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Add A Chain Tensioner To A Series Engines
Charles Durning's Journal -- The A Series engines do not have a timing chain tensioner. As a result, as the chain wears it can rub against the sides of the front cover. That rubbing can make quite a...
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CAD Drawing For The Caliper Bracket
Charles Durning's Journal -- I now have a CAD drawing for the bracket for mounting the 2002 Nissan Sentra caliper to the tube type MGB rear axle. It will require a CAD viewer to see. The .dwg file can...
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DIY MGB Rear Disc Brakes Part 2 240SX Caliper
Charles Durning's Journal -- I have finished mocking up the brackets for installing the 240SX calipers. The caliper is from a 1998 240SX with a 38mm piston. This conversion gives a 67-33 bias. It...
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Fix For A Leaky Water Elbow
Charles Durning's Journal -- The other day I discovered a water leak in the iron elbow (#38) in the lower rad hose on the CBB GT. It was leaking at the threaded nipple (#40) for the heater hose. When I...
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DIY MGB Rear Disc Brakes Part 3 Closing Comments
Charles Durning's Journal -- I now have PDF and DXF files for both brackets and an information package. If you want copies just send me a PM or e-mail and I'll send the CAD files with any other...
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New Life For WW Hub
Charles Durning's Journal -- I had swapped out the wire wheels on my 74 MGB for bolt on wheels. In the process I had the spare WW hubs lying around. The wheel splines were warn slightly but usable for...
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Fixed My Instrument Lights
Charles Durning's Journal -- It all began with a noisy speedo cable. To get to the speedo I ended up taking the dash apart just so I could get my hand to the back of the speedo for removal. In the end...
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Charles Durning's Journal -- Though the exterior lights are easier to access than dash lights, corrosion can add a challenge in getting them repaired. I had one back up light that just refused to work...
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DIY 2 Speed Wipers For A Morris Minor
Charles Durning's Journal -- The wipers on my Morris Minor were just plain pathetic and I wanted to do something about it. A few weeks ago I scrapped a 76 MGB. After I pulled the wiper motor I looked...
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Heater Blower Improvement 1st Part
Charles Durning's Journal -- With winter rapidly approaching I thought it might be a good idea do something about my ineffective heater. As I see it the biggest problem is with the blower. It's so weak...
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Heater Blower Improvement 2nd Part
Charles Durning's Journal -- Finished the heater blower conversion yesterday. Got the heater box reassembled, the speed resister installed, the blower installed and the wiring completed. To say that I...
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Interference Between Dist Cap And Oil Cooler Hoses
Charles Durning's Journal -- The Saturday after Thanksgiving I decided to take a spirited drive in the GT. About an hour into the drive the engine started missing and back firing through the carbs. I...
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Compact Starter For MGB
Charles Durning's Journal -- I saw a new compact starter available from BPNW and Moss. Thought I would give it a try. The starter is a permanent magnet gear reduction starter. I'm a fan of both. Also...
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A Better Heater Valve For A Series Engines
Charles Durning's Journal -- Purists may cringe at this but here goes. My twist type heater valve was leaking so I decided to conquer the leak. I purchased a push pull cable and a new cable operated...
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Fixing The Horn Moto-Lita
Charles Durning's Journal -- A 1970 MGB came into my shop with an inoperative horn push in the Moto Lita steering wheel. Upon further inspection there was a horn button on the side of the steering...
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A Better MGB Radiator On A Budget
Charles Durning's Journal -- A 1970 MGB came into my shop in need of some freshening for the upcoming driving season. Issues I found were the radiator had soldier bloom and a patch that needed...
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PT Cruiser Seat Adjusters For MGB
Charles Durning's Journal -- DIY Adjustable MGB Seats Editoret Donna now has her own MGB. Since she is 5’ tall and I’m 6”1” there is a need for the driver’s seat to be adjustable. The MGB sliders are...
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DIY MGB Vented Front Disc Brakes
Charles Durning's Journal -- Due to the Covid 19 scare I have plenty of time on my hands. Off and on there has been discussion about improving the front disc brakes for MGBs. There are pros and cons...
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DIY MGB Vented Front Disc Brakes Pt 2
Charles Durning's Journal -- The conversion is now installed on the 74 MGB GT. I attached the adapter bracket to the outboard side of the swivel axle. That cleaned up the install and onlt requires a...
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Improved PCV For MGB
Charles Durning's Journal -- A Different PCV System for MGB with a Smiths Valve I’ve had a perplexing oil consumption issue with my MGB GT. The engine seems to be in good shape with good compression,...
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Improved PCV For The Morris
Charles Durning's Journal -- Since I was day dreaming about the PCV system on the GT I thought it should apply to the Morris. I made the modification and it worked. I've always thought that my 67...
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Longer Wheel Studs For MGB
Charles Durning's Journal -- I see there have been several discussions about longer wheel studs. Here is what I used when I converted from WW to bolt on wheels. ARP 100-7708 12mm 2 3/8" long ARP...
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DIY Big Vented Front Brakes For Spridget
Charles Durning's Journal -- How can Midget brakes be improved on a budget? The only conversions that I have found are the expensive ones using Wilwood parts using all specialty parts, the Spitfire/MGB...
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Alrernative To ARP Corvette/Camaro Wheel Studstuds
Charles Durning's Journal -- First let me say that I have 12mm ARP wheel studs in my CBB GT. A friend wanted to make the same conversion but could not stomach the cost of the ARP wheel studs. What was...
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Adding A LED Stop Light Panel
Charles Durning's Journal -- Here is a link to installing a LED panel in the tail light lens for better stop light viability....
