Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A few years ago we had a 79 MGB. Fortunately all the pollution crap including the cat convertor and single throat carb had been replaced by a header/low restriction exhaust and weber double barrel down draft carb, so it ran great. In rural Ohio we are not subject to pollution inspection (though it probably ran cleaner than if the old pollution controls were still in place). Unlike other's experiences, the only problem with Lucas electric was the fuse box connections and tail light connections which needed to be lightly sanded on occasion. I miss that car! Rob McClure On Apr 7, 2007, at 7:53 AM, Brian Ampolsk wrote: > Well, Lucas was certainly part of the problem... but NOT the whole > problem. I bought a new MGB in 1977. It was the first model with > catalytic converter. What a disaster!!! the so-called engineers had > apparently cut 8 or 10 inches out of the exhaust and stuck in a > catalytic converter. Well, that screwed up the balance of the > exhaust system so that it pulled against the manifold creating space, > and then cracking the exhaust manifold. In three miserable years, I > went through three exhaust manifolds and four complete exhaust > systems. When I finally traded the beast in 1980 for a volvo, it > needed exhaust system number 5. Now, there had been a recall on this. > What MG did was to insert a piece of asbestos between the exhaust > system and the manifold. of course, that also came loose. And, > this was only one problem... imagine my surprise when on the > Schuykill Expy stuck in traffic, my car started to overheat... well > (and this may indeed have been Lucas), it turns out that the radiator > fans (there were two) were electrically driven and thermostatically > controlled. Anyway, the fuses had the wonderful attribute of blowing > in traffic. There was a vast array of other problems with this car. > It was my last british car. > > brian > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >