Finally, after 2 years I could enjoy the car. I drove that MGB Roadster just about every day that summer. What a blast to drive, you get such a different perspective of your trip when you have the roof down. And once you get on those windy mountain roads, the car is just so much fun.
By summers end I had a whole bunch of memories and a list of improvements. The repairs would have to get done over the winter. The winters here are way to cold for the MG, and there is too much salt on the roads. I would have to park it in a garage, and a heated one preferably. I asked my Grandmother if I could park it in her garage and she obliged. I think she enjoyed the company, as I always had time for tea.
Monday, 5 September 1994
Monday, 15 August 1994
MGB Engine installed back in the car.
It was my final year at school and one of my toughest. My weekends home were spent with family and friends between bouts of homework. I didn't get a chance to work on the MG until after graduation. The motor and the transmission were waiting to go back in the car having been rebuilt earlier.
With the help of my Pops and brother we put the motor and transmission together in Dads garage. Once they were together we hoisted it up with the block and tackle in Pops garage. Now for the car, we pushed it into the garage with the help of a neighbor and set about lowering the drive train back into the car. We spent the weekend getting the car ready to go for the official start.
I kept an eye on all the gauges when we started the car and was quite concerned that there was no oil pressure. A test of the oil pressure gauge with some compressed air determined the the gauge was not faulty. So, we took off the oil pan and had a look at the oil pump. Sure enough, we had used the wrong oil gasket on the oil pump. Just my luck, this was the one and only part of the engine rebuild that my friend and I had done, without the help of his Dad and brother in Edmonton.
I went to the local MG mechanic and got the proper gasket. We put it in the engine the following weekend and it started; with oil pressure.
With the help of my Pops and brother we put the motor and transmission together in Dads garage. Once they were together we hoisted it up with the block and tackle in Pops garage. Now for the car, we pushed it into the garage with the help of a neighbor and set about lowering the drive train back into the car. We spent the weekend getting the car ready to go for the official start.
I kept an eye on all the gauges when we started the car and was quite concerned that there was no oil pressure. A test of the oil pressure gauge with some compressed air determined the the gauge was not faulty. So, we took off the oil pan and had a look at the oil pump. Sure enough, we had used the wrong oil gasket on the oil pump. Just my luck, this was the one and only part of the engine rebuild that my friend and I had done, without the help of his Dad and brother in Edmonton.I went to the local MG mechanic and got the proper gasket. We put it in the engine the following weekend and it started; with oil pressure.
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