David,
As a student I have had to do rebuilds over the course of months, there is
the chance of parts rusting, after all most of the engine guts are coated
in oil all the time so what I did was to tear it down and coat everything
in engine oil and then bag everything that I could. When you are taking
it down make sure to keep all piston/connecting rod parts seperate and
labled as to which cyl they came out of. Not only for reassembly but also
the condition of the cylinders can tell you a lot about the engine. Good
Luck, and get yourself a good shop manual that details the procedure and
has some good schematics it makes the job much more pleasant.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'74 BGT undergoing V8 conversion for autocrossing
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, David Tulchinsky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just bought my first MG (a 77B). At the time of purchase I knew there was
> something wrong w/ the engine, but the rest of the car was in decent shape so
> I went ahead w/ the sale.
>
> At this point, me and my mechanic are somewhat afraid to run the engine and
> have decided that a complete rebuild is probably in order. No problem, just
> a question of $$.
>
> With that in mind, how problematic is it to rebuilt the engine over the
> course of
> several months, instead of days. Aside from forgetting were all the parts go,
> will parts rust and be ruined. I don't have the time of money to do it all
> at once,
> so I figure I'll slowly take it apart, figure out what wrong, and
> replace/rebuild
> as required. However, if this will cause more harm then good, I'll have to
> take another approach.
>
> Any thoughts out in list-ville??
>
> Second question:
>
> Does anybody have a remedy for plastic disintegration of all the the various
> plastic parts?? It seems that every time I take something out of the car,
> if its made of platic (for example hazard switch, light switch, wiper
> switch) the
> plastic is sooo brittle and dry that it just disintegrates. Is there a
> solution for
> this aside from complete and total replacement.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Dave Tulchinsky
> 77B, leaking, not running, but still the apple of her owner's heart.
>
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