Ricky
11th September 2003, 01:12
Hi all, hasnt it been a while!!
After leaving the MG standing up for a good 5/6 months, it was the final demise of the other love of my life and the coincidental sourcing of another R series engine (from an HLS) that finally turned my attention back to the Maestro. The new engine's in, but I was just wondering if anyone can help on thses points:
1) I had a choice to use the close raton box of the MG or to use the far better condition box of the HLS, which I went for due to the need for relaxed cruising (the MG always seemed to be racing). However, the gear selection seems to have gone beserk, all shifting along to the left so that I have no reverse and first and second that I have to unlock (push down)! How do I get them all back where they should be? Will I need to get the whole linkage setup from the HLS so that everything runs smoothly? The linkages were far better in the HLS too, come to think of it....!!!
2) When we started it up today and it actually fired it was a relief, albeit very roughly. It then transpired that in my over-enthusiastic rebuild of the carbs, I had broken one of the vacuum adaptors in the carb which on the one hand allows air into the carb where it is not supposed to go, and secondly I can't set them up properly! Would this be a good reason for it not behaving quite as it should as concerns running roughly (it was blowing back up through the barrel in question quite a lot and popping on de-celeration, though we havent set the timing accurately or properly fitted the exhaust yet!!)
3) A purely cosmetic question, should I fit some Knight Rider lights to it in the airway in the front bumper? I'm undecided if this is a good idea or if it is infinitely tacky, I have a sneaking suspicion it is the latter!!
Thanks for any help, I can assure you it is needed!!
Ricky.
After leaving the MG standing up for a good 5/6 months, it was the final demise of the other love of my life and the coincidental sourcing of another R series engine (from an HLS) that finally turned my attention back to the Maestro. The new engine's in, but I was just wondering if anyone can help on thses points:
1) I had a choice to use the close raton box of the MG or to use the far better condition box of the HLS, which I went for due to the need for relaxed cruising (the MG always seemed to be racing). However, the gear selection seems to have gone beserk, all shifting along to the left so that I have no reverse and first and second that I have to unlock (push down)! How do I get them all back where they should be? Will I need to get the whole linkage setup from the HLS so that everything runs smoothly? The linkages were far better in the HLS too, come to think of it....!!!
2) When we started it up today and it actually fired it was a relief, albeit very roughly. It then transpired that in my over-enthusiastic rebuild of the carbs, I had broken one of the vacuum adaptors in the carb which on the one hand allows air into the carb where it is not supposed to go, and secondly I can't set them up properly! Would this be a good reason for it not behaving quite as it should as concerns running roughly (it was blowing back up through the barrel in question quite a lot and popping on de-celeration, though we havent set the timing accurately or properly fitted the exhaust yet!!)
3) A purely cosmetic question, should I fit some Knight Rider lights to it in the airway in the front bumper? I'm undecided if this is a good idea or if it is infinitely tacky, I have a sneaking suspicion it is the latter!!
Thanks for any help, I can assure you it is needed!!
Ricky.