Re: That awful colour MGB GT
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 11:29 pm
Fuel pump points were heavily pitted and what caused the first FTP I had.
Gaskets and diaphragm were split and shot
Of course once I removed the pump
Ever so much disturbing the pipework made it fail
Turning one job into another!
Priced up the parts to replace those bits (£49) and a new (electronic) pump wasn't much more expensive (£65) but required less fiddling to get working. Yes probably cheaper on the parts if I went autojumble hunting, but I wasn't intending to go to one any time soon. Plus I'd probably have bought the wrong bits anyway.
Fuel tank was fucked after years of water and dirt sitting on the top of it
Which leaked everytime I jacked the car up with more than half a tank of fuel
I only just recently threw that tank away, but that rusty bit on top, I managed to prod through with my fingers it was that weak.
Because MGB, a new tank was £125. Getting the old fixed would have been way more than that
Fusebox I'll give you that one, but I still will refurbish the original in time. However that was only £12 and again I just wanted to get the car sorted so I could use it this year.
Some of the bits (like the pivot arms) were replaced because I buggered up fitting parts. In the pivot arms case, I put the washers on the wrong way around, so I ended up not having enough thread for the big nut. Then I over tightened the castellated nut trying to get it into position where I could get the split pin through - thus stripping the thread.
The suspension stuff probably could have waited, but even then it was pretty shot. New pair left, old pair right.
Back end will need its rubbery bits doing at some point in the eventual future too.
Also could do with some welding action sometime on the drivers side rear spring mount, front drivers side trumpets and at the very front of the castle rail (this one is a tiny bit needed though).
Gaskets and diaphragm were split and shot
Of course once I removed the pump
Ever so much disturbing the pipework made it fail
Turning one job into another!
Priced up the parts to replace those bits (£49) and a new (electronic) pump wasn't much more expensive (£65) but required less fiddling to get working. Yes probably cheaper on the parts if I went autojumble hunting, but I wasn't intending to go to one any time soon. Plus I'd probably have bought the wrong bits anyway.
Fuel tank was fucked after years of water and dirt sitting on the top of it
Which leaked everytime I jacked the car up with more than half a tank of fuel
I only just recently threw that tank away, but that rusty bit on top, I managed to prod through with my fingers it was that weak.
Because MGB, a new tank was £125. Getting the old fixed would have been way more than that
Fusebox I'll give you that one, but I still will refurbish the original in time. However that was only £12 and again I just wanted to get the car sorted so I could use it this year.
Some of the bits (like the pivot arms) were replaced because I buggered up fitting parts. In the pivot arms case, I put the washers on the wrong way around, so I ended up not having enough thread for the big nut. Then I over tightened the castellated nut trying to get it into position where I could get the split pin through - thus stripping the thread.
The suspension stuff probably could have waited, but even then it was pretty shot. New pair left, old pair right.
Back end will need its rubbery bits doing at some point in the eventual future too.
Also could do with some welding action sometime on the drivers side rear spring mount, front drivers side trumpets and at the very front of the castle rail (this one is a tiny bit needed though).