When I adjusted the valves on my B I had it up on jack stands from some
other work. I just kept crawling underneath and turning the drive shaft
with a pipe wrench. It wasn't as cubersome as it might sound. Of course
you need someone up on top telling you how much to turn.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Graziano <mgrazian@ltcm.com>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>; MGList <mgs@autox.team.net>;
spitfires <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 12:55 PM
Subject: DPO'd again.....
|Well, it happened again. The things this guy did to my car completely
amaze
|me.
|
|This weekend I wanted to check and/ or adjust my valves (first try, ever).
|Without realizing that I could put the car in gear and push to turn the
engine,
|I began to dismantle the radiator and fan to get to the crank shaft nut.
|
|The only problem was that I was having trouble getting the radiator out.
Hmmm
|I took out all the screws... nothing in the way.... But it just won't
budge.
|And then I see them. The dumb SOB WELDED the radiator and shroud into the
car.
|The two screws on the bottom of the radiator (Which I didn't see, b/c they
just
|looked like metal deformations (painted over)) were actually welded to the
|brace. Apparently they broke the screws on the bottom and rather than
drill and
|repair, they just welded when they replaced it. The same with the bottom
two
|scews on the shroud. How the hell did they get in there with a welder? I
|couldn't even get in there with a grinder.
|
|Needless to say, I wound up breaking off the lower brace on the radiator
and my
|shroud's a little mangled. THe radiator's repairable, but I might need
another
|fan shroud. Anyone have one for a '78 Midget lying around? Moss and VB
haven't
|got them listed.
|
|I haven't even gotten to the valves yet. Anyone have any advice on how to
check
|and adjust? I've got the Bently and Haynes book.
|
|I swear, if only I knew...... I'd have probably bought it anyway......
|
|Mike
|
|
|