Good morning,
I'm another new guy on the list and as my first posers;
I'm driving (daily) a '74 B that alledgedly had 8k mi. on an engine rebuild
(I had to take the PO's word on it AND the overall mileage - odo's busted
but it ran well so I bought it.). I've spent most of my time on the
suspension and haven't gotten into the SU crouch which brings me to the
first one.
I had the carbs tuned for me about mid-summer (Nashville, TN - hot!) and
it's been going fine - starting right up every morning and everything, until
recently when I've noticed that until I get close to operating temp it
coughs a little on accelleration as if there was no oil in the dampers or
there was a vacuum leak. As soon as it gets up to temp it accellerates just
fine. Since it is cold out there and I work in the drive, I thought I'd ask
before doing. Could this just be from the oil in the carbs being too stiff
from the cold? I'm using the same 20w/50 I throw in the engine and just
recently the overnight temps have been hitting the mid-twenties. If so,
could just going to a lighter oil help it? I'd hate to go too light. Been
there, done it. I didn't really think much about it until my female
passenger (Jeanette) noticed it the other day. I just figured, "Well, I know
how you feel. I'm cold, too." BTW, I know there's a little too much slop in
the throttle shaft and I promise to get to it this spring.
Part the second is back to the suspension and/or steering. I've gotten it
all done EXCEPT for new front crossmember mounts and getting the play out of
the column. Again, when spring arrives I have a plan. Whenever I turn the
wheel I hear this grinding noise and it sounds a lot like bearings that are
NOT round anymore. I found another column and am prepared to either replace
the whole thing or take the bearings out of it and put them in mine. I'd
prefer to do this so I don't have to re-shim the new one. Question is, for
any of you who have been inside the column of a '74, does my column actually
have ball bearings? Or am I hearing the Ghost of Christmas Past? There is a
fair amount of play in the column and it rattles and jumps every time I hit
a bump, so it's going away one way or the other.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, etc.
Glenn
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Glenn Schnittke
glenns@edge.ercnet.com
72147.3635@compuserve.com
74MGB@my.driveway.leaks
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