Overdrive Troubleshooting Overdrive doesn’t work? Here’s how to start looking for the fault! Is the oil level and type correct? If no,change or top up with correct oil. If yes, remove the gearbox cover and loosen the actuating lever, start the engine and drive away. At any road speed over 20 mph, in any forward…
Having Kids Doesn’t Mean You Have to Drive a Station wagon… We have all seen ads like the following: “MGB for sale – Family has outgrown car”! This does not have to happen to you. Upon the arrival of our second child. I started toying with the idea of a backseat for my MGB roadster, after all,…
Climb Every Mounting If you own a late MGB 1974 1/2 to 1980, and contemplate rebuilding the motor, changing the clutch or motor mounts, you might consider this tip that will make life a lot easier. Countersink the fuel pump hole and block off the plate. Replace the screws with countersunk Phillips, slotted or alloy screws….
As a follow-up to Back to the Basics – Gasoline! (Under the Bonnet, Spring 1993), we thought it appropriate to offer a refresher on how to prep your car’s gas tank and apply sealing compound. After reading the article, many customers expressed concern about the additives in modern gasoline breaking down or eating away at…
Overdrive Faults Ken Gillanders Temple City. CA Fully 90% of overdrive problems that are not electrical faults are traceable to either the gear oil level being too low, or an improper adjustment of the solenoid, so we’ll skip these and concentrates on the others. An overdrive that fails to engage can sometime be traced to…
Trickle Rebuilding Keeps Your Car on the Road Where It Belongs A few weeks ago, I accepted an offer to borrow a friend’s TR3 for a Sunday afternoon sports car rally that Al Moss and Leo Pedersen were putting on, as my own TC was temporarily out of commission. The car looked great and promised…
We all use gasoline, but rarely give it much thought. We have come to accept the lack of lead, seasonal volatility changes, local differences, and the presence of “gasohol”. But most of us still have some concerns about how these affect our cars’ performance and what adverse affects they may have on the components of our cars’…
Any serious enthusiast who has ever contemplated pulling an engine, and has peered beneath the bonnet, will realize immediately that because of the angle of the mounting flanges on the front engine plate it would be mathematically impossible to slip the engine onto the motor mounts if it were not for the fact that the…
More on Dust Valves Tom Holdener Pinole, CA Tech Tip #58 (Summer 1992 Moss Motoring) makes a mountain out of a molehill. There is a much easier way to get the mud out of your dust valve. Simply “roto-root” the drain hole and tube, using a coat hanger wire or a welding rod and a…
TR3 Cam Replacement Randall Gill, Clearwater, FL Recently, I had to change the camshaft in my TR3 due to a damaged fuel pump lobe. Engine otherwise in excellent condition (head, valves, etc.). I found a way to change the camshaft without the cost and labor of pulling the cylinder head. Remove the rocker arm shaft…
