So, Bob, how did the Tunafish oil work out??
Ray McCrary
"Speed is Life;
of course Luck and Altitude
are helpful, too."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
To: <yd3@nvc.net>
Cc: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Re: TB lights
> This is amusing. Here we are, almost 50 years after the cars were
> built, puzzling over the changes to the electrical systems. As you went
> to the Lucas parts book, I was inspired to go to the TD Service Parts
> Book. It's not as helpful, giving only one MG part # for all years, and
> it's not a useful Lucas #. I wonder when MG went to the larger
> capacity dynamo--suppose it was when the regulator and fusebox were
> changed? That shows at car #8142 in my book, which is earlier than I
> would have guessed.
> For further amusement, check out Horn-high note. What do you suppose
> "Sundry parts, 2 sets, 17H5001" might have been?
> In the parts book, the greaser is referred to as the oiler, unlike the
> owners handbook. I read in a TSO several years back that the original
> rear bushign was --forget the name but might have been oilite-- that was
> soaked in oil at Lucas for a week before installation. In service, then,
> the grease was OK. But, the article pointed out, replacement bushings
> that may have been reamed to fit, would have the porous surface of the
> oilite bushing ground over so that the entrapped oil, if any, would not
> be released to the spinning armature. Thus, the author observed that he
> used oil, and that he made a point to put oil in the hole after every
> long run of the car. I had the rear bushing of the dynamo replaced a
> couple of years back. Before I installed the unit I stood it on end in a
> tunafish can of oil, just to give that bushing more time to absorb.
> Bob
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