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41. Re: gas tank cap seal (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:32:58 -0400; Just checked my tank cap. No evidence of any leather pieces there. The cap has a spring-mounted assembly that is two pie-pan-shaped discs riveted together. The inner, smaller one fits into the hole; /html/mg-t/2005-06/msg00036.html (8,231 bytes)
42. Re: gas tank cap seal (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:20:09 -0400; Hi Andy, Great idea. I understand the principle of it. You wrote the drilled holes are at the cut end, which I assume is the bottom, immersed end. How full can you fill the tank? How does displaced a; /html/mg-t/2005-06/msg00037.html (8,155 bytes)
43. Re: TD Horns, 1 or 2? (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:21:09 -0400; Both the RHD cars I have seen in our club have twin horns. As you have the bracket for the right horn, that's indicative that the car was fitted with one. The horns are handed, and they have differe; /html/mg-t/2005-06/msg00073.html (7,836 bytes)
44. Re: Dizzy Part Needed (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 18:08:31 -0400; Hi Scott, The pot-metal into which that pin fits wears away over time. The missing pin can be replaced with a piece of hard wire; it would seem that a roll pin, cut to length, would work as well. It; /html/mg-t/2005-05/msg00009.html (7,824 bytes)
45. Re: Clutch Pivot Lever Bushing - 1951 TD #5554 (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 09:24:02 -0400; Replacing the pivot lever bushing was easy for me, just clamping into a vise with a small socket wrench pushing the bushing into a larger socket wrench on the other side. Tightening the vice squeeze; /html/mg-t/2005-05/msg00032.html (8,041 bytes)
46. Re: Valve Adj Question (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 09:15:41 -0400; Hi Scott, The standard cam supplied by Moss when I bought mine a few years back was a Crane cam. Its instructions gave adjustment clearances that were the subject of some discussion at that time. Ski; /html/mg-t/2005-05/msg00033.html (7,985 bytes)
47. Re: Really nitty details (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:19:53 -0400; I concur with Lew on the first two details. The instrument panel bolt heads are black, not painted, but a black coating of some sort. Looks a like gun blueing, only in black. Seat rails and the seat; /html/mg-t/2005-05/msg00058.html (7,436 bytes)
48. Re: Temperature (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:31:23 -0400; Hi John, In one of the handbooks, MG said 80-90C was OK. Worry about overheating at 95, though you may never see the temp that high. The TD radiator is immense for the size of the engine. You might w; /html/mg-t/2005-04/msg00014.html (8,376 bytes)
49. Re: TD pedal shaft and bushings (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:30:52 -0300; It's probably just bushings that are in need of replacement. The grease fitting under the fender is important to long life of pedal bushings, but it's often overlooked as it's not shown in the handb; /html/mg-t/2005-04/msg00036.html (9,601 bytes)
50. Re: TD Steering Wheels, Which one's the Best? (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:04:50 -0300; Hi Bob, Your wheel has the dried chicken-bone appearance, with cracks, and the diameter of the plastic has shrunk to about that of a pencil? Yep, been there too. I replaced mine years ago with a Moss; /html/mg-t/2005-04/msg00037.html (8,215 bytes)
51. Re: Heater installation in an MG TF (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:23:42 -0400; Check out the April 2003 TSO. Gordon Clark, #100, has pictures of a neat installation he made 50 years ago. Pics show tap points and pipe routing. The heater itself rests on the gearbox tunnel and ca; /html/mg-t/2005-04/msg00040.html (7,923 bytes)
52. Re: 52 TD Engine #14139 (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:56:41 -0400; The engine # is on the octagonal brass plate, right front side of engine, but as plates may have been changed, the number might have been changed too, or the plate from another engine used on your e; /html/mg-t/2005-04/msg00048.html (7,902 bytes)
53. Re: Steering rack gaiters (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:01:20 -0500; Two years ago I installed a Moss set with the Taiwan label. They seem to be OK. Bob /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo; /html/mg-t/2005-03/msg00003.html (7,765 bytes)
54. Re: Tonneau covers (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:52:15 -0500; Long ago I wondered similarly, and bought a Moss vinyl cover. It had a canvas-appearing pattern moulded into the vinyl and the color was about right. It served well for many years and was water proo; /html/mg-t/2005-03/msg00047.html (9,940 bytes)
55. Re: TD Steering Wheel Paint Color (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:49:51 -0500; I think Lawrie gave a good answer. Unfortunately, I deleted it a couple of days ago, so can't recall specific points. The original TD wheels was moulded of a plastic that was close in color to the i; /html/mg-t/2005-01/msg00013.html (8,626 bytes)
56. Re: Oil Filter (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:37:34 -0500; Hi John, Yes, that's the Fram filter for the later, horizontal-filter, oil pumps. There is, or was, a Wix equivalent that I used before converting to spin-on filter. Bob On Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:03:32; /html/mg-t/2005-01/msg00027.html (7,798 bytes)
57. Re: TF clutch/brake lever box on chassis (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 08:54:37 -0500; I worked up an excluder with the rubber bellows from an MGB brake MC and a 35mm film cannister. It's not particularly neat and I keep hoping to get a better one installed someday, but it does keep s; /html/mg-t/2005-01/msg00040.html (7,847 bytes)
58. Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left. (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:12:16 -0500; Old writings I've seen usually agree with your thoughts about right-handedness, swords hanging and all that. It's said that Europeans and the Brits all mounted horses and travelled on left side of t; /html/mg-t/2005-01/msg00081.html (8,402 bytes)
59. Re: lever shock rebuilding (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:32:05 -0500; Pete Caldwell at Worldwide rebuilt front and rear Armstrong dampers for my TD. I was pleased with the quick service. After having them worked on, I met Pete. He showed me a couple of cut-away damper; /html/mg-t/2004-12/msg00037.html (7,747 bytes)
60. Re: TF dip stick (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:46:35 -0500; Yes, unfortunately. Look carefully down the length of the tube. If it's bent at all, the dipstick binds in the tube. Most frequent cause of the bending is laying the block on that side when it is out; /html/mg-t/2004-12/msg00051.html (7,735 bytes)

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