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Re: Main Bearing Caps MGB

To: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Subject: Re: Main Bearing Caps MGB
From: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 20:16:35 -0800
Using bolts would certainly offer a manufacturing speed advantage, and
that the bolts can be used to pull the caps too shows that someone in
the engineering department was really thinking!  I'm afraid I'm stuck in
the dark ages (pre 74 1/2) since I won't have the rubber bumpers.  

Bud Krueger wrote:
> 
> Stuart,
> 
>    Perhaps that might be the setup for an early engine.  This is a '77 18V 
>engine and
> the caps are held on by bolts.
> 
> Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> 
> > On my last rebuild I made a "tool" for this.  I used a 5/16 fine thread
> > bolt and welded a nut on to the head that my slide hammer threads would
> > screw into.  Works great.
> >
> > BTW, the caps are held on by studs and nuts, not bolts, in keeping with
> > the Brits preference for studs on everything.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> > Larry Hoy wrote:
> > >
> > > Bud, the main cap bolts fit the main cap "slide hammer hole" as I 
>remember.
> > >
> > > Larry Hoy
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> > > >Behalf Of Bud Krueger
> > > >Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 3:01 PM
> > > >To: MG List
> > > >Subject: Main Bearing Caps MGB
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Would anybody happen to know offhand what bolt will fit the main bearing 
>caps on
> > > >a late MGB?  They obviously need a bit of convincing, e.g., a slide 
>hammer I
> > > >take it.  With luck, the engine'll be in the machine shop on Friday.  
>TIA.
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >Bud Krueger
> > > >http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> > > >52TD
> > > >77MGB
> 
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> 52TD
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