Hello??? Larry A Hoy
As an aside or addendum the midget (at least the 1500's) have a cable
that does the same thing. Mounts from the chassis to the tranny. At least
i think it does the same thing.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
>Scott,
>
>Your right. I did a bit more investigation. It looks like they skipped
>some years. One system was apparently used from 62 through 67. The
>"improved" system looks like it didn't start until about 1974.
>Apparently radiators weren't important in 1968-1974??? My 1969 has one
>,,,,,, thanks to the 1976 donor car I had.
>
>Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
>1969 MGB Roadster
>1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
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>On Sat, 16 Aug 1997 00:01:59 +0000 "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
>writes:
>>> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 10:18:07 -0600
>>> From: larryhoy@juno.com (Larry A Hoy)
>>> Subject: Re: cooling fan for MGB
>>>
>>> There is supposed to be a engine stabilizer rod on your car. One end
>is
>>> attached to the rear cross member and the other end to the engine.
>This
>>> rod is intended to prevent what happened to your radiator. It is very
>>> common for these to disappear. I suspect that some mechanics/owners
>>> don't see the value in this part and do not reinstall it after doing
>work
>>> on the car.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>Larry,
>> Are you sure the '72 model had this stabilizer rod? I ordered
>the
>>rubber pads for it once, only to find it wasn't on my car. I asked
>>around since then, and have reached the conclusion that the '72
>>didn't have it from the factory.
>>Scott
>>
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