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Re: It's Alive (77B)

To: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: It's Alive (77B)
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 09:51:48 -0500
Don't know yet.  All it's done so far is the bedding-in run.  Miserable weather
followed on the heels of the fire-up.  Plus -- I've got to move Lazarus (52TD) 
out
of the other garage so that I can to the B's Parrish hardtop.  I hope to have 
it on
the road next weekend.

Larry Hoy wrote:

> Congratulations Bud.  .060 over, it probably runs a bit faster huh?
>
> Larry Hoy
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> >Behalf Of Bud Krueger
> >Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 5:48 PM
> >To: MG List
> >Subject: It's Alive (77B)
> >
> >
> >Finally!  Yesterday afternoon the commuting machine came alive after more 
>than
> >three months in various stages of undress.  Did its 20 minutes at 1800-2000 
>rpm
> >for the bedding-in ceremony, then back into the garage for retorquing and
> >resetting.  Nothing exotic, ended up with .060" over 8.7:1 pistons, a sleeve 
>in
> >#2 cylinder, valves redone, mild regrind cam, new oil pump, double row chain
> >system.  While checking for oil pressure I put my compression gauge on #1 and
> >read 165 psi after the third compression stroke (without the rings seated 
>yet).
> >Yesterday, while doing the cam bed, I intentionally left the crankcase 
>breather
> >pipe open ended -- not a sign of smoke!
> >
> >More to come - many lessons were learned - I'll be putting some web pages
> >together on the entire process.
> >
> >--
> >Bud Krueger
> >http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> >52TD
> >77MGB

--
Bud Krueger
http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
52TD
77MGB

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