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21. Re: engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: "DENNIS COX" <djc@appsig.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 13:39:37 -0700; /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00676.html (7,069 bytes)
22. Re: engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: David Lynes <cdlynes@bellsouth.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:48:22 -0400; Plasti-gauge, right, but one thought... I had the same problem, and it seems in the bearing kit I got, the thrust bearing was the wrong size. When I torqued it down, it wouldn't move either. Just a s; /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00677.html (7,404 bytes)
23. Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Fred Pixley" <fpixley@kingston.net>; Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 18:58:22 -0500; I finally tore my Marina engine down. Just have to hone, clean and reassemble it. The rings are AE and the fitted gap is good. My concern now is: how can I hone the cylinders and wash out the residue; /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00123.html (7,052 bytes)
24. Re: Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 02:20:33 -0500; This is not a foolproof method, but realistically it should be enough. Before honing, stuff soaking-oily rags into the bores. The oil should catch and hold most of the swarf, pull the rags out from a; /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00139.html (8,444 bytes)
25. Re: Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Fred Pixley" <fpixley@kingston.net>; Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 07:58:36 -0500; Thank you Trevor. What you suggest makes sense. I hadn't thought to plug the rod journals and your comment about the oil forcing the swarf out of the main bearings is reassuring. I plan to use WD40 a; /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00144.html (9,980 bytes)
26. Re: Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Fred Pixley" <fpixley@kingston.net>; Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 08:02:01 -0500; Thank you for the suggestions. I really like your advice re: the main bearings. I had bought new mains when I bought the other parts and now I will change the centre main also. If it goes well I thin; /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00145.html (8,804 bytes)
27. Re: Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 18:09:22 -0500; Indeed, places like that are the worst. Anywhere else really, the swarf will probably wash harmlessly away, or maybe do one scratch then end up in the filter. Inside a bearing though it could do real; /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00175.html (7,984 bytes)
28. Engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: Mark Rayborn <mrayborn@merlin.ebicom.net>; Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:06:32 -0600; Hi folks, I've decided to attempt to rebuild the engine in my '71 B myself. I have done lots of mechanic work outside the engine, but never inside. I have always wanted to, though. I did rebuild the; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01269.html (7,890 bytes)
29. Re: Engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Dan Ray" <danray@bluegrass.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 15:40:37 -0600; I too have never done a rebuild but want to someday. The best advice I can give you is to buy "How To Powertune MGB 4-cylinder Engines" by Peter Burgess. It's only $20 or so and will answer a LOT of; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01303.html (7,433 bytes)
30. Re: Engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: David Ambrose <stargazer1@home.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 20:40:56 -0800; I have a "fast road" cam from British Motorsports in my '69 GT. I'm pretty sure it's similar to the Kent Fast Road cam. I really like it. You sacrifice a small amount of torque in the low RPM range t; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01320.html (9,083 bytes)
31. Re: Engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: H4aardvrk@aol.com; Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 01:21:06 EST; << have a "fast road" cam from British Motorsports in my '69 GT. I'm pretty sure it's similar to the Kent Fast Road cam. >> Dave, Does your B easily pass the federal emmisions laws with you 'fast roa; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01323.html (7,609 bytes)
32. Re: Engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: David Ambrose <stargazer1@home.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:05:55 -0800; Yes. According to the local test station, it was one of the cleanest B's they had measured. Unless the cam has a lot of overlap between the exhaust and intake cycles, there shouldn't be a problem. Ho; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01335.html (8,566 bytes)
33. Re: Engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: Jay and Mike Hartwig <mhartwig@cbu.edu>; Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 10:57:17 -0600; You will likely give up some torque to get the horsepower, but given the MGB's long stoke motor, you will be best to retain the torque. Aside from the brief stint at 4500 RPM, you aren't up there ver; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01387.html (9,953 bytes)
34. Engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: Eric Stephen <bk996@freenet.carleton.ca>; Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 21:04:40 -0500; Hello all: I've just hooked up with a fellow who is willing to part with a complete 1600 engine for my 1960 MGA 1600 Roadster for a couple of hundred (Canadian). Current engine is running fine but ha; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01189.html (6,780 bytes)
35. engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: Tim Newhouse <tnewhouse@home.com>; Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 13:14:55 -0400; Thinking of buying a 77 MGB that a mechanic told the owner needs the bottom end rebuilt.....How much money am I looking at for a total rebuild? Thanks in advance; /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00256.html (6,228 bytes)
36. Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: elkhart@juno.com (Philip M Haines); Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 21:48:41 EST; I have no cat! My midget is not garage trained yet! I use kitty litter for oil dry :) Having problems with a motor with 100,000 +miles ? There are probably other problems too; only detected by disass; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00409.html (6,378 bytes)
37. Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: ninab@scoresheet.com (Nina Barton); Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:40:42 -0700; First of all, if any of you were at Jack London Square on Sat. Oct. 12, wasn't it a nice show? On to the engine. I have a 71 BGT, which lives on the street. No place to work on it myself, except in a; /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00632.html (7,776 bytes)
38. Re: Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: John J Peloquin <peloquin@mamba.bio.uci.edu>; Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 11:08:04 -0700 (PDT); Dear Nina, Why don't you look at some of the MGB specialty shops and buy a rebuilt engine? Shouldn't cost more than $2K On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Nina Barton wrote:; /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00637.html (8,328 bytes)
39. Re: Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 14:27:55 -0400 (EDT); It sounds steep to me, too. I doubt he is really going to fix the block; it likely would be more cost effective to find a good used engine and rebuild it. You can expect to pay him for his time and t; /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00639.html (8,609 bytes)
40. Re: Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: drded@ix.netcom.com (David Deutsch); Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 15:11:59 -0700; The absolute best mechanic when it comes to MGBs is a fellow by the name of Dave Clark in West Westminster, Vermont. I live in New York on Long Island and if I were to have an engine redone I would t; /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00649.html (8,266 bytes)

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