I think the 32 degree temperature will take care of the "skeeters" also:-).
Congratulations on your new toy, Jim!
Monte
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Schulte" <schultejim@msn.com>
To: <Philly_MG_Club@yahoogroups.com>; <Mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:58 PM
Subject: The first long trip: A 150 mile ride in the MGC
> Listers,
> Well, I took a 150 mile round trip ride on Saturday with my mistress the
> 1969 MGC and my other mistress (my wife of 29.5 years). Before we left I
> checked the oil and found it was 3.5 quarts low. Oh boy, not a good sign.
We
> left at 6 pm in darkness for Tuscarora, which is in the Mountains of
> Northeast Pennsylvania.
> We were headed to a 50th birthday party of Kevin Valentine, an MG Midget
> owner that organizes the LBC 100 mile Rallye every summer totally free to
> all entries. We were excited to see his face when he openes his present
from
> the Spridget Club containing a new Cam and 4 rebuilt shocks for his
Midget.
> Anyway, it took us 95 minutes (75 miles) 2 quarts of oil and 4.5 gallons
of
> 93 octane gas to get there. I believe we were hired to eradicate all the
> remaining mosquitoes still left in the Pocono Mountains that night by the
> blue smoke we were laying down on the way to the party (-; The car ran
> flawlessly even up the 3500' climb over Blue Mountain. After a wonderful
> party at the Tuscarora Fire Hall, We set out for home only to be
confronted
> by our own body heat steaming up the windshield from dancing to several
1970
> and 1980 hits.
> To compund the problem, the outside air had dipped to 32* from 45* earlier
> that evening. It took a good 10 minutes for the windows to clear as we
> limped out of Tuscarora. Down in Tamaqua, PA just 4 miles from the party,
I
> decided to pull into a Mobil gas station/convenience store to search out
> some 20w50 oil as I had used my spares up. Off we went with 2 new bottles
of
> Mobil 20w50 oil and paper towels to combat the moisture on the inside of
the
> windscreen. The ride home was uneventful with a short stop to top off the
> tank in Macungie,PA (high test was $1.89.9 at the local WAWA). We arrived
> home at 11:45 pm and MSO paid our nephew for sitting our son while I
checked
> the oil. I expected to put in 1-2 quarts but was stunned to find only 1/2
> quart was needed. My wife wanted to know if I was going to take Kevin home
> in the Truck because of the weather. I decided to drive the C instead.
Sure
> enough, a check in the garage and the car had stopped pouring oil out the
> tail pipe. Could it be true, the rings finally broke loose going over the
> mountain the second time? After dropping my nephew off, I went for a spin
> around Lansdale and back home. YES! It was true. The rings must have
broken
> loose. No more blue smoke! The speedo now reads 30,100 miles. It took 600
> miles before the rings freed up. That means no pulling the engine for now
> and money can be spent continuing to spruce up the other mechanics and
> wares. Yipee! MSO said, "the things that make you happy....." Well it is
> snowing now, so I don't know when I'll get her back out, but a major
> milestone has been reached.
> Jim
> 69C
> 70B
>
>
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