Regarding the brake problem, I experienced the same thing, and it turned
out to be the handbrake lever wasn't all the way in. It's not immediately
obvious but look at the lever from the back side of the drum and see if it
is stuck on.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
'63 Buick 215
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Chris Spenceley wrote:
> I purchased a '69 MGB this past October, the car had no fluid in the
> brake
> lines. On removing the rear wheel drums the drivers side was well
> fouled
> with a greasy black build-up. I thought this would be either rear axel
> fluid
> or brake fluid. The wheel cylinder on that side was leaking, I suppose
> so
> much so that the entire system drained via this leak. I bought
> replacement
> shoes and installed them. When I tried to put the drums back on I found
> this
> to be quite difficult as they wouldn't slide on easily as past
> experience with
> other makes of autos. I used a rubber hammer to finally get them
> seated,
> the wheels now turn with a slight drag and the adjusters are fully
> disengaged.
> Is this normal or are the shoes shod with a linings that are too thick.
>
> A second question. The fuel tank on my car is of the early pre'66 type.
> It was
> leaking fuel from the sender unit when I put the car away back in
> October.
> At that time I drained the tank and removed the sender. I have since
> reinstalled
> the sender but don't remember where to attach the ground wire, either to
> one
> of the screws where the unit attachs to the tank or to one of the
> screws of the rectangular part in the centrof the sender.
> The car is still on jack stands having other things attended to ,but I
> can't
> wait to get her on the road for the first time, hopefully very soon.
> TIA for your help. Chris, in PEI Canada
>
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