Welcome Derek,
Give the list a dutch treat.
Nice to see another Dutch (?) guy on this list.
The rattle sound from the right rear part of your B simply is your fuel
pump.
It's normal, although the sound should stop, once your float chambers are
filled.
If not - several causes can be outlined.
>From faulty pump via leaky fuel lines to faulty float chamber needles.
With the clunk, I don't know.
Cheers,
Hans
'71 BGT
(Home = Lisse / work mostly - Utrecht)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Vandivere [SMTP:dersk@usa.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 12:33 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Newbie questions
>
> Hi ho,
>
> I finally got around to picking up a convertible and I'm looking forward
> to
> doing work on it, but there's one basic problem: I'm basically tabula rasa
> in terms of car knowledge. I just never got around to hanging out with Dad
> and working on the cars when I was a kid, so as a result I don't know a
> whole lot more than how to change oil. I've got the Hayes manual, but it
> presupposes a lot of general knowledge I don't have. What's the best way
> (i.e., what book would you recommend?) to pick up a lot of the basic
> knowledge / troubleshooting / general ledgerdemain?
>
> That said, I've got two problems with the car (as opposed to my brain)
> that
> I don't think should be too terribly difficult. First, when I put the key
> to
> the start position (that is, the engine doesn't need to be on), there's a
> knock about about maybe 8 Hz from the right rear of the car. It seems to
> happen about 75% of the time, and I don't think it's related to how full
> the
> gas tank is. My guess is faulty fuel pump - is this a standard sound for a
> failed pump (this is the kind of general troubleshooting info I was
> referring to in the previous paragraph)? Second, over anything bigger than
> a
> smallish bump, I get a sort of metallic crunching from the right rear.
> This
> one I assume is either a spring or a shock - easy to replace? hard?
>
> Thanks for the help (and hopefully I'll return the favor in a few years
> when
> I've gathered enough clue tokens),
> Derek (78 MGB)
>
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