Hi Kelvin,
Turns out the rocker had a run still intact so the longish
self-tapper worked.
I found another rattle, too. Traced it to the passenger mirror. In a fit
of pique, I just removed the plastic holder (carefully) to get at the
mirror. Lo and behold...there was no spring to provide tension. Where did
it go?
Fortunately, I had a spare mirror from a junker and its spring was
intact. Now, two rattlers are subdued and I can hear the engine again.
Thanks for your method. Wood is softer than metal so I'll add some random
pieces to my trunk repair kit!
Bill
a non-pure 76B
BMCSNJ
At 12:15 PM 3/15/2006 -0800, Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
>Bill:
>
>The purists will probably cringe, but I jammed a piece of handy tree
>branch into the rocker panel so it prevented the bottom of the fender
>from rattling.
>
>There really isn't anywhere to attach to if the lower lip is gone. I
>guess you could run a longish (1") self tapping screw through the lower
>section of the fender and into good metal of the rocker about 3" from
>the bottom. This would do the same job as my handy branch.
>
>
>These areas are going to be replaced when you do the required rust
>repair at a later date.
>
>I plan on replacing the bottom of the fender and front rocker some time
>later this year. For now the car drives and the sun is shining.
>
>
>Kelvin
>
>1970 MGB
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On
>Behalf Of Bill Saidel
>Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:14 PM
>To: mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: attachment points, front fender
>
>Hi gang,
> Spring opened with a 77F here in NJ today, about 50 days early.
>So I had to pull my 76B out
>of the garage and change the oil. In doing so, I grabbed onto the
>base of the front fender just behind the wheel as I slid under the
>chassis. In so doing, I felt a shower of rust and then the base of the
>fender was no longer attached to the rest of the chassis. (I can only
>describe it as something like the non-bound pages of a book.)
> I could see no attachment sites. Looking through Porter's book,
>I
>found the section on Front Wing Removal. It indicated (2nd edition, p.
>59,
>figure FWR4) that 3 cross head screws anchor the bottom of the front
>wing
>in place. I see no signs of them, but that may be the problem.
>
>I'm just wondering about a quick fix (realizing that quick fix and 30
>year
>old MGB is an oxymoron.) I'm not up to an off the frame restoration
>yet,
>so how about just adding a new anchor point or two with self-tapping
>sheet
>metal screws.
>
>Bill Saidel
>'76B
>BMCSNJ
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