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.