Getting closer to the moment I start the 64B restoration project (car
has been sitting in a garage since 1981), I went to the local Sears to
buy another Group 26 battery. All my MGs have now been converted from
the 6V 17 HF batteries due to availability and cost, all with Sears
Diehard batteries which have served me well in cold weather starting. So
I go into the store and tell the young lad I need to buy a Group 26
battery. He then asked me what it is for so I tell him it is for a MGB.
He gets confused and asks me what that is. He is sure they don't have a
battery for such a car. I explain that a group 26 battery should be a
common size so he looks and, yes, they have them in stock. Of course
they do, I bought the batteries for my two other MGs at this same store
in earlier years. They actually tried to get my 17HF batteries several
years ago but were unable to do so; other outlets wanted significantly
more for just one 6v battery than the cost of the group 26 battery.
So now I have a battery but I still have a few other things to do first,
most notably the SU carbs. I started working on those this evening,
thinking I could be trying to start the car by this weekend. Until I
came across a rather interesting problem (after previous strange
problems) as I am working on the carbs which I have on a bench. When I
screwed the fuel mixture adjusting nut of the rear carb up to the base
so I could set the fuel adjustment to the default 12 flats, the jet did
not move up. The choke lever to the jet also looked a bit warped. So I
disassembled the whole jet assembly - it looks like the jet is seized
within the jet bearing assembly and the bent choke lever would indicate
this problem occurred some time ago with the previous owner. Fortunately
Moss lists all the parts at a fairly reasonable cost. So a minor delay
but I still face a few more unknowns with the electrical system
components (fuel pump, starter, and other parts) plus the motor (it
turns). I noticed the previous owner disconnected the mechanical tach
cable from the tach so that probably indicates something as well. So I
may still have a lot of work left.
David Councill
64 MGB
67 MGBGT
72 MGB
74 Toyota Landcruiser FJ40
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