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The Start
Jake's Story -- Please excuse the posting dates, but will be posting retrospective journal entries of progress over the last 2 years. We went to visit a friend locally, with the intention of checking...
View ArticleNew Toy At Home. Full Of Optimism
Jake's Story -- Jan 2013 Once we got Jake home, we took a look around. Washed off the dust and bird crap was the starting point! I quick nosey underneath confirmed no overdrive. Never mind. The car...
View ArticleOptimistic Still
Jake's Story -- Mar 2013 Still hoping to put the car on the road and clock up some miles. Expecting the job to develop, I spent a little time with a steam cleaner, to shift the majority of the build up...
View ArticleOptimism Takes A Knock
Jake's Story -- Once the engine was on its stand, off with the sump. Out with the pistons, and keep stripping. We found:- 3 Broken rings Worn bores Pitted cam followers Saggy cam chain Pitted cam lobes...
View ArticleWhat To Do With The Tired Old Engine?
Jake's Story -- After making up a list of the casualties, and costing up the engine rebuild options, what to do? Of course, rebuilding the old B series would be the way to go. If it needs a rebore,...
View ArticleAssessing Our B Series
Jake's Story -- Once the engine was on its stand, off with the sump. Out with the pistons, and keep stripping. We found:- 3 Broken rings Worn bores Pitted cam followers Saggy cam chain Pitted cam lobes...
View ArticleWhat About A V8
Jake's Story -- There was a little seed of an idea growing in my head. A nagging voice getting louder. And then the bright light switched on in my head. MGBV8 I’ve always had a soft spot for the rover...
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Changes From Restore To Convert
Jake's Story -- So the plans start to form 1st job, a copy of the bible, the roger Williams book how to give your MG V8 power. I needed to be 100% that rust is NEVER going to a problem ( My memories of...
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Moss Coil Over Kit
Jake's Story -- Our parcel of goodies from Moss arrived from the UK, so the front cross member got stripped & stream cleaned. The moss coil over conversion is really simple, the hardest job is...
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Gearbox Crossmember
Jake's Story -- Spent a fair amount of time looking/thinking/pondering the gearbox crossmember. Decided to crop the old mounts of the crossmember, and make up new brackets as per the book. Really...
View ArticleSorry, Out Of Order
Jake's Story -- Trying to get the Journal Up top date, thought I'd postednthis, so a little out of sequence For the gearbox cross member, The engine is sitting on its mounts, the gearbox is on a...
View Article3.9 Discovery
Jake's Story -- After checking out my ‘Bargain’ 3.5 motor, things weren’t looking too hot. A pre 76 10.5 CR engine, so no rear crank seal, and small valve heads. Eventually figured the front is from a...
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Progress To July 2015
Jake's Story -- July 2015-07-06 The car currently sits up on axle stands, stripped almost bare. The hack engine is still in, along with the LT77 box. My gearbox crossmemeber looks like it’s going to...
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Rotisserie
Jake's Story -- After months of 'thinking', and a little fabrication, then more pondering, i managed to come up with a plan to get the shell up on its rotisserie. The hack engine & box came out,...
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Underseal & Rear Bump Stop Mounts
Jake's Story -- Slow progress, but definite progress. The LH rear bump stop mount extension has been consigned to the scrap bin, ready to weld the bump stop mount back in it original position. I'm sure...
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Rubber Bumper Rear Bump Stop Mounts
Jake's Story -- If anyone is keen to lift the ride height of a chrome bumper B up to Rubber bumper height? Amongst other things, you would be needing to move the position of the rear bump stops by...
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Undersealed Out
Jake's Story -- We've been on a mission to strip off the old (factory) underseal, mainly to reassure ourselves there are no hidden dramas about to jump out & suprise us. I've tried a few different...
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RH Dog Leg Investigation.
Jake's Story -- So things got started tonight. I've seen a couple of little perforations in the RH Dogleg, so have had a dig, poke & chop. the gap between the dogleg & sill was jammed with dry...
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Dog Leg Panel Investigation
Jake's Story -- We have got around to taking a better look to the RH Dog log panel. When we checked the car over as we bought it, we did a see a couple of rust bubbles, and new what to expect. The rust...
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