Hi Kall,

Haven’t driven it enough since the list showed up to notice tire wear.  I would suppose that eventually that would happen.

Hi Kall,

Haven’t driven it enough since the list showed up to notice tire wear.  I would suppose that eventually that would happen.

Hi Roy and Ed!  Well, not good news.  Removing the tub is way above my skill level.  I might have to live with this for a while.

Mine is like this too, a little bit. I believe your car is IRS (double-jointed) like mine. Roy is right that the torsion bars are probably a little out of adjustment, and that, in our cars, you can’t get to the caps without unbolting the tub.

I believe that the torsion bar bushings are also the problem. They tend to wear unevenly, and they…[Read more]

The replacement capacitor seems to have done the trick.  Let’s hope it holds.

Here’s the next problem:

The car has been listing to port for a while.  I put in coil-overs hoping that would fix the problem but now I have a higher car that lists to port.  I also notice that the camber on the rear wheels is off.  When you look at it from the rear it…[Read more]

Thanks all for the good adviced.  Started with the cheap and simple, replacing the capacitor.  Let’s see what happens next.

Hope everyone had a good one. We froze ourselves at the Eagles game last night.

Long update on the Spyder work. Here we have the tub, aluminum-clad (mostly). Waiting on rivets now and preparing to travel for Christmas. Happy holidays to all!

The accusump that I bought is the small one with only a 1quart capacity. It’s basically used at startup to preoil the system. I push a switch and pressurized oil circulated through the engine. Once started, engine oil pressure refills the unit to be ready for the next startup. As it sits for long periods, there won’t be any dry starts. There are…[Read more]

If you don’t mind, Bill, I can field this question.

The Accusump is an oil accumulator: when your oil pressure is high, the tank fills up with oil. If or when your oil pressure is low, the Accusump injects oil into the engine, raising the oil pressure.

The idea is to prevent oil starvation, which can happen when you’re pulling a lot of G’s in…[Read more]

Half-inch plate isn’t “reinforcement” Bill. It’s armor.

When I had those symptoms it was carb icing. One of the little heater tubes that come from the exhaust manifold and go to the intake manifold had rotted away. It was hiding behind one of the bigger paper foil heater tubes that run into the fan shroud, so I did not see it for like a season. Eventually I just wrapped it with silver muffler tape and…[Read more]

Spent a few hours in the garage today. Pulled the transmission, removed the bell housing and clutch to drive the pilot bearing deeper into the crankshaft. Initial installation was tough. I had to pull the transmission up tight with the mounting bolts. Now it slides right in all t he way. While it was disassembled I finished the mounting of the…[Read more]

Here’s another from the Gateway Classics near me: http://gatewayclassiccars.com/fort-lauderdale/1991/mg/td-S563.html

Its a shame they included the photos of the bent and twisted front bumper. For the asking price it would be easy to replace it.

They claim a telescoping steering column. I wonder where that came from?