That was probably the worst MG repair story of my car-life. A close
second was the brand new head I bought from Moss Motors for my MGB. It
was a bare head, so I had to install new valves, valve springs, and
seals. When I installed the new head onto the engine block in the car,
everything seemed fine. When I went to fill the radiator, it seemed to
require a hell of a lot of water. For good reason, the head was a bad
casting, and the water was running out the tailpipe! Moss did give me a
new head, but the labor involved was on me, and there's a lot of it
involved on such a task.
Don Scott
'91 Miata BRG
'62 MG
'92 Integra GSR
The same thing happened to me on the first MGB engine I rebuilt.
Fortunately I had a friend who ran a sporty car repair shop. He
explained that the basic gasket set was also used for another (was it a
Mercedes?) engine and there were two oil pump gaskets in it. The one I
had used had the pump's output passage blocked. That's how I found out
that the pan could be removed with the engine in situ. More work but
it
sure was a relief. Those two gaskets were almost identical. You have
to try 'em on the pump to make sure all the holes are in the right
place.
CR
don wrote:
> Years ago, I rebuilt the engine in my '67 B GT and had no oil
pressure
> when I fired it up. I tried priming it with a pressure tank loaned
to
> me by the machine shop that did the work on the engine. I ended up
> pulling the engine and tearing it apart only to discover that I had
> messed up the oil pump gasket. Don't remember for sure- I either had
it
> positioned wrong or used the wrong one from the gasket set. In any
> case, it blocked the gasket obstructed the oil passage.
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