[Mgs] FW: MGA Guru on the Gulf Coast

[S. Carr]

Like Barrie, we have the pneumatic props installed on our B/GT bonnet.  They are similar to what holds up the tailgate on a modern station wagon.  We purchased our kit from Moss Motors, and found the installation fairly simple – and it certainly does make leaning into the engine compartment a lot easier!

Sarah Carr
‘71 MGB/GT in Pennsylvania USA

From: Barrie Robinson via Mgs 
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 5:12 PM
To: Hans Duinhoven ; mgs at autox.team.net 
Subject: Re: [Mgs] FW: MGA Guru on the Gulf Coast

My MGB GT V8 has those pneumatic(?) support things for bonnet.  I got them from a team.net bloke I think but you can get them quite easily.  I also have them on the tailgate - absolutely brilliant and I recommend them.  Easy to install and do not interfer


At 08:31 PM 12/21/2015 +0100, Hans Duinhoven via Mgs wrote:

  Thanks Barney & Bert for the wakeup call.

  I've driven the GT too little this year.
  Reason was oil swallowing like over a litre per 100 miles.
  This happening made me quite unhappy as the engine had been overhauled not
  long ago (in miles speaking).
  Also my health was not optimal this year, so after seeking the reason for
  this engine error I asked my friendly garagist to look to the most suspected
  part of the engine - the breather system.
  It appeared this system was clogged and after cleaning and putting it back
  to the advised settings the GT is back on the road and has proven to use oil
  little to none. 
  Also thanks to Paul Hunt for his advise.

  Barney, you made me looking to your site where your travel experiences were
  listed and I saw some pictures of MGB's where the engine hood was wide open.
  http://mgaguru.com/tales/mobile11/5536.jpg 
  I still use the original hood stand, which offers very little space to work.
  So my question is, is the hood stand modification documented somewhere?

  Thanks in advance.

  Cheers,
  Hans
  71 BGT

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