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That's great news, Mark!
Dan D
'76B, '65B
Central NJ USA
http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/
On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 9:18 AM Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
> A while back one of the folks in the British Motor Club of Utah posted
> on our Facebook page that he had some cars that needed attention. I
> offered to assist. I had meant to write it all down, as to when I did
> what, but of course I did not.
>
> The car is a '73 MGB which hadn't been running for some time. Over the
> course of the last few months I've driven the 25 miles to his place and
> messed with it. If I still had a shop where I could have easily worked
> on it whenever convenient for me it would have gotten done a lot
> sooner. I currently am working graveyard, from 10 pm to 6 am. So going
> up to Nick's place in the early afternoon is like the dead of night for
> me. ZZzzzzz.
>
> Anyway, we worked on getting it started. First off, no fuel to the
> carbs. New fuel pump installed. Then too much fuel, needle valves not
> closing. Carbs get taken off, I bring them home. It goes on for a
> while, like an LBC game of Whack-A-Mole. Fix one problem, it brings to
> light another. New coil, $200 on carb rebuild kit, new ignition switch.
> Back and forth between ignition and carbs, always another gremlin
> popping up.
>
> Finally got close yesterday.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55cmBVIF7Pk
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55cmBVIF7Pk>
>
> Still needs some tweaking and minor adjustments, but after at least a
> dozen trips where I've headed home shaking my head in frustration, it
> was nice to head back to Salt Lake with a smile on my face.
>
> mjb.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">That's great news, Mark!=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Dan =
D</div><div>'76B, '65B</div><div>Central NJ USA<br clear=3D"all"><d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signa=
ture"><div dir=3D"ltr"><a href=3D"http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/"; target=
=3D"_blank">http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/</a></div></div></div><br></div=
></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"=
>On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 9:18 AM Mark J Bradakis <<a href=3D"mailto:mark=
@bradakis.com">mark@bradakis.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">A while back one of the folks in the Briti=
sh Motor Club of Utah posted <br>
on our Facebook page that he had some cars that needed attention.=C2=A0 I <=
br>
offered to assist.=C2=A0 I had meant to write it all down, as to when I did=
<br>
what, but of course I did not.<br>
<br>
The car is a '73 MGB which hadn't been running for some time. Over =
the <br>
course of the last few months I've driven the 25 miles to his place and=
<br>
messed with it.=C2=A0 If I still had a shop where I could have easily worke=
d <br>
on it whenever convenient for me it would have gotten done a lot <br>
sooner.=C2=A0 I currently am working graveyard, from 10 pm to 6 am.=C2=A0 S=
o going <br>
up to Nick's place in the early afternoon is like the dead of night for=
<br>
me.=C2=A0=C2=A0 ZZzzzzz.<br>
<br>
Anyway, we worked on getting it started.=C2=A0 First off, no fuel to the <b=
r>
carbs.=C2=A0 New fuel pump installed.=C2=A0 Then too much fuel, needle valv=
es not <br>
closing.=C2=A0 Carbs get taken off, I bring them home.=C2=A0 It goes on for=
a <br>
while, like an LBC game of Whack-A-Mole.=C2=A0 Fix one problem, it brings t=
o <br>
light another.=C2=A0 New coil, $200 on carb rebuild kit, new ignition switc=
h. <br>
Back and forth between ignition and carbs, always another gremlin <br>
popping up.<br>
<br>
Finally got close yesterday.<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D55cmBVIF7Pk"; rel=3D"noreferrer=
" target=3D"_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D55cmBVIF7Pk</a> <br>
<<a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D55cmBVIF7Pk"; rel=3D"norefe=
rrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D55cmBVIF7Pk</a>&g=
t;<br>
<br>
Still needs some tweaking and minor adjustments, but after at least a <br>
dozen trips where I've headed home shaking my head in frustration, it <=
br>
was nice to head back to Salt Lake with a smile on my face.<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
<br>
<br>
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