Hi, Udhishtran Senathirajah --
I do not have any answers for your questions, but I am sending this out to
the Healeys list because I have a Big Healey with exactly the same symptom
you describe of rattling from the engine or gearbox. Maybe someone from
the Healeys/MG list can help us both. I do not have this rattle all the
time. It has happened four times so far, with about one year between the
first and second time. the first three times it happened suddenly suddenly
while at a constant cruising speed (that will tend to empty your bowels,
also). As you say, the rattle gets louder with increasing revs. It also
suddenly disappears on its own. The first times, it lasted only a few
seconds, but the last time it went on for about 20 miles as I was returning
home and quit just as I got there. My guess: It has something to do with
the gearbox first motion shaft or its pilot bearing in the rear of the
crankshaft. I can almost feel this rattle with my feet, and the first time
I think I felt it through my hand on the gearshift.
As far as the accelerator problem, I would check to make sure the
accelerator cable is lubricated. I'm assuming you have a cable the same as
my '73 Midget.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
Why can't they put manholes in the MIDDLE of the lane?
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> From: Udhishtran Senathirajah <ingan@globalnet.co.uk>
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: MG Midget-Weird noises/accelleration-Q from a novice
> Date: Sunday, July 13, 1997 11:58 AM
>
> Hi all,
> I would be very grateful to you guys n girls pool together some
> suggestions to the following problems I am at wits end:
>
> My sis treated herself to a 1500cc 1978/9 MG Midget an year ago, which
has
> now started to give a loud rattle from around the center/back of the
engine
> bay, when accellerating from any speed, the sound can be likened to a
wire
> coat hanger caught by the fan, the rattle is loud and increases with the
> revs- there may be an accompanying judder in the clutch pedal although I
> cant be certain and I am not too keen to get back into that infernal
> contraption to make sure.
>
> My initial thaught was that the clutch is badly eroded- but there is no
> clutch squeal when the drive is taken up. I have also considered the
> tacho/speedo cable coming of and whipping around but the tacho/speedo is
> reading normally.
>
> A second problem that I find pretty unbeleivable in a so-called sports
car
> is the uncontrollable accellerator: When I drove her car today, I noticed
> that there is seemingly an all or nothing response when the accellerator
is
> depressed. There is a small movement of the pedal(1 inch or so) against
> gentle pressure during which there is no change in the engine revs, then
> there is a definate second stage which needs a stronger press, when
tripped,
> the car shoots of at bowell emptying speed. The local MG mechanic
suggests a
> possible bent carb. needle (SU) and suggests an 80 pound fee to rectify
it,
> before I blow this money, can anybody else suggest other things to look
> at?-bear in mind with your answers that this is a UK, RHD car so the
cable
> routings may be different-any UK car drivers suffer the same malais?.
>
> I personally drive a 1980 series 3 LightWheight Landrover- itself the
pits
> of agricultural engineering, yet I find the MG positively more crude,
> hideous and uncontrollable to drive, this is surely not the normal
> characteristic of a car so loudly hailed by you lot!!!
>
> More Qs to follow
>
> Thank You
>
> Udhi
>
>
> Please note that these are entirely my own opinions, If you readers see
bits
> that offend it is not meant to be so and is probably my genuine
> misinterpretation.
>
> Jiu-Jitsu lessons:
> on multiple attakers and due force:
> "better to be judged by twelve than carried by six"
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