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Hope "Springs" Eternal
Charles Durning's Journal -- Hope Springs Eternal (or, if it isn’t one thing it’s another) During our annual “unauthorized” trip to North West Arkansas, several of the guys pointed out that the GT had...
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A Different Oil Cooler
Charles Durning's Journal -- Over the years there have been discussions about the need of the factory oil cooler. So just for grins I did a search and found lots of discussions about the factory oil...
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Gas And Oil Cap Tethers
Charles Durning's Journal -- In the past I have been admonished for creating solutions for problems that don’t exist. That may or may not be true for some, for me it is my reality. Case in point, for...
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A Better Heater Valve
Charles Durning's Journal -- Different, Better. Only time will tell. I've been looking at my leaky heater valve. Originally I replaced the heater valve with a plastic valve form a VW. In theory it...
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Better Coolant Circulation For #4 Cylinder
Charles Durning's Journal -- Off With Their Heads Part 2 I tried my best to avoid project creep when I had the head off of the Morris, but alas I gave in. If I recall correctly the BMC A and B engines...
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Coolant Seepage Between Head And Block
Charles Durning's Journal -- Off With Their Heads Part 1 The other day I noticed that the water seep between the head and block on Donna’s Morris Minor had gotten noticeably worse. It wasn’t bad yet...
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Possible Replacement For The Oil Hard Line
Charles Durning's Journal -- This is just a thought. This can be refined into a much cleaner application if someone wants to take this farther. I have seen a number of threads about oil hose clutter...
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MGB Front Sub Frame Modification
Charles Durning's Journal -- What Were They Thinking I often wonder just what the engineers were thinking when they designed some of the aspects of our beloved MGBs. Now don’t get me wrong, I think as...
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RU4410 Mod To Keep From Falling Off
Charles Durning's Journal -- As you may know there has been some chatter on MGE about the RU4410 air filters falling off. That has not happened to me but ClayJ says it has happened to him. I suggested...
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Cure For Bachelor's Lean
Charles Durning's Journal -- My 74 CBB GT had a bachelor's lean. Replacing all 4 springs and the cross member pads did not offer a solution. In the end I installed an 1/8" shim in the left upper spring...
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Ignition Wire Separator
Charles Durning's Journal -- I wanted to get the ignition wires cleaned up on the Morris. I used a "Roadkill zip tie moment" as inspiration. It's cheap and easy. <wire separater>Posted 2021-08-06...
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Interesting Distributor Cap Problem
Charles Durning's Journal -- Interesting Distributor Cap Problem or How a Simple Problem Can Snowball First let me say I’m a set it and forget it kind of guy. A few years ago I changed the distributor...
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Better Routing For Hose Without An Oil Cooler
Charles Durning's Journal -- I always thought the the factory hose for engines without an oil cooler was not well thought out. This is an experiment to see if a better routing could be done....
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Handy Way To Remove Valve Springs
Charles Durning's Journal -- The Correct Tool for the Job So what do you do when there may be a better solution than the available correct tool? Make your own correct tool. Case in point. In a few...
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Handy Engine Lift Bracket
Charles Durning's Journal -- I needed to pull the engines out of both my Morris and my CBB GT. The "L" brackets for the equalizer that came with my engine hoist like to bend the long rocker studs. This...
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A Better Clutch Alignment Tool
Charles Durning's Journal -- Made this tool by cutting the gear off of a transmission 1st motion shaft. Then I welded a nut to the shaft and added a bolt for control. <IMG 1595>Posted 2022-11-09...
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Axle Install Tool
Charles Durning's Journal -- The purpose of the tool is to apply even pressure on the outer race of the axle bearing while installing. This avoids beating on the end of the axle or beating directly on...
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Easy Betson Bolt
Charles Durning's Journal -- In this case I modified a manifold washer. It works the treat. I tapped the hole in the washer to accept a 10mm bolt. You can also use a 3/8" bolt. 10mm is just what I had...
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Morris Minor Rear Axle Filler Location
Charles Durning's Journal -- This subject comes up often. Here is where the rear axle filler is licated. <filler location><perspective>Posted 2023-04-28 07:40:01 by charles durning
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Longer 1/2-20 Studs For WW Or Front Disc Conversion
Charles Durning's Journal -- As has been advised in the past, the only longer wheel studs for the Wire wheel to bolt on with the WW rear axle was the 12mm ARP 100-7708 stud. If the owner wanted to have...
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Do-nut Donut Spare Wheel And Tire That Fits MGB
Charles Durning's Journal -- I've been putting off finding a spare wheel that would fit my car. My issue is my Rostyle spare wheel won't fit over my front brake conversion, but my 14" Minitor wheels...
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B Series Water Bypass
Charles Durning's Journal -- On MG Experience there have been some discussions about the availability for a correct thermostat for our MGB engines. The originally available thermostat had a blocking...
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A Simple Job Snowballs
Charles Durning's Journal -- I’ve known about damaged valve guide seals on my MGB for quite some time now. The engine was running great so I chose to ignore the problem for the past 10 years. With AR24...
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New 12H2709 Cylinder Head Evaluation
Charles Durning's Journal -- New 12H2709 Cylinder Head Evaluation The 18V engine in my 74 MGB GT was in need for a cylinder head replacement. The heads that I had available were either cracked or prone...
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A+ Timing Chain Tensioner On A B Series Engine
Charles Durning's Journal -- A+ Series tensioner on a B Series engine As we all know the development of the B Series engines pretty much stopped with the 18V engines. However, the development of the A...
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