Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
In an abstract way the title fits that last couple weeks quite well. A role change at work, back and forth with Mildred's engine crankshaft, fiddling around with the new 3D printer, outstanding deliveries and a trip to Northern Germany in the Mini - they somehow all could be summarized into too many moving parts... Continue Reading →
Finally! It took much longer than expected to get the parts of Mildred's engine back. The first part of the engine rebuild was the disassembly back in February 2024. The company I worked with sent the parts to an external machine shop in Aachen. Expected completion was about 6-8 weeks. Calls in April, May and... Continue Reading →
With just a few hours in the garage every week, it felt like I did not get much done in November. But looking back at the pictures I took - quite a few things happened. First was setting up my new welding machine. There is not too much to say about it. It does what... Continue Reading →
KS Motortechnik finished skimming the cylinderhead on Wednesday. They also lapped the valve seats and cleaned the head. The thorough inspection concluded without any faults or issues. When I got the cylinderhead back the maroon color - which was the default for 18GB engines - was completely gone. Two coats of primer and three coats... Continue Reading →
Getting Maggie back home last week on a trailer was exhausting. A number of tasks at work and gardening chores kept me out of the garage until Saturday late evening. Obviously, I wanted to find out what went wrong - even though it felt like having a Deja-vu. Back in 2022 I decided to get... Continue Reading →
After doing 1000km in six days with the MGB I finally started the last section - my way back home. I am very thankful that a colleague took over on of my assignments so that I could leave earlier from Nuremberg. The typical busy 4pm afternoon traffic made the B-roads not attractive and I decided... Continue Reading →
My daughter and I had a fabulous time in Spitzingsee, Rottach-Egern and Munich this weekend. After a challenging 20km hike to the Rotwand and back on Saturday, we took the Wallbergbahn lift south of Rottach-Egern on Sunday and enjoyed brilliant weather on the mountain top. Driving Maggie via small backroads back to Munich was also... Continue Reading →
There was simply no time to write an update this week. Therefore this is going to be a bit of a collections and recap of a few things. Last Sunday I had another Driver Savefy Training scheduled. Orgininally, one of my daugthers wanted to join. My plan was that she would take the MGB (especially... Continue Reading →
The MGB's heater box is something that I believe is featured in every MGB restoration at some point. Time for me to do the mandatory heater box post as well. 😁And it has been quite some way for a simple task in the entire restoration. Back in 2021, when I took Mildred apart, I disassembled... Continue Reading →
One of the restoration goals for Mildred - the MGB GT I am working on - is to (possibly) function as daily driver for my wife. And something she does rely on is SATNAV. In Maggie, Miffi and Moggi I am using a mobile phone holder with wireless charging. Navigation is usually Google Maps or... Continue Reading →
Fixing C6622 