Bud,
Thanks for the kudos. However, although I agree Ed, Skip and I could
reasonably be classified as "experts", I'm not sure al had much to do with
your project................:-)
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 5:32 AM
Subject: On the road again
>Hi folks,
>
> Well, the 77B is back to performing 110 mile/day commuting service
again
>after about a month off (two weeks of which were spent on vacation in
Ireland).
>As some of you may recall, I was having high oil-consumption problems (300
>miles/qt). One day the car began laying a smokescreen and compression
>disappeared from #4. Chose the route of pulling the pistons with the
engine
>still in the car. Discovered that the compression rings were broken in all
>cylinders. The good news was that there was virtually no wear in the
cylinders
>and only a slight ridge. That follows, since the rings were not doing much
>scraping. Also, the connecting rod journals on the crank showed no wear at
>all. Discovered that the head was milled to its limits and was warped.
Reamed
>out the ridge, honed/crosshatched the cylinders, installed new Deves rings
and a
>new set of rod bearings. Also bought/installed a refurbished head from
Lawrie
>Alexander.
>
> Put the car back to work last Monday and now have about 450 miles on
it
>with nary (sorry Nory) a sign of oil use and no more cockpit fumes. Will
be
>changing the oil and filter today along with retorquing the head and
readjusting
>the valves. I'll be driving it down to Washington (actually to
Gaithersberg MD)
>a week from Monday, about a thousand miles round trip.
>
> Want to express my appreciation to Ed Kaler of JustBrits and to Lawrie
>Alexander of British Sportscar Center for the invaluable guidance with the
>project.
>This list is amazing in terms of how much it shrinks the world and gives us
such
>easy access to professional experts like Ed, Lawrie, Skip Kelsey, et. al.
>
>Time to go work on the B.
>
>Bud Krueger
>52TD
>77MGB (on the road again)
>
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