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  • Re: Color codes

    Don't get too hung up on precise matches to the original stuff because it varied quite a bit even in the factory paint booths, according to several historical books on the ''T''-series cars.&nbsp; The original cellulose laquer was the cheapest stuff they could get away with, fading so badly so quickly that there's a number of historical accounts ...
    Posted to General (Forum) by Dick Mason on November 18, 2009
  • Re: Color codes

    Most factory shots of the TD show silver wheel paint.&nbsp; Try here for paint information and just about anything else you might want to know about the car - http://www.mgcars.org.uk/mgtd/mgtd_finishes.htm. &nbsp;
    Posted to General (Forum) by Dick Mason on November 17, 2009
  • Re: TC Radiator alignment

    Well, I can't hand off any TC-specific tidbits, but after re-aassembling the '51 TD a few times, I did learn a few lesssons the hard way. The bonnet structure on the TD does have a bit of a slope, created by the use of the hood strip inner support (part #13, p32, Moss catalog) which lifts the bonnet hinge a tad.&nbsp; Big lesson I learned is to ...
    Posted to General (Forum) by Dick Mason on November 13, 2009
  • Re: Rear Oil Seal Conversion

    You'll be pulling the rear cap on and off, and same with the crankshaft, about a dozen times to get everything squared up.&nbsp; My joke about the bearing cap being cast by pre-Industrial Age Druit priests after an all-night ale binge pretty well sums up the primitive casting quality.&nbsp; The answer to your question depends on just how awful the ...
    Posted to General (Forum) by Dick Mason on November 11, 2009
  • Re: Rear Oil Seal Conversion

    Don:&nbsp; I installed the same kit on my '51 TD.&nbsp; Somewhere on the ''T''series forum, I've posted my blog of how things went. http://www.mossmotors.com/forum/forums/thread/2242.aspx The seal lip rides at the very forward edge of the crankshaft flange surface.&nbsp; Install&nbsp;&nbsp;the Speed-i-Sleeve so that it overhangs the crankshaft ...
    Posted to General (Forum) by Dick Mason on November 9, 2009
  • Re: Clutch pedal stop:

    &nbsp; I also installed the Moss 5-speed transmission for the exact same reasons.&nbsp; I really got tired of the ''Grunch!'' every time you selected first or reverse, no matter how careful you were!&nbsp; More ''character'' than I wanted.&nbsp; Throw in the Pertronix ignitor kit, and that package of new technology in the old relic really makes a ...
    Posted to Mechanical (Forum) by Dick Mason on October 28, 2009
  • Re: Clutch pedal stop:

    Nope - the only clutch pedal stop is the firewall panel itself.&nbsp; All you're doing as the pedal goes to the floor is lifting the pressure plate a bit further back from the flywheel.&nbsp; No harm done as the linkage geometry can only move so far. Some people argue we should enjoy these automotive relics as a period piece of engineering ...
    Posted to Mechanical (Forum) by Dick Mason on October 28, 2009
  • Re: 1500 Midget Oil Change Issues

    A ''Gold Seal'' engine is MG's terminology for&nbsp;a factory-built replacement engine.
    Posted to Mechanical (Forum) by Dick Mason on October 26, 2009
  • Re: slow cranking speed of the Starter.

    PhilG: Someone in the thread suggested that the ground strap should be replaced, which I intend to do, but I inspected it and found it to be in pretty good shape.&nbsp; Maybe not ''like new'' shape, but the braid and the ends were in tact with just a couple of individual strands freyed.&nbsp; Is that enough to kill a good ground? If not done ...
    Posted to Mechanical (Forum) by Dick Mason on October 26, 2009
  • Re: Extreme smoking after head rebuild

    ''... but my primary suspicion is that there is too much oil spraying around the top of the head.''&nbsp; The problem is not too much oil spraying around, but oil seeping into the combustion chambers.&nbsp; I'm not any sort of engine rebuilding expert, but I'd lay odds on valve stem seals - particularily the intake valves - as a likely ...
    Posted to Mechanical (Forum) by Dick Mason on October 25, 2009
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