Just bought a BGT...
Discussion
All,
Just bought a BGT (1979). Have done just over 100 miles in it and the performance has been going down hill. It now seems to have little power and pops and bangs if you put your foot down hard.
Could be one of many things, a hatred of un-leaded (although prevoius owner assured me it had an 'unleaded' head), badly tuned carbs or ignition.
Assuming the timing is out, what should it be set to for a '79 running unleaded?
Phil
Just bought a BGT (1979). Have done just over 100 miles in it and the performance has been going down hill. It now seems to have little power and pops and bangs if you put your foot down hard.
Could be one of many things, a hatred of un-leaded (although prevoius owner assured me it had an 'unleaded' head), badly tuned carbs or ignition.
Assuming the timing is out, what should it be set to for a '79 running unleaded?
Phil
na said:
- 7 days into SORN season 
SORN season? The only SORN season I observe is "Salt On Roads - Nasty"!!Yeah, did a fairly good check over pretty much all you've suggested. Major problems left are that the fuel gauge doesn't read anything (gauge appears OK on the bench) and it idles at about 2000 rpm; disconnecting the vacuum advance has it drop back to about 800 so I think there's a problem in the dizzy - a spring missing somewhere?
Yes, you're right but I don't think you'd change the seals at a service would you?
I fully expect bits to keep falling off for a month or so of "proper" use and then for it to become more reliable. Certainly my Tiv went through this but isn't too bad now (famous last words).
I'm just wondering what will be next! I have receipts (from the prevoius owner) for most of the brake parts that might give up the ghost and the tyres are good / new.....
I fully expect bits to keep falling off for a month or so of "proper" use and then for it to become more reliable. Certainly my Tiv went through this but isn't too bad now (famous last words).
I'm just wondering what will be next! I have receipts (from the prevoius owner) for most of the brake parts that might give up the ghost and the tyres are good / new.....
No doubt there's plenty here on this subject (but can't get the search to work properly) but I've seen lots of comments about difficulties in bleeding the clutch hydraulics - suggestions of "back bleeding", connecting the brake bleed to the clutch slave bleed and pumping fluid in using the brakes and other "unusual" suggestions instead of the standard method.
Is this all old wives tales or is there an issue in bleeding the system?
Phil
Is this all old wives tales or is there an issue in bleeding the system?
Phil
na said:
Phil you're worse than a teenager, you've already been given the info 
na said:
. . . and Paul's excellent B site - http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/hometext.htm
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