Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Make sure the pedal bearings are lubed.
There is a grease zerk for this purpose. (My clutch pedal was sticking due
to 50 year old grease that had hardened.) Perhaps the rod that couples the
pedal to the carb needs to be lubed. There are two bearing points on the
bulkhead. Check the spring that comes down from the carbs that pulls the
throttle back to idle. Make sure the engine ground strap is in place and
making good contact. If the starter current went though the throttle
linkage, it may have welded it stuck. That's all that I can think of. Good
luck.
PS: You can remove the pan in place on a TD. In fact, I installed a new set
of pistons from underneath the car.
Bob Donahue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Corben" <simoncorben@adelphia.net>
To: "MG LIST" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 10:57 AM
Subject: Sad Day
>I need some comfort today guys,
>
> Just went out to the garage to give the MG a weekly turn over, and for
> some
> reason the throttle got stuck open and the engine went supersonic for
> about 2
> seconds. I quickly turned the key off, but it was too late. Bang! and a
> big
> hole in the oil pan with oil pouring out everywhere. Looks like the
> connecting rod cap on #1 may have come loose and gone right through the
> pan.
> Hard to tell because oil is covering everything.
>
> I'm feeling sick about it. Just finished re-building the engine two
> summers
> ago. I can't figure out what would have caused the engine to overspeed so
> quickly. Before my mind even comprehended what was happening I had my
> hand on
> the ignition key to shut if off.
>
> Has anyone ever had their TD do this before? I was hoping I could just
> drop
> the pan and look from the bottom, but I'll have to pull the transmission
> to
> get the pan down, so might as well pull the whole thing.
>
> *&#@!% it.
>
> Simon Corben
> 52 TD
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