[Mg-mmm] J2 Bell Housing located

[Lew Palmer]

Glad to hear that you are getting on with the rebuild, Bill. Let us know if
you need and help or advice.

Yes, this forum is way too quiet. However, much of the reason is that there
is a very active Triple-M forum on the UK Triple-M Register web site. A
posting there can get several responses and several HUNDRED reads in a
matter of a few hours. You might want to take a look at
http://www.triple-mregister.org then click on Discussion Forums.

Cheers,
Lew Palmer

-----Original Message-----
From: Mg-mmm [mailto:mg-mmm-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bill Traill
Sent: Friday, January 1, 2016 6:34 PM
To: mg-mmm at autox.team.net
Subject: [Mg-mmm] J2 Bell Housing located

My request for a J2 engine bell housing resulted in two replies and three
available. The first reply was from a local MG-MMM member
(California) and was on it's way to me in a few hours!

We do not have much chatter on our MG-MMM board, so I will add a little of
where I am at on J2 #3343 I have owned since 1971. I have a TC since 1967
(my first drivers test car) and a '67 B/GT since 1970.

I waited far too long to (re-start to) finish my J2; it was always next
year's project. The engine had been rebuilt just before the car was
purchased and soon dismantled for restoration by the prior owner ~1968. I
knew the engine  had been poorly done but not until I dug into it did I
discover it was a real 'lasquad' job..loose and sloppy, quick and dirty.  

Finally, last summer I built a line-boring fixture to machine the cam shaft
bearings and then thought I would have the rest of the engine finished in a
couple months. Too many missing parts (my fault in 40 years of storage), and
many parts not restorable resulting in several orders to England. A couple
items to make, a few to modify and fixtures to be built and studying all the
literature on MMM engines I could find....Maybe this month the engine will
be ready

Today, finished the dynamo and performed the test whereby the dynamo is
shunted to become an electric motor off a 12V battery...passed per Terry
Andrews article in 1997 MMM Yearbook.

I am now assisting on another J2 engine rebuild a few miles away. 

All the Best in the New Year to all.

Bill Traill
bill at clovermachine.com
Santa Clara, California.
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