reach the radiator. Especially, since I didn't
> actually hit anything.
>
> I ordered an exhaust kit from Victoria British. (I found the "kit" idea
> convenient. I know I'll have all the parts.) Is the exhaust going to be a
> nasty job?
>
> Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
> Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
> 52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
> 71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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