Pro Street Style MGB GT

Pro Street Style MGB GT

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sooty61

686 posts

170 months

Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Looking forward to more posting during lockdown!

Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Wednesday 6th May 2020
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I have been asked about this on another forum.....

" an MGB back axle, the wire wheel type!
To remove the hub there is a castellated nut recessed inside the wheel mounting hub. But I dont know what size it is",


.....As I don't know I thought that I would ask on here??

Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Lots of gardening done....and a tiny bit more on the BGT. I have moved the fuel pump so that I can run the fuel lines through the tunnel and mount the battery isolator on the existing bracket. I will be boxing it off as well.

sooty61

686 posts

170 months

Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Much better location for it

Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Thanks Sooty.
I have made a shield for the fuel lines, then a box to isolate the fuel pump, after that a hole in the rear panel, so the battery isolator can be switched from behind the seat. Lots of tooo-ing and frooo-ing!









Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Monday 1st June 2020
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Only a bit of work done recently in getting the instrument panel face cover sorted.


Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2020
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The panel face is just about finished.



Then I made up some brake pipes to the rear callipers.



and put in a little manual line-loc...... just in case!



As everything had gone quite well I then connected to the brake master cylinder and got that pumping brake fluid. Then I tried opening the bleed valves on the rear callipers ........and have broken both of them!

Turn7

23,502 posts

220 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2020
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Brake nippples and bleeding are just a PITA....

4Q

3,347 posts

143 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2020
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I can’t believe I missed this before as I love build threads. Great work Phil, thanks for sharing

sooty61

686 posts

170 months

Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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More fans Phil !!!

Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Friday 5th June 2020
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For we 4 readers!
Well I have drilled out the broken bleed valve with progressively larger Left handed drills.....and it has not cleared out the old thread. So then I tried the other calliper...and broke the smallest drill. So then I decided to get both callipers out. Despite the Haynes book saying it just needed the hand brake section removing and calliper bolts undoing - it also needed the wheels removing, coil over removing, half shafts unbolting etc etc!!!
Then I looked up the price of replacement callipers....Plan B is to try and get mine repaired by recutting the bleed hole thread and getting an oversize bleed valve.







Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Monday 8th June 2020
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I had another go at sheared screw with the broken drill bit...it has now got Two broken drill bits stuck in! I spoke to a reconditioning Company and they can drill out and helicoil at quite a lot of money so I am spending a bit more and getting two new units.....Money spent on the BGT!!

Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Wednesday 10th June 2020
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The two new calipers arrived yesterday afternoon! Really excellent service (from British Parts) and they look very good - so I have now started to smarten up the car so they feel at home....

4Q

3,347 posts

143 months

Wednesday 10th June 2020
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Flying Phil said:
I had another go at sheared screw with the broken drill bit...it has now got Two broken drill bits stuck in! !!
biggrin I think many of us have done something similar when doing what we expect to be a simple job.

Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Friday 12th June 2020
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I had to make new transfer pipes for the two new calipers. I have started to put them in the car, so I will soon be back to where I was ten days ago....


Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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The other brake transfer pipe was made, the hand brake assemblies were attached and the brake bleeding started....Bleeding Brakes!...but finally a firm brake pedal was created and the brake discs were gripped by the new calipers. Just the front brakes to connect now.

4Q

3,347 posts

143 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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Is there any reason you cut a plastic tub up rather than buy a battery box?

Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Friday 19th June 2020
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4Q said:
Is there any reason you cut a plastic tub up rather than buy a battery box?
I,m a cheapskate and nearly always try to use/adapt what I have to hand that will do the job.....rolleyes

Flying Phil

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1,578 posts

144 months

Friday 19th June 2020
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Flying Phil said:
4Q said:
Is there any reason you cut a plastic tub up rather than buy a battery box?
I,m a cheapskate and nearly always try to use/adapt what I have to hand that will do the job.....rolleyes
.......Or should I have said that the battery is a obscure size (small) and so I hand fabricated a bespoke insulated compartment shaped to fit the limited space......biggrin

Turn7

23,502 posts

220 months

Friday 19th June 2020
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Dont forget Phil, theres a huge swathe who dont know how things used to be done, and assume everyone chucks 200k at Richard Rawlings these days.....

I bet there are less than ten people on here who know your history......


Keep up the good work, SPR opening testing very soon !