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    Engine Of The Day: BMC A

    Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness, Continues To Haunt 20R Sprite Hell Project

    20R-Powered Sprite Wiring Hell Nearly Complete: It Lives!

    Fill Your Neighborhood With Affordable Rootes Group Machinery!

    Super-Clean Miata Seats At The Junkyard... But There's A Catch

    No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action

    Half Price Sale Day At The Junkyard Means It's Time To Stock Up On Hell Project Parts!

    Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low

    Murilee Goes A Little Funny In The Head, Buys 20R-Powered '67 Sprite From PCH Matchup #1

    Say Goodbye To Workplace Productivity: The 1965 Targa Florio Endurance Race
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    Image of Iron coffin Iron coffin
    08/17/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: BMC A

    Look what happens when you run it with extra hamsters....
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    Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back promoted this comment Iron coffin was starred Iron coffin was unstarred
    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    08/16/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: BMC A
    Well, that's BMC/British Leyland/Rover Group for you. If it works right, they build it forever. If it doesn't, they only build it for 15 years or so.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/16/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: BMC A
    Extra bearings are just additional, potential failure points. It's not like the power production is ever going to start twisting up the crank. This piece of history is a direct link to the age of steam. And belongs back there.
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    Image of brianesser76 brianesser76
    08/16/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: BMC A
    Where do you put the food for the 2 hamsters?
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    08/16/09


    @brianesser76:

    Apparently, they just prefer to sit right on top of it... easier to access while pedaling that way.
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    Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back promoted this comment HoonThatFerrari was starred HoonThatFerrari was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/16/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: BMC A
    It's amazing to think of a simple, reliable British engine.

    Let down only by its wiring harness, it was.
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    Image of Big_Adam Big_Adam
    08/16/09

    @FP - Funny how it seems quiet around here, eh?:

    Heeeey, I and my 1964 Hornet take offence. 40odd year old and I have yet to have an electrical problem.

    Carbs on the other hand. Urgh, damn twin carbs.

    Anayway, YAY A-Series engine and all the glory and horror it provides.
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    skaycog misses lost friends promoted this comment Big_Adam was starred Big_Adam was unstarred
    Image of felis_concolor felis_concolor
    08/16/09

    @Big_Adam: Ah yes, the joys of tuning "a carb named SU"; one friend, after close to a year of continuous fiddling with a pair of them, determined he was essentially swapping between 3 different jetting configurations to match barometric conditions and obtained 2 more sets of screw-in shafts for his use. It was orders of magnitude quicker and easier to change jetting that way than to deal with c-clips and sliders in the field.
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    Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness promoted this comment felis_concolor was starred felis_concolor was unstarred
    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    08/16/09

    @felis_concolor:
    After dealing with the SU's on a Datsun roadster( and driving myself stark raving batshit in the process), I was let in on a little tip. The shaft that the butterfly's are on just runs through the carb body - there's no bushing, etc. The hole get's worn, and no amount of effing around with it will help you tune. Pulled the carbs, made seats/ bushings. problem solved...
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    Image of felis_concolor felis_concolor
    08/16/09

    @Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness: Augh, I need to let my friend know about that alteration the next time I bump into him. It was his own experiences which kept me happy with my '72 510 sporting the ubiquitous 32/36 Weber atop the manifold. I spent so much time w/Q-jets after making a general shift to big American iron that suspecting a leaking throttle shaft bushing or pivot comes naturally there when tuning issues arise, but I never considered that as a malady for SUs as well.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/16/09

    @felis_concolor: What d'you expect from something with "Union" in its name?

    (Obviously, I'm half-kidding - see Auto Union, Western Union, Union Pacific...)
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    Edited by MushyHeirloom at 08/16/09 5:40 PM MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of powermatic powermatic
    08/02/09

    In reply to Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness, Continues To Haunt 20R Sprite Hell Project
    A Kind Suggestion:

    Permanently attach DMMs at various locations around vehicle-a Colossal time-saver when attempting to locate electrical Inconsistencies. In point of fact, an athletic Co-Driver might be utilized to invigorate Electrical Function-even while Motivating!

    You're welcome.
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    FlakJack promoted this comment powermatic was starred powermatic was unstarred
    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    08/01/09

    In reply to Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness, Continues To Haunt 20R Sprite Hell Project
    See, you got lazy and this is what happened.

    It's only the taillights, you think to yourself, as you tap the brakes for the first time and cringe as the first of the glass-tube fuses pops and showers your leg with wee shards of glass.

    "Shit." You think.
    It's gonna take years for the shrapnel to work its way out of your leg this time.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/01/09

    In reply to Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness, Continues To Haunt 20R Sprite Hell Project
    Yeah, well, we've all been there. "Well, I really should just remove that/cut that away/pull that out and replace it, but hey, I can't try this first, and then if it doesn't work, I'll go whole hog."

    You almost always have to go find the hog.
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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    08/01/09

    In reply to Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness, Continues To Haunt 20R Sprite Hell Project
    It is precisely the seductive 'This really should work...' logic, that makes the succubus of Lucas Electrics so soul consuming. See, it works JUST LONG ENOUGH to get the harness ready, then once installed, the secret shorts, and the cracked copper inside the retained bits, they crap out. Whereupon you, along with whatever barrel fuses that are in the system, melt down into an inert molten lump.
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    Edited by DoctorNine's D9 Cat at 08/01/09 5:33 PM DoctorNine's D9 Cat was starred DoctorNine's D9 Cat was unstarred
    Image of BRAWNDO_POWERED BRAWNDO_POWERED
    08/01/09

    In reply to Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness, Continues To Haunt 20R Sprite Hell Project
    Murilee, you're not giving me much confidence with regards to my imminent XJS purchase.
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment BRAWNDO_POWERED was starred BRAWNDO_POWERED was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    08/01/09

    @BRAWNDO_POWERED: What could possibly go wrong?
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of BRAWNDO_POWERED BRAWNDO_POWERED
    08/01/09

    @Murilee Martin: NOTHING, NOTHING AT ALL. IT WILL BE A FANTASTIC SUCCESS!
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    08/02/09

    @BRAWNDO_POWERED: It's already getting to him. He's showing the telltale sign of insanity: ALLCAPS
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    Image of TurboRefrigerator TurboRefrigerator
    08/01/09

    In reply to Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness, Continues To Haunt 20R Sprite Hell Project
    This has been my favorite project you have been hammering away at, Murilee. I can't wait until it is finished, then I hope you post some video of it running, too.
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment TurboRefrigerator was starred TurboRefrigerator was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    08/01/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: It runs just fine now. Only problem is, it doesn't stop- brake system is completely garbooned. I've been doing my best to find a junkyard Midget (trying to keep the total investment as far under $1000 as possible) but it looks like I'll have to buy some stuff from Moss.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    08/02/09

    @Murilee Martin: The brakes on the 633 Threatmobile are causing the pulling of hair and gnashing of teeth right now.

    No boost, the pedal holds pressure until you get low in the stroke, then it yields. Running, you can press it straight to the floor. You can pump to get some pressure, but it won't hold.

    Basically, everything points at the master cylinder, except I just replaced it.

    Bad remanufactured part?
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    Image of TurboRefrigerator TurboRefrigerator
    08/01/09

    In reply to Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness, Continues To Haunt 20R Sprite Hell Project
    I have answered it to my friends, my family (all except my father, who owned a twin-cam MGA) who have asked: why don't I lock up my MGB when I park it somewhere? This car IS an anti-theft system. And an anti-start, anti-turn signal, anti-brake light, anti-both headlights being the same brightness, etc. We won't even talk about the previous MG that I had that caught on fire Easter Day, 2006.

    It is not that this car is a basketcase, no. It had just 50,000 miles on it when I bought it, practically new! And I would never accuse a british car with electrical problems of being a basketcase, either. This is just the stuff that you deal with on a daily basis.

    Expect the car not to start the key every time you need it to. Expect to tinker. If you love cars, I think you would love a British car. Just don't expect to be on time for everything.

    As much as I love my Volvos, when I get the urge to go tinker, they leave me with nothing to do. I have hammered out 100% of the electrical gremlin issues on my 50,000 mile MG, and it has been as reliable as a Toyota ever since. But I know, I just know, at the most inopportune time, something WILL happen again. It always does.
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    FP - in black for the Jezebel Nine promoted this comment Edited by TurboRefrigerator at 08/01/09 1:57 PM TurboRefrigerator was starred TurboRefrigerator was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/01/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: You can find Volvo trouble, if you look. Mine's playing the Rough Idle Game right now. But you know what? That's an afternoon's work, and then it'll be fine for six months.

    It's really a bit boring. So mod it until it isn't.
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    Image of TurboRefrigerator TurboRefrigerator
    08/01/09

    @FP - in black for the Jezebel Nine: About the only trouble my 240 has ever given me is an idle issue. I cleaned up the throttle body, bought a remanufactured IAC valve, and it has been gold ever since. Here's hoping yours is just as easy.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/01/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: Given that every last one of 'em seems to have the same problems, it wouldn't surprise me if this is another.

    I've been told to clean the throttle body, and that's the first thing I'm gonna try.

    I trust that yours also has shattered door pockets, a cracked console, at least one crack in the dash, a loose glovebox door, a hood that's not quite perfectly aligned...
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    Image of TurboRefrigerator TurboRefrigerator
    08/01/09

    @FP - in black for the Jezebel Nine: Mine actually had NO door pockets when I bought it. Would you believe I picked up a NOS set (in BEIGE, the worst color for breaking, no less) on ebay for under $40. I promptly applied a layer of fiberglass to the inside of them, and they now even stand up to my club-footed brother in law bumping them with his foot when he gets out of the car.

    Otherwise, yes to everything else.
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    Image of solracer solracer
    08/01/09

    In reply to Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness, Continues To Haunt 20R Sprite Hell Project
    One commonly ignored point of failure in Lucas electrical systems are the bulbs. Perhaps by now every MG out there has dumped it's OEM bulbs but I remember in 1985 my '78 Midget appeared to be an electrical nightmare until in a fit of frustration I replaced *every* bulb in the car with new bulbs. Magically my electrical problems went away and I never had another one until I got rid of the car in 1990 after I had purchased my Miata (which by the way is the only Miata in the world with electrical problems, lol).
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/01/09

    In reply to Joe Lucas, Prince Of Darkness, Continues To Haunt 20R Sprite Hell Project
    If you're worrying about brake lights, you must be making good progress there.

    I built Audiovox speaker enclosures out of 1/2" CDX ply to slop around in the back of van. Some of my roughest carpentry ever, and they sound as good as twenty pound Bozak floor speakers. Next time I build some speakers I'll have to put a crusting of lights on them. Nice handle, also.
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    Image of powermatic powermatic
    08/01/09


    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Yeah, vintage speaker fan!

    I've been trying some 12" Tannoy Monitor Golds in prototype cabs. They sound fantastic.

    Sometimes the old ways are still best.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment powermatic was starred powermatic was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/01/09

    @powermatic: Sir, you appear to be a gentleman of taste and erudition. Well done.

    That amp does go to 11?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/01/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: "a crusting of lights" -- that's damn near poetry right there, fella.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/01/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Sorry, it won't happen again.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    07/20/09

    In reply to 20R-Powered Sprite Wiring Hell Nearly Complete: It Lives!
    Can I just say here that this new gallery style sucks? When I try to view the pictures larger, the first one opens for a second then disappears and won't open again. A hard refresh allows me to do this again (IF the page reloads correctly). Are these pics on the Flickr page, Murilee?
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    Edited by Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. at 07/20/09 9:50 AM Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. was starred Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/20/09

    @Mike the Dog: Don't get me started on Gallery Hell. This is the only format the Hamsters would permit me to use yesterday. Tomorrow, who knows?
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