A word of Caution!
If you do change the front cover, which is highly recommended, (by me, =
anyhow), make sure you change the oil slinger from the 'A' style to the =
'B' style. The 'B' one has a much lower profile which allows it to fit =
behind the thicker rubber seal housing. (JIC, the slinger is the large, =
nearly flat washer that fits over the end of the crankshaft, just prior =
to putting on the cover.)
The crank pulleys have been known to 'de-rivetize'. But new ones are =
available. (Moss $51.88). Used ones are fairly plentiful as well. I'd =
go back with the original type.
George Merryweather
merryweather@connectware.com
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From: BarneyMG@aol.com[SMTP:BarneyMG@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 1996 3:34 AM
To: kevins@borris.khoros.unm.edu
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Crank pulley
In a message dated 96-12-04 13:27:12 EST, kevins@borris.khoros.unm.edu
writes:
<< My crankshaft pully disintegrated yesterday. Two people I talked to =
last
night suggest replacing it with a balancer pully from a B and say it =
will run
smoother and let me use a B front seal (and B timing cover). Good idea? =
If
it would be better on my bearings I'd be willing to do it. Would this =
be
considered stock and/or will my A now be a "bastard". >>
Verrrrrry interesting!
For starters, it's not necessary to change the pulley to use a B timing =
cover
and seal. I've had a B timing cover and seal on my MGA 1500 engine for
years. The timing cover from th 18G through 18GF engines is the same =
part
number as the timing cover for the MGA MK-II 1622 engine, rubber oil =
seal and
all. And all MGA engines used the same crank pulley, so the early B =
cover
fits right up, same as on the 1622 engine.
I wouldn't call it a bastard. I wouldn't even call the MGA 1800s that. =
It
is however the responsibility of the owner to keep detailed accounts of =
all
such non-standard equipment changes so that future parts procurement and
servicing is not a problem. It is also the duty of the owner to pass on =
all
such information to the next owner so that the current owner can =
gratiously
become the PO and not the DPO.
I've been hearing about so many minor modifications to MGAs recently =
that I'm
led to believe that the majority of them have probably been modified to =
some
extent by now. It's likely that the few left that are totally original =
could
be the strange ones.
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA
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