This MGA has come to use from New York State for engine and gearbox repairs, as well as some other little items -- such as the dent in the bodywork to the rear of the left rear wheel as shown below.
But first we went through the "Complete Lubrication." Here it is on the hoist while its cousins have had to suffer a cold day in the Michigan out-of-doors.
12/27/05
Soon we had the engine out
And then had the engine disassembled.
01/03/06
Oooh! What horrid cam followers! The rest of the engine did not look so bad -- but it is ALL apart and now at CD machine shop for a bore, if necessary, crankshaft grinding, align boring, camshaft bearings fitted. block cleaning, and a complete re-do of the cylinder head.
01/04/06
Disassembly of the gearbox yielded parts as badly worn as those in the engine! Here the first gear shows off it's unsightly teeth!
This gearbox is early enough not to have a front seal -- just a scroll thread which may have worked satisfactorily "then" but with the damage to the thread and the years of wear -- well, we'll fit a standard rubber seal front cover!
01/06/06
Curt got everything cleaned up, Lisa got the new parts, and it's nearly all back together. On Monday we'll surface and grind the selectors which we had to weld up to account for pretty dramatic wear.
