denpo
Carburated Nihilist
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1958 MGA Coupe
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bobs77vet
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well i have never done that before i will have to see if the kids know how to do it...stay tuned.
bobs77vet
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well she runs and breathes..........no surprises, the jb weld did not hold so no more fine tuning until I get a new intake manifold, I will take a break for several days and now and pay some attention to the Mrs. 50 psi of oil pressure at 2000rpm, no noticable oil consumption other then burning off the trans fluid i used to "free" the rings.
here is the videos, the longest is a minute long, i have never posted videos before, on my laptop you just click on the picture and the video starts
this is the crude that came flying out of the exhaust...
here is the videos, the longest is a minute long, i have never posted videos before, on my laptop you just click on the picture and the video starts
this is the crude that came flying out of the exhaust...
1Michel
Well-known member
Congratulation my friend, like you said, "it's a pretty successfull day"
How long has this engine been sitting?
How long has this engine been sitting?
denpo
Carburated Nihilist
Thanks, that was some cool videos.
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MYBAD79
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a very successful day !!!
awesome videos, when you got the car painted and back on the road you can sit back, relax and watch the vids again :thumbs:
awesome videos, when you got the car painted and back on the road you can sit back, relax and watch the vids again :thumbs:
Stpman
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Very Cool to see it fire up and run
Kid Vette
Master-Baiter
Very cool! Bring on back from the dead. :clap:
SmokinBBC
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That must be exciting..to actually see it come back like that!
bobs77vet
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I was so excited to get to that moment because all the clues from looking at the engine pointed to it having been rebuilt, i am still excited about it today.... the problem obviously was the last owner for 28 yrs never had it running and he bought it with no history or that he could remember anyway. it came to life pretty effortlessly and only smoked when we first started it burning off the trans fluid. you may not be able to hear it but on that last video the car is actually running really well considering that i didnt adjust the carbs in any fashion what so ever and the one broken intake manifold was broken again and flopping about... i cant wait to put the "fine tune" on it. this morning i went out and there are no puddles or leaks under the car. having a car that actually runs will be a great plus for me since i can then drive it out of the garage and sand it outside and eliminate having to clean up paint dust. next i will look to see if i can rebuild the slave cylinder and brake/clutch master cylinder and see if i can the clutch to disengage. being able to move from one area to the next keeps me pretty motivated and i dont get tired of doing any one thing
Richard454
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bobs77vet
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yeah that is a pretty cool video, i wsih i had the artistic talent to pull off something like that...
well taking a week off felt pretty good, i got the chance tonight to work for a couple of hours and I was able to pick up a replacement intake and i straightend out the heat shield and welded up the cracked portions. my goal is to try and get a "finer tune" on the car this weekend. maybe first thing saturday morning before it gets to be 105* will fit into the schedule.
this looks pretty normal but i do have a broken exhaust stud on the last one on the left
although it didnt effect starting the car last week it does seem to me that my choke mechanism that pulls the assembly down is stuck so I will need to brush up on my SUs a little bit to reolve this one.
your normal battered and beaten out of shape heat shield
after a little massaging and persuasion and welding
and with somne shiny paint on it.
well taking a week off felt pretty good, i got the chance tonight to work for a couple of hours and I was able to pick up a replacement intake and i straightend out the heat shield and welded up the cracked portions. my goal is to try and get a "finer tune" on the car this weekend. maybe first thing saturday morning before it gets to be 105* will fit into the schedule.
this looks pretty normal but i do have a broken exhaust stud on the last one on the left
although it didnt effect starting the car last week it does seem to me that my choke mechanism that pulls the assembly down is stuck so I will need to brush up on my SUs a little bit to reolve this one.
your normal battered and beaten out of shape heat shield
after a little massaging and persuasion and welding
and with somne shiny paint on it.
bobs77vet
Well-known member
well tonight I reinstalled my frankenstien heat shield, painted intake and carbs. I was able to make the choke mechanism work without much effort they just had been sitting so long they just needed to be worked a little bit. I started the car up using a temporary gravity fed fuel tank with a shut off petcock. the car ran for 35 minutes and here were the tune up specs I observed. the car timing was set at 10 static BTDC. the car was not burning oil at all and ran very well, even the 30 yr old exhaust sounded pretty good.
1400 rpm, 26* advance with distrib vac plugged, oil 30 psi,18" of vacuum with a rock steady reading, 185* water temp no thermostat
2000 rpm 31* advance with dist vac plugged, oil 40 psi, 185* water temp (no thermostat, 18" vacuum steady
2500 rpm 31* advance with dist plugged and that was the maximum advance
do these sound correct?
1400 rpm, 26* advance with distrib vac plugged, oil 30 psi,18" of vacuum with a rock steady reading, 185* water temp no thermostat
2000 rpm 31* advance with dist vac plugged, oil 40 psi, 185* water temp (no thermostat, 18" vacuum steady
2500 rpm 31* advance with dist plugged and that was the maximum advance
do these sound correct?
big2bird
Charter Member, Founder Bird-Run, Cruise-In Bird-R
Looking good Bob. As for the specs, I haven't a clue. My Healey days are long, long ago.
bobs77vet
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worked on the inner sill somemore today.
I need to cut away rust but only after I have a really good mock up on the inner sill and lots of witness marks. this is the only original refernce I have.
start the cutting out process
my inner sill had a slightbow to it from 4" to 4.5" and it made it hard to get things lined up so I just tacked in some braces to keep everything at 4", not really original but it was fighting me to much to get things lined up....
my template
not everything gets bent on a big brake sometimes the vise and scraps works very well for making small bends
I need to cut away rust but only after I have a really good mock up on the inner sill and lots of witness marks. this is the only original refernce I have.
start the cutting out process
my inner sill had a slightbow to it from 4" to 4.5" and it made it hard to get things lined up so I just tacked in some braces to keep everything at 4", not really original but it was fighting me to much to get things lined up....
my template
not everything gets bent on a big brake sometimes the vise and scraps works very well for making small bends
1Michel
Well-known member
A vice a hammer and a few visegrips pliers will go a long way.
Bit by bit this little car is coming back to life.
Great job sir.
Bit by bit this little car is coming back to life.
Great job sir.
bobs77vet
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those are fun articles
bobs77vet
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some more effort today, removed the rear body mount bolt while I could see it and put it back in place with lots on antisieze so when I lift the body it will come off easy. cut out portions of the old body mount that were rusty and made a new piece. used plug welds to connect the body mount to the repair panel.
I also added my repair panel for the back of the pillar
I then moved to repairing a hole in the frame, I welded on a "handle" to the repair piece to make it easy to hold inside the frame so I could weld it in place. I used the big vice to bend it shape.
I also added my repair panel for the back of the pillar
I then moved to repairing a hole in the frame, I welded on a "handle" to the repair piece to make it easy to hold inside the frame so I could weld it in place. I used the big vice to bend it shape.
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Stpman
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Hey Bob
we need more pictures:bounce:
we need more pictures:bounce: