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Ramon .Membership Status: Member Member Since: 2009-03-23 Home Site: The MG Experience Location: No Where, USA  Email: [Sign in to view] Website: [No website] Last Login: 2010-05-04 19:34:38 |
3 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 227,000 mi (365,321 km) -- Average age: 1987
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Posted on: Wednesday August 12, 2009
Planning on a trip? Here is a list of what I carried in the trunk of my ’73 for my road trip. Other than these items, the most important item was a working cell phone programmed with my insurance company that will provide 24-7 towing if or when needed. I can call one number for towing where ever I am at. I also carry an inexpensive digital camera, and a spiral notepade and an assortment of writing utensils. GENERAL: Spare Tire (checked for pressure), Tire pressure gauge, Jack ...
Posted on: Tuesday August 4, 2009
It would seem that I have the '73 fairly well sorted out with all the issued pretty well resolved. The issue now is what to do with it. Do I continue on with a possible Rivergate conversion? Do I sell and start with another rebuild? I see the Rivergate as being about a $1500.00 additional expense so that would be a factor. Reliability wise I feel good about how the car "runs", but it has a whine in 1st gear that bugs me and I dislike the lack of a 1st gear syncro in the standard tra...
Posted on: Sunday July 19, 2009
One of the things that bugged me about driving the '73 Midget was a "clunk" that I felt when turning the steering wheel. About every half turn it would just "clunk". This was heard and also felt as a slight resistance or hesitation while attempting to turn in either direction. I felt this condition to be a possible safety issue so I decided to attempt a fix. I removed the three screws that retained the plastic collar on the steering column that covered the ignition switch, wiper switch, a...
Posted on: Sunday July 19, 2009
The SU clone fuel pump failed on my '73 Midget. This really should not be unexpected due to the amount of crud that I discovered in the tank. The pump was a New Zeland made clone. I gave thought to replacing it with a generic universal "Mr. Gasket" type pump, or even mounting the "Mr. Gasket" pump as an auxillary standby pump, but ended up deciding on finding some type of SU branded replacement. After some searching, I located a SU AUF214 pump for ~$100.00. The general wisdom on these pu...
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