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Re: MG Midget-Weird noises/accelleration-Q from a novice

To: Gregory Kirk <gkirk@empirenet.com>
Subject: Re: MG Midget-Weird noises/accelleration-Q from a novice
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 23:47:39 -0400
Gregory Kirk wrote:
> I really don;t know about the judder in the clutch pedal, but the rattle
> sounds like it could be the big end bearings. Leastwise my midget (948)
> seems to be doing the same thing, and the Previous Owner warned me about
> it.

  If it is indeed the big ends, you'll probably want to service
this immediately.

  Rattling big ends is very straining on the rods. When they get
tired of the abuse, they tend to take a straight line out of
the side of the block to get a rest. It ain't pretty.

-- 
Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
tboicey@brit.ca
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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