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1. Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: John Middlesworth <jape@email.unc.edu>; Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 21:15:15 -0400 (EDT); I put the engine back in the MGB today, but am a little concerned that it required so much effort to get the bellhosing to mate to the back of the engine. I had everything lined up but it wouldn't ju; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00068.html (8,160 bytes)
2. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: Teacher122@aol.com; Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 22:28:42 -0400 (EDT); << Could some residual pressure in the clutch line cause this problem? I haven't bled the clutch and it doesn't do anything when I push the pedal. In short, I'd love for someone to tell me it's norma; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00070.html (8,280 bytes)
3. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 11:04:01 -0400 (EDT); The bushing should be flush, it sounds like you just need to twist the tranny a little to line things up. They don't always just slide together. Lube the inside of the bushing. ...Art; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00103.html (8,995 bytes)
4. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: Wayne Kube <wkube@iadfw.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 06:09:08 -0500; To insure proper lubrication of the pilot bushing, you should soak it in new motor oil for about a day before installing. -- Wayne Kube Plano, TX http://web2.airmail.net/wkube; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00153.html (7,963 bytes)
5. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: dmeadow@juno.com; Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 08:52:23 -0500; If this is one of those bronze bushings that require oil-soaking, I understand that it is better to heat-soak it. Put it in a coffee can and cover it with motor oil. Heat in an oven at 250 degrees fo; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00157.html (8,855 bytes)
6. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 12:25:17 -0400 (EDT); /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00162.html (9,457 bytes)
7. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 03 Oct 1997 11:33:15 -0500; Bushings of this kind are sintered bronze, not brass. The material is also called oilite. Bronze granules are pressed together under heat and pressure. This leaves pores which oil can permeate. A 24; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00163.html (8,072 bytes)
8. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: John Middlesworth <jape@email.unc.edu>; Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 08:21:09 -0400 (EDT); And what would happen if I didn't soak that bushing? Are there any horror Assuming that it's fairly oily when I put it in, would the heat and friction of the engine cook it in much the same way that; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00200.html (8,630 bytes)
9. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 09:43:17 -0400 (EDT); Well after reading your reply I said to myself self,why have I never seen this "fact" before so I pulled out as many MG books as I could find.The only reference that I found (I don't have the B shop; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00203.html (9,998 bytes)
10. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison); Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 18:35:34 EDT; Enough to make the difference between premature failure of the brass bearing, and a long lived servicable bearing. The factrory doubtless did them in batches, or recieved them from the supplier pre-l; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00225.html (10,281 bytes)
11. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: Chad Cooper <mgb72@airmail.net>; Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 19:22:42 -0500; You all seem to be forgetting that those pilot bushings are not brass at all they are oil-lite bronze which has inherent lubricatiing properties. This is why the bushing is made of this type of metal; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00227.html (11,068 bytes)
12. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hammarstedt" <wfme@mail.mc.net>; Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 22:51:57 +0000; Many pilot bushings are made of sintered metal. That is, they are formed of metal bits that are formed into a part using lots of pressure and heat. This makes a part that has lots of voids for the l; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00232.html (8,234 bytes)
13. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 14:02:24 -0400; I don't know if it is true of the spigot bushing in question, but a lot of bushings used as journal bearings were made of sintered bronze, which is sort of powdered bronze solidified under high heat; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00302.html (8,500 bytes)

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