Before the recent muffler addition the exhaust pipe on my 74 MGBGT was
held to the mid car mounting bracket by a short length of chain.
The starter relay is wired to a seperate switch in the console after
the starter position on the ignition switch quit working. I have since
found out that the switch is fine, the wire between the switch and the
relay is not.
Wiring harness... well when I rebuilt the car I had a good forward
harness from a 71. The forward wiring harness from the 74 died in
the accident but everything else was good. Since I couldn't afford
a new harness I cobbled the two of them together. It has worked fine
but I need to have both wiring diagrams to work on the car.
The front fenders were salvaged from 2 cars, not the possible expected
left from 1 and the right from the other. No, I had to get tricky!
From one car I got the upper section of both fenders, the portion that
is above the molding line and included the headlight section. From
the other car I got the pieces that were below the molding line. Then
I bolted them together. With tiny little bolts. Cover the seam with
a little fiberglass and bondo. Best laugh, met fellow with another GT
who wanted to trade fenders. :-) His had less rust on them than mine.
There is a piece of aluminum can behind the caliper on my right front
wheel. The brake would drag regardless of what I did to it until I
used the pop can for a shim.
Of course I don't plan on letting these problems exist forever, as soon
as I have a stable job that allows me to buy another vechicle I am thinking
about taking the car apart again and fixing everything....or I'll buy
that derilict MGA I've found and fix it instead. :-)
Tim
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