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Hello Rick,
May I suggest that you use "memory" foam for your seats.  I used that
stuff when I did my seats and it is incredible !!! But get the firmest
grade.
Things not running smoothly here !!
Decided my MGB GT V8 needed a radio. Had a $$$ Pioneer put in by radio
shop.  Found it would not pick up the two weak stations that have no
adverts.  Windscreen antenna useless. Bought a $40 portable for garage
which worked fine in my garage AND the MGB !!!!  After car radio
installed my car battery went flat after a few days!!!!!  Returned to
car radio shop and had $$$ powered antenna installed.  Weak stations
were picked up - hurrah.  But told to stop radio flattening my battery
I had to remove face plate (WHAAAT!) because the radio was for modern
cars.  So I had them install a kill switch and hopefully that works.Â
(it does!). Â Â So it would appear that the modern "off" is not off just
as with my cell phone which goes dead after a few days because it polls
the towers for calls /even/ after switching "off" Â Technology is
getting stupid these days. Â Fancy, my Pioneer has all sorts of cr*p,
Pandora, Bluetooth, Spotify, Sirius, telephone and more but /cannot
/pick up weak stations as can my Golf and garage portable !!!!!!
On 8/28/2019 8:23 AM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs wrote:
> Hello friends,
> Â Â It is SO quiet here! Everyone's cars must be running perfectly!
> What else might one expect?
> Â Â I have made no progress on my TD. The car is 98% restored and with
> only four tasks remaining.
>
> 1. Replace the choke cable.
> 2. Install the new top and side screens covers.
> 3. Uncover the seat back upholstery and reshape the foam pad. More on
> that below.
> 4. Replace the brake master cylinder and re-bleed the brakes.
>
> With all of that done, the little car will be ready for fall weather
> motoring. Of course, there is no rush since I live in Houston, Texas
> where autumn doesn't arrive until December!!!
> Â Â Now for item number three: When I originally uncovered the TD's
> seat back I discovered that the metal springs were rusted and failing
> beyond repair. The backing board was also delaminating. So I then used
> the old backing board as a template to mark and cut a new board. I
> then padded the board with foam rubber but didn't contour the foam
> correctly. The result was a beautiful seat back that placed the driver
> far too close to the steering wheel! Here's how it looked.
>
> http://aubard.us/53_MG/20171003_124737.jpg
>
> Â Â So now I need to remove the new leather upholstery and re-contour
> the foam correctly. And this time I will test the shape before
> reinstalling the leather!
>
> Rick
>
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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Hello Rick,<br>
<br>
May I suggest that you use "memory" foam for your seats.  I
used that stuff when I did my seats and it is incredible !!!Â
But get the firmest grade. <br>
<br>
Things not running smoothly here !!<br>
Decided my MGB GT V8 needed a radio. Had a $$$ Pioneer put in
by radio shop.  Found it would not pick up the two weak
stations that have no adverts.  Windscreen antenna useless.Â
Bought a $40 portable for garage which worked fine in my garage
AND the MGB !!!!  After car radio installed my car battery went
flat after a few days!!!!!  Returned to car radio shop and had
$$$ powered antenna installed.  Weak stations were picked up -
hurrah.  But told to stop radio flattening my battery I had to
remove face plate (WHAAAT!) because the radio was for modern
cars.  So I had them install a kill switch and hopefully that
works. (it does!).   So it would appear that the modern "off"
is not off just as with my cell phone which goes dead after a
few days because it polls the towers for calls <i>even</i>
after switching "off" Â Technology is getting stupid these days.
 Fancy, my Pioneer has all sorts of cr*p, Pandora, Bluetooth,
Spotify, Sirius, telephone and more but <i>cannot </i>pick up
weak stations as can my Golf and garage portable !!!!!! <br>
</font></font><br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/28/2019 8:23 AM, Richard Lindsay
via Mgs wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Hello friends,
<div dir="auto">Â Â It is SO quiet here! Everyone's cars must be
running perfectly! What else might one expect?
<div dir="auto">Â Â I have made no progress on my TD. The car
is 98% restored and with only four tasks remaining.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">1. Replace the choke cable.</div>
<div dir="auto">2. Install the new top and side screens
covers.</div>
<div dir="auto">3. Uncover the seat back upholstery and
reshape the foam pad. More on that below.</div>
<div dir="auto">4. Replace the brake master cylinder and
re-bleed the brakes.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">With all of that done, the little car will be
ready for fall weather motoring. Of course, there is no rush
since I live in Houston, Texas where autumn doesn't arrive
until December!!!</div>
<div dir="auto">Â Â Now for item number three: When I
originally uncovered the TD's seat back I discovered that
the metal springs were rusted and failing beyond repair. The
backing board was also delaminating. So I then used the old
backing board as a template to mark and cut a new board. I
then padded the board with foam rubber but didn't contour
the foam correctly. The result was a beautiful seat back
that placed the driver far too close to the steering wheel!
Here's how it looked.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto"><a
href="http://aubard.us/53_MG/20171003_124737.jpg";
moz-do-not-send="true">http://aubard.us/53_MG/20171003_124737.jpg</a><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Â Â So now I need to remove the new leather
upholstery and re-contour the foam correctly. And this time
I will test the shape before reinstalling the leather!</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Rick</div>
</div>
</div>
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