Bud: To get the distributor drive out you have to remove the plate that retains
the
dizzy. It is held in place by that one screw on the left. Then the dizzzy gear
rotates out. It contacts the cam and you can't remove the cam without first
removing
the dist. gear drive. The center of the drive is threaded to allow you to screw
in a
long bolt. I use on of the 4 bolts that hold the air cleaners in place on a CB
B as
they are perfect for the job.. I have plenty if you need one.
Frank "Swamp Yankee" Krajewski
Bud Krueger wrote:
> Earlier this week I asked:
>
> Would anybody happen to know offhand what bolt will fit the main bearing caps
>on
>
> a late MGB? They obviously need a bit of convincing, e.g., a slide hammer I
> take it. With luck, the engine'll be in the machine shop on Friday. TIA.
>
> I just solved it, but you gotta' hear this. The main cap bolts on an 18V
>engine
> are 1/2"-20. I didn't want to gamble on messing one up with a slide hammer
>so I
> planned to obtain another bolt of the same thread (to match the hole in the
> caps) and find a way to adapt it to the borrowed slide hammer. As I pulled
>into
> the parking lot of the hardware store I took a closer look at the shaft of the
> slide hammer. Guess what thread is on it? Yup! 1/2"-20. It screwed right
>into
> the caps and pulled them out just as slick as a whistle.
>
> The crank is on the bench waiting to be joined by the camshaft (if I can
>figure
> out why the distributor drive doesn't want to pull out).
>
> --
> Bud Krueger
> http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> 52TD
> 77MGB
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