1951 MG TD First Engine Start

[@chrisebbesen5798]

That sounds delicious,!

[@beegee22]

Sweet sounding little XPAG! 👍

[@GearheadStew]

Don't you love it when a rebuilt starts up that quick? Sounds awesome :)

[@walkertongdee]

dont believe it ..

[@robertsalanon2909]

Félicitations !! Magnifique travail ...

[@hardyakka6200]

When tuning SU carbs. Best to put a piece of plastic tube in the air intake hole and stick the other end in your ear. Adjust untill they sound the same.

[@paulhall170]

It'll be a hundred times more reliable than it was originally....

[@boatman222345]

The best way to balance SU carbs is with a stethoscope. You loosen the fastening connecting the two carbs together then adjust the rearmost carb to the idle RPM you want. You then place the funnel shaped side of the stethoscope by the mouth of the carb and listen to the sound of the air being drawn into the throat of the carb. Now move to the 2 carb and adjust the idle speed screw until you duplicate that sound. To fine tune, rapidly move back and forth between the two carbs adjusting the idle speed screw of each until both sound the same and the engine is turning at the RPM you want. Now reconnect the shaft.

[@paulkile9998]

If the cam and lifters were reground/replaced, the engine should be run at 2000 rpm for about 20 minutes to run in the lifters. Also, the valve clearances sound way too loose.

[@cliffordkiehl3959]

Check the oil pressure.

[@scottyjones27]

No doubt sounds like top end is sloppy, valve lash adjustment bad, humps worn off cam , U across the pond folks gots some tiny little cars and engines ? Uns got NO fossil fuels to set on fire ? Or saving them fossil fuels for me to burn in my V-8 FORD 5speed car i get 24mpg at 80mph turning 3000rpms my baby's got 4:11 gears in rear end and 6th gear in the 5th gear place only shift 4 times but got 6th gear on four shifts

[@iansyme3535]

Sounds tappety ....

[@laakona8381]

solid lifters.