[Mgs] mgb engine mounting

[mgbob at juno.com]

Hi Paul,
  No, you are not missing the point. Your MGB is fitted with a sensible
restraint rod.   Others, alas, did not have one, some GTs in particular.   You
see a horizontal bar connecting gearbox to chassis cross member.
   My GT does not have that bar.  Instead, there is a pin of about 1/4 that is
to keep the gearbox from kicking up. This pin does nothing, or almost nothing,
to keep the power uit from moving forward.
   Those of us with certain GTs believe that it was MG that missed the point.

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Paul Osborne <posborne at z.rochester.edu>
To: "mgbob at juno.com" <mgbob at juno.com>
Cc: "mgs at autox.team.net List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] mgb engine mounting
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:05:26 -0400

I'm going to add my 3cents to this topic. I just looked under my 74 bgt for
this retaing rod. not there. Now I know what you are tailing about and have
seen it on others cars and have wonder what it is for. thinking it was to hold
the powerplant and trans in case of a crash in the car. Might be a good
concept but really, just so it will not hit the radiator. If you get in a
front end crash there is not much up there , it's going to be trashed. Mybe
I'm missing the point .

paul
On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:54 AM, mgbob at juno.com wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>   Thanks for the measurements.
>   I just took another look at mine.   It might restrain the engine if the
> accelleration were parallel to the ground, but there is very little overlap
> for the tab to hook on the bracket if there were vertical forces involved.
> Bob
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: Undisclosed-recipients:;
> Cc: <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] mgb engine mounting
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:11:48 +0100
>
> More than 1/8" thick, mine measures 0.175".  It goes behind the engine
mount
> bracket (not between the mount and the bracket which would upset the
> alignment), and the tab hits the chassis bracket if the engine moves
> forward, not the rubber - http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/images/mount12.jpg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>  ... Recoil bracket is, I think,
>> a plate approx 1/8 inch thick that fits behind the rubber mount block and
>> has
>> a tab that is supposed to hook on the rubber when the engine tries to leap
>> forward.
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