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Re: [Fwd: Re: Restoration of MG Midget]

To: Albert F Jones <fisher@hctc.net>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Restoration of MG Midget]
From: Rick Brown <mgrick@ptd.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:16:18 -0400
Albert F Jones wrote:
> 
> Hello List,
> 
>         Did I read this wrongly?  Wasn't the young man asking about the work 
>on a
> Midget - didn't he say that the TR7 only needed minor work on it, and he
> was trading his labour on the Midget for ownership of the TR7?
> 
> Fisher
> Comfort, TX
> 
> At 06:20 PM 7/28/99 -0700, Lawrie Alexander wrote:
> >There's nothing easy about taking a TR7 engine out! It's more complicated
> >and time-consuming than even a Midget 1500.
> >
> >It is, in fact, possible to remove the gearbox from a TR7 without too much
> >difficulty, although a hoist helps. Failing that, a set of VERY secure jack
> >stands are imperative.
> >
> >Lawrie
> >British Sportscar Center
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Rick Brown <mgrick@ptd.net>
> >To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
> >Cc: quieg@hotmail.com <quieg@hotmail.com>
> >Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 3:06 PM
> >Subject: [Fwd: Re: Restoration of MG Midget]
> >
> >
> >>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> >>
> >>--------------3471603C58C3
> >>
> >>I received the attached from this 16 Year old - does anyone have an
> >>answer for him?  I don't think it's possible without a lot of extra work
> >>- would probably be easier to take out the engine.
> >>
> >>Thanks - Rick
> >>
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> >>Return-Path: <quieg@hotmail.com>
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> >> Tue, 27 Jul 1999 23:34:20 PDT
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> >>From: "Quieg Quad" <quieg@hotmail.com>
> >>To: mgrick@ptd.net
> >>Subject: Re: Restoration of MG Midget
> >>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 23:34:20 PDT
> >>Mime-Version: 1.0
> >>
> >>Hello.
> >>I have emailed you to see if you would please answer a question for me.
> >>Here's the story:
> >>I work on a farm part time, (I'm only 16) and I arranged a deal to trade my
> >>labor on an MG Midget for a Triumph TR7 that needs nothing but a little
> >body
> >>work and some interior work.  One of the jobs was to remove the starter and
> >>replace it.  We found that the ring gear was extremely worn.  Do you know
> >if
> >>there is any way we could unbolt the transmission, remove the drive shaft,
> >>and back it out of the engine from below?  That way we wouldn't need to
> >>remove the entire engine to replace the ring gear.  Thanks for your help.
> >>:-)
> >>
> >>Sincerely,
> >>Jeff
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
Well when I responded to him I DID tell him that I hoped he was going 
to take the TR7 and immediatly trade it on an MG!

Rick

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