I am finishing off a rebuild of a MGB GT (rubber bumper think year is around 1977)
In order to finish it and get fluids in the car i have 2 questions.
1) with the oil cooler bolted into place the connections for it face downwards, I have 2 hoses 1 with a sharp bend on it and 1 with a shallow bend
both have straight ends on other side. which either way i offer the hoses up they seem too long, unless i am routing them wrong, can anyone advice on
which hose goes where ie sharp bend to left and to block shallow bend to right and to oil filter, even better a photograpth to show the route as
well.
2) rear brakes, i have the final connection to make to the rear axle i have a bracket to fix onto the battery box and into this is the copper pipe and
the flexi pipe, and on the axle i have a tee piece to bolt on, there seems to be only 1 place to bolt this.
but this seems very close to the battery box connection, should the flexi pipe bend down,up or to the side, again if anyone can show me a picture.
thanks for your assistance in this matter, these are the 2 final bit required before i put fluids in the car and hopefully get it going.
tomorrow i fitting a complete new interior and the only question on this is
3) front quarter light how does it seal to the chrome strip ontop of the doors can anyone show me a picture as when i offer up the quarter light there
is a gap but no rubber seal for it or am i missing something,
4) what glue to use to stick the carpets down.
I would not use glue to stick the carpets down but poppers or heavy duty velcro. You may need to remove them later especially if it’s a convertible. Woolies trim suppliers have the type of fittings for carpets
I had a MGB V8, the oil cooler had the hoses to the top, this is usual or the oil drains away when turned off and starves the engine on start up.
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Originally posted by mark chandler
I had a MGB V8, the oil cooler had the hoses to the top, this is usual or the oil drains away when turned off and starves the engine on start up.
Tee's are only held on by one bolt the two solid pipes provide location.
Using copper for brakes pipes isn't something I would ever do I don't know why it is popular in classic car circles --- much better and
safer to use proper Kunifer which is much stronger, stiffer, has much better fatigue resistance, more corrosion resistance, easy to work and
cheap.
[Edited on 4/5/09 by britishtrident]
thanks for replys.
I am sure i have the cooler on the right way round as the electric fan stops the cooler going infront of the radiator, also it would mean the captive
nuts are on the wrong side.
I am only finishing off the car for someone and have no choice on the brake lines that where installed.
Re the rear brake lines, there should be an angled bracket which bolts to the lug on the axle, the tee then bolts to that resulting in the flexi pipe
outlet pointing upwards.
You can buy all the correct carpet fittings in a kit from
MGOCSPares, you'l also get the seal for the
quarter light from them too. Fast mail order and no rip off postage.
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Originally posted by britishtrident
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Originally posted by mark chandler
I had a MGB V8, the oil cooler had the hoses to the top, this is usual or the oil drains away when turned off and starves the engine on start up.
Yep fittings to the top -- same as every MGB and every other production car with a cooler I have had --- helps bleed the air out.
Jaguar oil cooler is below the pump so they can get away with this.
thanks for the replys
think i have sorted the oil cooler problem, we have the wrong one, we have a cooler from a early model and the fixing plates are opposite the pipe
connections thus the pipe connections are on the bottom. but we should have a later version where the fixing point and pipes are one the same side (ie
the top)
the windows i have finished with a little black p trim and does look good,
the brakes i will figure out (after all i did build a tiger kit car)