Glad to hear you made it through your trip. Do you have overdrive? I find
that it cuts down the noise significantly. Try retarding the timing a
little bit at a time until the pinging goes away. Of course, if you have
to adjust the timing too far, then your only recourse may be to lower
compression.
jon.arikstad@merkantildata.no had this to say:
>I decided to use the MG, on my vacation to Farsund ( Norway) this year. 420
>Km ( 420/1,6 = ca255 miles), one way.
>So far, I have only used it on short towing_distance trips around Oslo.
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>The MG is quite nice on long trips ( 6-7 hrs), abit noisy perhaps ? No sound
>dampening installed, yet.
>I ( The car really) got a lot of compliments. The younger ones of my family
>was not impressed by the 95+ BHP / max speed 103,4 miles.
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>I have to lower the compression, I do have some irritating pinking. I tried
>'104' octane booster, no help. MossMotors sells from www.headgasket.com.
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>Left front brake is sticking a bit. The right side was sticking last year.
>Some work with a can of brake cleaner solved it.
>Got some exhaust leak from the cylinderhead/manifold, again. ( sight)
>
>Jon Arikstad
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>1970 MGB GT
>1987 MB 230E ( power steering/brakes + automatic trans + lots of sound
>dampening)
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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