- 61. Re: TF Body (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:19:47 +0100
- Hi Bob Thanks for making contact. As the body on my TF was totally rotten, and the car itself had not turned a wheel since 1969. The scuttle top was the only piece worth saving but suprisingly the re
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00002.html (7,942 bytes)
- 62. Re: TF Body (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 21:14:37 +0100
- Hi Jon Thanks for your observations regarding corrosion. I had intended to attach a sacrificial anode to the body ( magnesium or similar metal which is a little farther up the periodic table ). But m
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00003.html (6,815 bytes)
- 63. Re: Breather Hole? (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:42:11 +0100
- If you get stuck they are available from Moss Europe. Regards David Tinker
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00009.html (6,949 bytes)
- 64. Re: What Insight Was Bob So Kind as to Share on the Fitting of a TF Body, Pray Tell... (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:17:35 +0100
- Hi Sleuth Give us a name and tell us where you are up to in the conversation and I will willingly keep you informed regarding the fitting of the TF body as well as updating you on the comments so far
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00011.html (7,603 bytes)
- 65. XPAG Rocker bushes, (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 12:11:58 +0100
- I am about to replace the rocker bushes in my TF. Can someone advise me which way around they go in?. I know that the oil hole in the new bush should match up with the hole in the rocker arm, but the
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00012.html (7,308 bytes)
- 66. Re: XPAG Rocker bushes, (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 20:50:58 +0100
- Thanks Lew for putting me right on this one, I appreciate it. Regards David Tinker
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00018.html (6,633 bytes)
- 67. Re: XPAG Rocker bushes, (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 19:58:11 +0100
- I am just back from an MG T type Treasure Hunt in North Wales and by chance talked to a guy about Rocker bushes.He pulled a book from the back of his TD entitled 'The complete MGTD restoration manual
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00027.html (7,487 bytes)
- 68. Re: XPAG Rocker bushes (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 22:50:17 +0100
- Thanks for the diagram- tell me how you did that?. I was under the impression that you could not send graphics through this site. I will check it out in the morning- I am going to bed now. Some bushe
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00031.html (6,519 bytes)
- 69. Re: TD Transmission Replacement (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:17:38 +0100
- About 3 years ago I put a 5speed Ford Sierra gearbox in my TD and for distance use it has been excellent. The first four gears are more or less the same ratios as the original box , 1st maybe a touch
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00057.html (7,724 bytes)
- 70. More on Rover!!!!!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:52:52 +0100
- I see that Alchemy has included in its Business Plan for taking over Rover, a proposal to develop a sports car in partnership with Lotus, and to be marketed heavily in the US. How do you guys in the
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00075.html (6,537 bytes)
- 71. Re: What's in the Canister in the Oil Pan? (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:38:39 +0100
- Hi Bob, What you have in there is a gauze filter which you can wash out and replace. Remove the bolt from the underside of the long flat trumpet intake, after firstly bending back the locking tab. A
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00088.html (7,703 bytes)
- 72. Re: More Oil Pan Canister (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 20:53:24 +0100
- Hi Bob, As I am in the middle of a TF restoration, and following your posting yesterday I took the opportunity of looking into my sump today. You must get the canister apart to clean it effectively,
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00097.html (7,594 bytes)
- 73. TF Restoration. (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:55:27 +0100
- Hi MGT Types, You may remember the saga of my new TF body clad in aluminium alloy rather that steel, and the response I had through the List on the subject of dis-similar metals being in close contac
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00103.html (7,581 bytes)
- 74. TF Alloy Body (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:48:53 +0100
- Thanks for all your comments and advice. Perhaps I should make it clear that it is only the Tub which has been clad in aluminium, the bonnet,wings etc are the original steel ones. Regards David Tinke
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00118.html (6,862 bytes)
- 75. Re: TF Restoration. (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:11:47 +0100
- Hi Jon, Thanks for that, clearly there is a corrosion problem to be addressed, the question is how far do you go . I think you must listen to all the excellent advice given by experienced people, lik
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00124.html (6,956 bytes)
- 76. Re: TF Restoration. (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:17:17 +0100
- Hi Bob, Yes he did say Lead, maybe it was a slip of the tongue but I will check. I am coming down on the side of Magnesium though. Regards David Tinker
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00125.html (6,791 bytes)
- 77. Re: TF Alloy Body (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 23:57:39 +0100
- Hi Geoff, The "paint" ( Duralac ) I was talking about arrived today but without its datasheet. As far as I can find out it is a corrosion inhibitor which is coated between the joints of panels of dis
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00126.html (7,596 bytes)
- 78. XPAG rod journals. (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:54:58 +0100
- I am re-assembling my TF engine following a rebore & crank regrind, and I have a couple of tight bigends. As I understand it the standard journal size was 45 mm dia or 1.772 dia inch in old money. Mi
- /html/mg-t/2000-04/msg00135.html (6,873 bytes)
- 79. Global Wanderings!. (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:53:12 -0000
- hopefully
- /html/mg-t/2000-03/msg00012.html (8,194 bytes)
- 80. TF Restoration (score: 1)
- Author: "david.tinker" <david.tinker@virgin.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:47:22 -0000
- am gold as
- /html/mg-t/2000-03/msg00013.html (7,183 bytes)
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