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Re: Road Trip: The Spring Thaw in My Father's 1967 MGB
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2015, 09:48:19 am »
Triumphs all had mechanical pumps as well with the samr carbs. Biggest problem with that was getting them to start after sitting for awhile, it takes a lot of cranking for those tiny little pumps to fill the fuel bowls enough to feed the carbs. The MG fuel pumps, while failure prone, really helped the starting process, and are really simple to replace/rebuid. If it's not obvious, my preference is for the electric pumps.
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Re: Road Trip: The Spring Thaw in My Father's 1967 MGB
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2015, 02:58:47 pm »
Quote from: Snowman on May 04, 2015, 09:44:41 pm
Brendan is great, he won't be here much longer.

Why? What's going on? WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD? ;)
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Re: Road Trip: The Spring Thaw in My Father's 1967 MGB
« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2015, 05:56:50 pm »
Quote from: jman72 on May 04, 2015, 09:37:10 pm
Excellent writing and photos  :bow:

We need an event like this in Ontario

Interesting, I know one of the organizers of the event in the story, Dave Hord.  We rallied similar Audi 90 quattros a few years back.  He gave me a great deal on a stainless muffler.

I've also owned an MG Midget with a troublesome fuel pump, if you didn't hear it thumpetythump when starting you had to reach under the car with something and whack it, then all was well.
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Re: Road Trip: The Spring Thaw in My Father's 1967 MGB
« Reply #23 on: May 07, 2015, 06:23:28 pm »
^^ sprites  and many Morris Minors were that way...the pump was located just right for a careful kick.
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Re: Road Trip: The Spring Thaw in My Father's 1967 MGB
« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2015, 09:01:47 pm »
This was a great article, and on roads I have driven many a time.

The one taken on the "wrong" side, 5A at Stump Lake, what were you passing?  One of those pesky 2CV's or Traction-Avant's?  Nice open road ahead of you.  Be assured the rain is not usual at that elevation of the Nicola Valley.

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Re: Road Trip: The Spring Thaw in My Father's 1967 MGB
« Reply #25 on: May 08, 2015, 08:21:39 am »
Quote from: Trainman on May 07, 2015, 09:01:47 pm
This was a great article, and on roads I have driven many a time.

The one taken on the "wrong" side, 5A at Stump Lake, what were you passing?  One of those pesky 2CV's or Traction-Avant's?  Nice open road ahead of you.  Be assured the rain is not usual at that elevation of the Nicola Valley.



Taken out the back window, actually - I should find out what kind of plastic polish my dad used, as it did a great job on cleaning that back window.
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