Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
With the rolling road appointment at Peter Burgess coming up the high idle RPM issue still bothered me. And while cleaning up and sorting parts last weekend - I found a HIF4 rebuild kit I bought a few years back. This kit was intended for a second pair of used HiF4 carbs - but never... Continue Reading →
The weekend was short, too short for what I wanted to get done. Especially as I will be heading to the UK on Wednesday morning. My plan was to take the cylinder-heads of the Rover V8 and take them along to Peter Burgess. But with the Mini engine completely stripped apart - just as I... Continue Reading →
A day after Part 4 was released a 20min run with 2000-3000rpm to settle in the cam-follower was completed successfully. But with Mildred's body-shell is still far from being ready - it was unclear when I could test the engine. And with a few smaller issues in Maggie's engine and an ever louder noise coming from the... Continue Reading →
Weeks without any work being done on the Mildred's shell have passed. The work stalled after we ran into issues with poor fitment of the right sill. This turned out to be a Steelcraft panel - even though I thought I ordered British motor Heritage ones. In October I brought a BMH outer sill back... Continue Reading →
What started as a routine service on Maggie - my 1967 MGB GT - ended up in some unexpected findings and additional work. Approx 8000km after switching to the bolt-on wheels and axle with LSD (Mildred's) early in 2024 - a complete maintenance job was due. For this I am following the tasks outlines in... Continue Reading →
Hard to believe that five months past, since we assembled Mildred's engine. A few open tasks and issues prevented the final completion. The biggest problem was that I bought ARP main bearing studs instead of bolts. The 18V engines need those as otherwise the oil sump cover does not fit. Although I know that it... Continue Reading →
After last weeks engine rebuild session it took me a while to clean up everything. The only thing missing to finish the engine are the ARP main bearing bolts. As mentioned last week I mistakenly bought ARP studs. These are used for the 18GB engines - 18V requires bolts. A set is ordered and should... Continue Reading →
This full post is going to be a long read. The TLDR summary is: After a number of problems the engine is about 85% complete. A few parts need to be changed and ordered - a first test firing might be still a few weeks away. But if you want all details you need to... Continue Reading →
Due to many customer cars that showed up over the last few weeks at the bodyshop - progress on Mildred slowed down a little bit. This week work on the right side of the car started. The inner front wing had a lot of holes. After removing the bad metal a custom panel was made... Continue Reading →
After fixing - or actually rebuilding - the left inner sill a number of test fittings and smaller repairs had to be done. Especially the left front door post required some thought. While we did have an entire BMG door post as replacement at hand - the decision between replacing and repairing had had be... Continue Reading →
Fixing C6622 