Subject: [Mgs] Today's adventure

From: Max Heim via Mgs <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 19:02:49 -0800

Since it was (almost) my birthday, my wife asked me what I wanted to do today. I said I wanted to drive the MG up to Alice’s Restaurant in Woodside for brunch. It was a beautiful day for a top-down drive. Had a great brunch, chatting briefly with a gentleman I know from vintage events — his XK120 was parked out front. Back in town, we stopped at the farmers’ market and the bookstore. When we got home I took in the purchases then went back out to button up the tonneau… “uh-oh, what’s that puddle under the car?”

Rather than crawl under the car in my “good jeans” I thought I’d back it up to to check what kind of fluid it was (I suspected fuel since I changed the gas filter yesterday). Oops — no clutch pedal. The clutch slave had blown out. It seems unbelievably fortunate that it had waited until safely parked in the carport, instead of blowing out on the mountain roads I had just been driving.

So I immediately started tearing it apart. The slave was a gloppy mess, and the flex hose looked pretty shabby, also. Then I twisted the end off the hard line trying to undo it (a 7/16 flare nut wrench apparently couldn’t hold the fitting, and what’s with that 15/16 nut? Who the hell has a stubby 15/16 open end wrench? I sure don’t — my 15/16 combo wrench is over 16 inches long).

Moss is getting a lot of business from me lately, over and above my “project” car. Oh well...

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
And now GHN3U137949G
Old English White ‘67
Both currently out of service

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From: Dan DiBiase via Mgs <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 12:41:04 +0000 (UTC)

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Well Happy Birthday Max! At least you got to drive your car on your birthda=
y, mine is Jan 30... And with the winter we've had, looks like it will be w=
ellinto this month before I can even think about driving my '76....
Dan D'76B, '65BCentral NJ USA     From: Max Heim via Mgs <[email-masked]=
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 To: [email-masked]=20
 Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2015 10:02 PM
 Subject: [Mgs] Today's adventure
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Since it was (almost) my birthday, my wife asked me what I wanted to do tod=
ay. I said I wanted to drive the MG up to Alice=E2=80=99s Restaurant in Woo=
dside for brunch. It was a beautiful day for a top-down drive. Had a great =
brunch, chatting briefly with a gentleman I know from vintage events =E2=80=
=94 his XK120 was parked out front. Back in town, we stopped at the farmers=
=E2=80=99 market and the bookstore. When we got home I took in the purchase=
s then went back out to button up the tonneau=E2=80=A6 =E2=80=9Cuh-oh, what=
=E2=80=99s that puddle under the car?=E2=80=9D

Rather than crawl under the car in my =E2=80=9Cgood jeans=E2=80=9D I though=
t I=E2=80=99d back it up to to check what kind of fluid it was (I suspected=
 fuel since I changed the gas filter yesterday). Oops =E2=80=94 no clutch p=
edal. The clutch slave had blown out. It seems unbelievably fortunate that =
it had waited until safely parked in the carport, instead of blowing out on=
 the mountain roads I had just been driving.

So I immediately started tearing it apart. The slave was a gloppy mess, and=
 the flex hose looked pretty shabby, also. Then I twisted the end off the h=
ard line trying to undo it (a 7/16 flare nut wrench apparently couldn=E2=80=
=99t hold the fitting, and what=E2=80=99s with that 15/16 nut? Who the hell=
 has a stubby 15/16 open end wrench? I sure don=E2=80=99t =E2=80=94 my 15/1=
6 combo wrench is over 16 inches long).

Moss is getting a lot of business from me lately, over and above my =E2=80=
=9Cproject=E2=80=9D car. Oh well...

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
And now GHN3U137949G
Old English White =E2=80=9867
Both currently out of service

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ay Max! At least you got to drive your car on your birthday, mine is Jan 30=
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"2"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Max Heim via Mgs=
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span></b> [email-masked] <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sen=
t:</span></b> Sunday, March 1, 2015 10:02 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-wei=
ght: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Mgs] Today's adventure<br> </font> </div> =
<div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1425297810381_5963" class=3D"y_msg_container"><br>S=
ince it was (almost) my birthday, my wife asked me what I wanted to do toda=
y. I said I wanted to drive the MG up to Alice=E2=80=99s Restaurant in Wood=
side for brunch. It was a beautiful day for a top-down drive. Had a great b=
runch, chatting briefly with a gentleman I know from vintage events =E2=80=
=94 his XK120 was parked out front. Back in town, we stopped at the farmers=
=E2=80=99 market and the bookstore. When we got home I took in the purchase=
s then went back out to button up the tonneau=E2=80=A6 =E2=80=9Cuh-oh, what=
=E2=80=99s that puddle under the car?=E2=80=9D<br><br>Rather than crawl und=
er the car in my =E2=80=9Cgood jeans=E2=80=9D I thought I=E2=80=99d back it=
 up to to check what kind of fluid it was (I suspected fuel since I changed=
 the gas filter yesterday). Oops =E2=80=94 no clutch pedal. The clutch slav=
e had blown out. It seems unbelievably fortunate that it had waited until s=
afely parked in the carport, instead of blowing out on the mountain roads I=
 had just been driving.<br><br>So I immediately started tearing it apart. T=
he slave was a gloppy mess, and the flex hose looked pretty shabby, also. T=
hen I twisted the end off the hard line trying to undo it (a 7/16 flare nut=
 wrench apparently couldn=E2=80=99t hold the fitting, and what=E2=80=99s wi=
th that 15/16 nut? Who the hell has a stubby 15/16 open end wrench? I sure =
don=E2=80=99t =E2=80=94 my 15/16 combo wrench is over 16 inches long).<br><=
br>Moss is getting a lot of business from me lately, over and above my =E2=
=80=9Cproject=E2=80=9D car. Oh well...<br><br>--<br>Max Heim<br>'66 MGB GHN=
3L76149<br>If you're near Menlo Park, CA,<br>it's the primer red one with c=
hrome wires<br>And now GHN3U137949G<br>Old English White =E2=80=9867<br>Bot=
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