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JonV2
Joined: 02 Jan 2010 Posts: 38 Location: Melbourne Australia
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 9:12 am Post subject: Alternative bush supplier |
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Hi Nic,
I was just typing this reply when you jumped in saying you found a supplier...
good to hear!
Anyway if this falls through, give mackayrubber.com.au a shot... there is a good online catalogue, - you just browese until you find the bush you need, and it lists the modern cars that use it... Eg my mkV rear bushes were also used in 1986 Jeep Cherokees
! _________________ Jon
1950 MkV Jaguar Saloon (On the Road)
1968 MGB
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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One side is going together.
The other side is taking a lot longer and far more effort.
I thought when I started the work on the Talbot it would be fairly straight forward but I now know that one does not work on this car but battle it. Bruises and cuts are commonplace but slowly the car is being beaten into submission. It is exhausting and it is a battle of wills, now I know why some garages put up the sign " No Talbots" - whimps. _________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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I was supposed to have the evening off but I can't help it. I spoke to a friend and came up with this idea. Put the vice on the trolley jack, heat the end of the spring and force the bush in.
It worked
Aha! Beaten into submission _________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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P3steve
Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 542 Location: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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well done I like the way you used the heat gun |
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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MOT tomorrow. _________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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Roger-hatchy
Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 2135 Location: Tiptree, Essex
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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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Good luck Nic
Should sail through |
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, it passed. It helps when the owner of the garage is the son of a previous owner . First run after the rebuild went well just a slight clatter from the clutch/fan and setting up the timing. The brakes are fantastic. _________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:37 am Post subject: |
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When rebuilding an engine and something looks like it is going to be a right pain in the **** , do it anyway because sure as the sun comes up in the morning this decision will bite you on the bum. I had no reason to suspect that there would be a problem with the cam gears/timing so I left it alone. On the way back from the Newmarket car club...............bang bang bang, no compession, valves working fine, rotor arm turning OK and sucking AND blowing from the carb. I suspect something nasty has happened to the timing gears. The only good news is I think I can get to them without taking the engine out. Otherwise the engine sounded really good untill then.
Very undignified way to come home. _________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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Well, the battle of wits goes on. The cam gear is nicely chewed and the gear will not come out with the engine in place as the sump has to come off. I do not know if any of the valves have been damaged so OFF WITH ITS HEAD.The gear is fibre.
_________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Engine is out and a new gearwheel is on its way, only £200.
_________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22477 Location: UK
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Been here before, and this time even further.
_________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Can anyone shed some light on this. Some of the white metal bearings have a thin hard paper-like shim, is this a bodge so the fitter did not have to scrape the babbit?
_________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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OK better photo showing "shims".
Journals look good but there are some marks and dinks in the babbit, I don't think they are too much to worry about.
_________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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Salopian
Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 354 Location: Newport Shropshire
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry to see this news Nic - had the same type of cam gear failure on the Alvis 12/50 years ago when my brother owned it. Fortunately its a simple change on them by just pulling the cover. I doubt whether you will find any valve damage.
Those shims are interesting as they look like compressed paper or gasket material. I don't know if modern practice is different but a good many years ago I was told that only steel shims should be used in that situation by a very experienced engineer. I was about to use brass shims on the rods of an Austin engine I was rebuilding. The reason was brass would creep under crush I seem to recall so paper? _________________ Jonathan Butler
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