John explains why you should either let a professional do a rebuild or try it yourself, but under no circumstances let your friend that used to build race car engines do it!
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@suechandler10 жыл бұрын
This is MY car! Great job John. This is why I took it to the pro. I am looking forward to driving it soon. Thanks, Bill
@mightaswellbe7 жыл бұрын
Glad I found this. I've a 1962 MGA 1600 Mk2 on blocks so to speak. Needs a ground up restore which will start this year. Thanks for being here.
@arodrigues28437 жыл бұрын
I liked the video very much. Well explained, and good images! I have an 1957 MGA-1500, and I love it!! Still going strong!!!
@johngenova98702 жыл бұрын
Thank you John!
@THOMMGB10 жыл бұрын
Great information John, I hope to have my MGB engine together soon. I made my own main bearing cap removal tool by getting a 3 foot threaded rod, size 1/2 inch 20 threads per inch, from the hardware store. I got lucky and found a slide hammer weight at a tool store. I screwed on a 1/2-20 nut and washer on the end to act as a slide hammer weight stop. For smoother operation, I covered the threaded rod with shrink tubing where the slide hammer weight slid up and down. Works perfectly. Regards, Tom
@carlogic19604 жыл бұрын
I made a puller from 1" square tube with a hole drilled in the centre and cut long enough to straddle the block. Used a bolt threaded both ends and by screwing a nut down shortened the length of the bolt which lifted the bearing cap. Easy.
@robertdavies76986 жыл бұрын
very well described and excellent video just the info we all need to keep our classics on the road running well as they should
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@piercejonah62892 жыл бұрын
@Raphael Desmond Instablaster =)
@MrClassiccarenthusia4 жыл бұрын
Line boring? Oh jeeze... 🙄 Only if absolutely necessary, and most of the time it isn't. I, my local mechanic and others can attest to the pitfalls of doing this. For one, you're moving the timing gears closer together, which is no big deal in most cases. But you are also moving the flywheel spigot location up too. This will invariably result in rapid wear of the input shaft bearings on your manual gearbox, and the destruction of the front pump in an auto box. I've seen it most recently on a rebuilt Reliant Scimitar V6, kept on wearing out clutches for "some" reason, changed the box for a rebuilt LT77, the original one had a worn input shaft, the new one went the same way a few thousand miles later. I still have the box! 👌🏻 And all because the crankshaft had moved up by roughly 5 thou. Guy replaced the Essex V6 with a later quad cam cosworth V6 in the end. The idea of getting offset locating pins didn't appeal. When I was in college back in 2009, A, B, C and XPAG engines were the order of the day, seeing as they were so simple, a child could strip and rebuild them. These boat anchors had such forgiving tolerances, that one could use a piston ring and a feeler gauge to measure bore taper. Work it down the bore a set distance at a time, measure the gap, 3 thou additional gap at the ring = 1 thou additional bore diameter. To spend 5k on strip down machining for an engine I could pick up in fully working condition £500 ~ £900 is insane! These things are literally everywhere here in the UK, but I don't know how available they are in the US, so maybe the prices reflect the rarity. An informative video nonetheless.
@officialgood-boy89466 жыл бұрын
So I learned not to trust friends with rebuilds and don't use chisels. Study time my friends.
@RandallChase14 жыл бұрын
Isn’t it always the third cylinder... HA!
@BuzzLOLOL9 жыл бұрын
. $5,000 to repair the wimpy, undependable MG engine? ... No wonder I dropped $85 at the yard for a Buick aluminum V8 for mine...
@BuzzLOLOL7 жыл бұрын
My MG Midget had the Triumph Spitfire 4 banger that fails about every 25 K miles... as does the tranny, as well...
@BuzzLOLOL7 жыл бұрын
+Johnny DopeIf4 ..What insane asylum did you escape from???
@darrinakins68015 жыл бұрын
He thinks mighty highly of himself. 5k for a little 4 banger rebuild.... You are out of your mind. Go home and play with your trains...