Weirdly the same clips used on the OMGMGBGTBYMG tailgate for attaching the cladding are used for the R16 door cards, so imagine my surprise to be able to obtain suitable spares for my car across the street at Moss's. People whinge about the MGB and Minors being a clique classic car but they are gre...

Just come back from a trip out to Newark Park National Trust with Mrs SiC. Lovely drive over and the car performed fine. About 40 miles round trip or so if you are wondering. Longest journey I've done in it, apart from the original drive back from buying it. Hurrah finally you say! https://uploads.t...

Did Jazoli or anyone else change the ATF and filter? I always felt it could have done with a change and there wasn't any record of it being changed in the last 10yr or so. Iirc it's every 30k/5yrs on it?

Took it for another quick spin. If I release the handbrake, leave in gear and hit the handbrake lever back with a hammer then it does seem to release properly. Admittedly it wasn't a long drive (2 to 3 miles ish) but the rears were 23c and 27c respectively. I'll see what they are like after a longer...

DodgeRover wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 10:33 am Webasto roofed MGs are usually worth less than none due to the leaks

Which reminds me, I need to fit the new sealing washers on the wiper shafts to stop the footwells from filling with water. Still not managed to find where or how water is getting into the boot either.

That's similar to what I was getting when driving back from Scotchland to Brizzle. Mostly doing 50-70mph (loads of roadworks). Trying my best to keep it at lockup speed.

Yeah you need to drive it harder!

Doesn't it look tiny in the petrol station next to that [small car . I'd be tempted to guess rear main oil seal for the leak underneath, they all do it sir. I think the early ones of these (no idea on years sorry) still had a rope seal too. I reckon that too. I think this year will be a rubber seal.

panhard65 wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 12:01 am By the look of that rear brake it has been getting seriously hot

Interesting you say that. What are that tail tale signs that you see which makes you think that? IR thermometer has been saying the drum itself has gotten to 100c, which to me seems way too hot.

So far the mileage since coming out the garage has rolled over 70 miles. ........................................................... fucking hell! What is all the better is that I'm really starting to enjoy driving the car and want to go out in it. Especially as I am being to learn what is normal a...

Keep forgetting to go look for some of that! When restarting after filling up, I did get a little backfire. Startled a middle aged woman quite a bit! Warm starts do need a bit of throttle to get it going and it runs a bit grumpy for a little while. I guess that's the temperature compensators in thes...