Truly, things of beauty ...
Thanks for the updates. I bet it may help others in the restoration process.
Cheers
Gene
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From: mg-t-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:mg-t-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Richard Lindsay
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 4:30 PM
To: mgs@autox.team.net; mg-t@autox.team.net; Rui Gigante; Neil Shannon
Subject: [Mg-t] More TD work, a.k.a. First day of retirement
Its the first day of my retirement and...wait for it...YES! I got a call
this afternoon from the company asking about some data I processed! No
escape! However, I have had a good day in the garage.
Story follows;
A couple of days ago I wrote to you stating that I would probably rebuild
the '53 TD's fuel pump rather than replacing it - and that is what I have
done. Here's how the pump looked on the car.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1030.JPG
Here's how it looked on the bench with the filter and the fuel chamber
removed.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1041.JPG
Here's a look at the non-return valve before any cleanup.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1042.JPG
Here are the valve parts (almost) ready for reassembly. I say almost
because the valve disks still need to be cleaned.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1043.JPG
And here's the pump reassembled with new gaskets, the contacts burnished,
and tested.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1044.JPG
It runs great and looks nice.
>From there I moved on to the next component to rebuild; the starter switch.
Here's how it looked while still on the car.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1050.JPG
Same switch on the bench, awaiting cleanup.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1051.JPG
Some fuel pump debris is still on the bench. All has since been cleaned up.
Here's a look at the switch, now cleaned up, refinished and tested.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1054.JPG
And finally, a look back at the car with the parts removed. This picture is
my guide as to the correct placement / orientation of the various mounting
brackets.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1053.JPG
And that's it for now. I like sharing the work and I know some of you
probably enjoy seeing the progress. Please feel free to just hit 'delete'
is uninterested.
With kind regards,
-rick
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