It seems that my B is doing ok, based on other's readings. No, the readings
don't seem high, just pretty "healthy", I guess. No more than 75 on
acceleration, and 50 or so on idle. The Temp hasn't touched "N" yet, even on
long hill climbs.
This may have future implications, though, since my compression is low (55
on one, 75-80 on the others) and I KNOW that I have a busted exhaust valve,
(snappety snap snap of the pants leg at the tail pipe, forget the dollar
bill test!)
If I fix the head only, I might risk causing more problems with the bottom
end with all that pressure...hmmm...
Dan
'73 B
-----Original Message-----
From: Wildbil923 <Wildbil923@aol.com>
To: danray@bluegrass.net <danray@bluegrass.net>
Date: Saturday, February 28, 1998 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: MGB Temp and oil pressure
>Dan:
>
>Are the readings really high at running speeds? Lots of times overly high
oil
>pressure readings are from problems with the oil pressure relief valve.
When
>I was a lad in the 1960's working for a foreign car garage I used to do
these
>fixes. I removed the valve (near the oil filter as I recall) and lapped in
>with a bit of grinding paste. It's been a while though and I'm sure others
>can do a better job of describing the process. This used to take the
pressure
>down to okay readings.
>
>Bill Wilkman
>1960 MGA
>1060 AH Sprite
>1961 AH BT7
>
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