MG TD Replica Car Club | Mike | Activity https://tdreplica.com/members/grimsby-mike/activity/ Activity feed for Mike. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:43:16 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ec2633f559659cad04a0446ef7848db7 Mike replied to the topic Convertible top/Speeding ticket in the forum VW Based Kits https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/convertible-topspeeding-ticket/#post-264502 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:20:53 -0400 Make sure the shop uses DOT grade windows.  My first one was built by a top shop that mostly does boats and they aren’t designed to handle road speeds.  Tell us about the speeding ticket, brother.  Were you having more fun than the law allows?

]]> 5d907703143d24fc7da82d866ac622c9 Mike replied to the topic Charging in the forum TD Replicas https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/charging/#post-260900 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:25:23 -0400 Can I rebuild it or do we just buy a reman these days?

]]> f1a7d0fc29ced76c5d0216fcefdfe81f Mike replied to the topic mph vs. rpm in the forum VW Based Kits https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mph-vs-rpm/#post-256772 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:38:56 -0400 Yep.  85 mph@4000 rmp.  Sure ticks off the t bucket boys when they get passed by Victoria.  Leaving Yellowstone with my son on a road trip we did just that and he replied by roaring by at such high speed that Vicky twiched sideways.  Bill Cosby is right . . . VWs are afraid of trucks.

]]> e48faf80c17e43b496d75825256219d4 Mike replied to the topic vw tins in the forum VW Based Kits https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/vw-tins/page/2/#post-249305 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:14:42 -0500 The tins separate the top from the bottom and force the cool air from the top through the engine and out the bottom.  Without the tim, it sucks back up and through again, thereby trying to cool the engine with hot air.  I had a local bug shop bolt on used bits and pieces and fill in with sheetmetal.  It made a vast different in the running temps.  

]]> 242a8a29413979e78eb6c55456f0010b Mike replied to the topic Seat Cushions in the forum VW Based Kits https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/seat-cushins/page/2/#post-242314 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:58:29 -0500 Sam’s Club and such places sell 2 1/2 ” memory foam pads to put over regular mattresses.  A twin would probably do two sets of seats and might be a good replacement for the old low-density stuff that came in the kits.

 
We did a two hour jaunt out to Nevada and my better half complained of a sore back.
 
I’m sure that our collective barin po…

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]]> bca85ea22c9a9199aff10e40f43ba233 Mike replied to the topic died with my slippers on--any help? in the forum VW Based Kits https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/died-with-my-slippers-n-any-help/#post-246448 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:57:16 -0400 I found an electric pump that naturally ran at 3 – 5 psi at Checker Auto Parts for about $35.  That fixed my fuel problem and the vapor locking caused by ethanol.  It mounts in the front with the tank and is a really simple fix.

]]> af3b4a32a593d33da6b8c182bf9a0ade Mike replied to the topic Engine Cooling in the forum VW Based Kits https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/engine-cooling-2/#post-252042 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:15:40 -0400 But the engine compartment on the kit car isn’t shaped like a beetle . . . so . . . big holes.  I broke down and used BC Autowerks in Ogden UT.  They provided stock parts and some creative handcrafted parts for the gaps and the . . .  what? . . . firewall?

 
Now my fuel doesn’t boil and I can check my oil.
 
Thanks for your feedback.
]]> 0248f362ba556a32fce9097e528ceab3 Mike replied to the topic Engine Cooling in the forum VW Based Kits https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/engine-cooling-2/#post-252040 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:36:16 -0400 Thanks for the feedback. 

 
I defined hot as not being able to grab the dipstick.  There was almost no sheetmetal arond the engine separating upper and lower and, of course, the TD engine compartment leaves a lot of holes aroudn the stock tin soo my shop said he will cut and fit pieces to fill the holes and build a firewall in the front (as def…

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