[Mgs] Didn't get a lot done today BUT...

[Max Heim]

Dang, Rick is making us all look bad. Great to see a project progressing
from day one.

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 4/3/13 4:34 PM, Richard Lindsay at richardolindsay at gmail.com wrote:

> ...I did play with our new grandbaby!!!  Woohoo!
> 
> Hello Friends,
> 
> I did make progress this afternoon so I'll share that work.
> 
> First of all, I cleaned the choke cable, inside and out, and cleaned
> away a little surface rust on the outer sheath.  I also cleaned and
> sprayed the knob with clear acrylic.  Once dry, the cable got lightly
> oiled.  Here are the two cables, ready to re-install.
> 
> http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1073.JPG
> 
> I next cleaned, refinished and tested the turn signal switch.  When
> some PO painted the dash black, the handle also got painted - kinda.
> Here it is refinished and ready to reassemble and re-install.
> 
> http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1072.JPG
> 
> I next cleaned and evaluated the power sockets from the instrument
> panel.  The metal bits are fine but the black and red insulators are
> shot (falling apart) - and they're expensive.  I also don't expect to
> reconnect them so I went for an alternative; two grommets in the holes
> with the metal bits re-installed.  One of the grommets is now red.
> Later, if I (or someone) wants to reconnect these sockets, the parts
> are available.  Picture of the grommet follows, and in a later picture
> with the other bits.
> 
> http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1074.JPG
> 
> The next repairs were made to the 'ignition', 'low fuel' and 'turn
> signal' lights.  As many of you might know, the lamps are 2-1/2 volt
> units in series with a coils of wire serving as a dropping resistors.
> Unfortunately, the resistive wires were damaged on all sockets and
> were damaged further upon removal from the instrument panel.  Instead
> of buying replacements or fighting many feet of tiny wire, I modified
> the lamp holders by jumpering across the ballast contacts and
> switching to 12 volt bulbs.  Testing verified that the assemblies work
> fine.  That said, I have seen indicators like this with the plastic
> lens melted by contact with the hot lamp.  To address that issue, I am
> going to use very low wattage bulbs.
> 
> http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1077.JPG
> 
> Here are the rest of the refurbished bits.  From left-to-right; the
> kludged auxiliary power fittings, the fog lights switch, and the LEAST
> useful bit of any British car: the dash light dimmer.  Really?!
> Actually, its damaged inside and will be bypassed.  The knob hasn't
> been acrylic coated because its broken.  I'll replace it with the
> push-on aftermarket part from Moss.
> 
> http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1078.JPG
> 
> And finally, here is the license plate currently on the car.  The
> first owner, in the mid-'50s, held some position on the consular staff
> in Jordan.  I can easily read the 'C.C.125' but the Arabic text is
> beyond me.  Any of you able to read it?
> 
> http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/HPIM1075.JPG
> 
> Happy Wednesday,
> 
> -rick