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Rear Seal Conversion For A Series Engines Part 2
Charles Durning's Journal -- When installing the rear seal conversion I discovered a couple of new challenges. Because my original cam had a pin drive for the oil pump, the original oil pump would not...
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Rear Seal Conversion For A Series Engines Part 1
Charles Durning's Journal -- Gerards Garage rear seal conversion Before the crank was in the block I thought it best to investigate the rear oil seal conversion. The parts in the kit are the results of...
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Fixing A Floppy Shift Knob
Charles Durning's Journal -- [b]Fixing a Floppy Shift Knob[b] The rubber bushing in the shift knob of Donna’s Morris was just plain warn out. The rubber insert in the shift knob that was supposed to...
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Opening Pandora's Box
Charles Durning's Journal -- [b]Opening Pandora’s Box[/b] Ever since I purchased my 74 MGB GT the engine has had a strange running issue, a slow idle when warm. I mostly ignored that issue and when the...
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5 Years Later And The DIY Vented Front Conversion Still Works Well
Charles Durning's Journal -- It's been 5 years since I first proposed this DIY vented front disc conversion. The point of this conversion is to get vented front brakes without gaining additional...
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3 Similar Cars, 3 Different Solutions A Learning Experience
Charles Durning's Journal -- On the way back from Glore’s May gathering, Bro Clay shucked a blade off of the engine cooling fan on his MGB. The good thing is the incident happened while he was idling...
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Modine Do-Nut Heat Eschanger Oil Cooler
Charles Durning's Journal -- Get Rid of the Oil Cooler and Clean Up the Engine Bay After reading numerous posts about problems with the factory MG oil cooler and attendant hoses I decided that...
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Rear Disc Brake Images For MGB
Charles Durning's Journal -- These are images of my rear disc brake conversion for the MGB using common, currently available parts. This conversion saves 18lbs of unsprung weight off of the rear axle....
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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