At 02:48 PM 7/31/96 +0000, you wrote:
>As many of you know due to my recent posts I have recently acquired a
>78' MGB. It had been sitting for 5 years and I have cleaned it up and
>re-built the carb. After hand cranking the engine to make sure it was
>lubed good and also spraying light oil in the intake manifold, I
>turned the key and it started right up. Last night I adjusted the
>autostart on the carb (thanx to Chris Delling for the book! Chris the
>check really is in the mail :) ) I did a compression test and I got
>these results Cly #1 158psi #2 160psi #3 160psi #4 160psi.
>According to the book the high compression is 160. I guess that this
>is really good. Does this mean that the engine is in good shape
>mechanically or is there something that could be wrong that could
>cause false readings? Thanx for all of the responses to my earlier
>posts! Ive decided to just buy a real alternator and fuel pump. Again
>thanX!
>
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>"The first ten million years were the worst and the second ten million,
>they were the worst too. The third ten million I didnt enjoy at all. After
>that I went into a bit of a decline."
> - Marvin reflecting back on his 576,000,003,579 year career as Milliways'
car park attendent.
>Keith Fisher Fisherk@GAS.UUG.ARIZONA.EDU
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>
>
You may have an earlier engine. Check the engine number and compare
it to just about any source (like the front of most catalogs) or better,
"The Original MGB".
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