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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:14 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: Wiring loom protection
- Replies: 3
- Views: 123
Re: Wiring loom protection
I don't have the lengths, but the conduit can be installed after the fact. As I recall a couple of pieces must be taken apart, the stuff is like a spiral bound notebook and hooks together as it is wound around the loom. It is a bit tricky but can be done as that is how I put it on my loom. Some need...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:05 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: TC Front End Improvements-Handling
- Replies: 30
- Views: 633
Re: TC Front End Improvements-Handling
Mark, I have to tell you that my TC prior to increasing the toe to 1/2" did NOT go straight as an arrow. Now I didn't expect it be like my Miata but hoped it to be at least as drivable as my Morgan. That changed when I increased the toe and it was quite Miata like after that. Not at all surprised th...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:40 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: TC Front End Improvements-Handling
- Replies: 30
- Views: 633
Re: TC Front End Improvements-Handling
Mark, I have been suggesting increasing the toe to 1/2" for years after I read it in the manual and tried it myself. A couple people have done it, Norman Verona (Frenchblatter for one) and had good results also, yet the same complaints about poor TC directional stability are still mentioned regularl...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:09 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: TC Front End Improvements-Handling
- Replies: 30
- Views: 633
Re: TC Front End Improvements-Handling
Mark, the tire wear was not excessive, now I did tend to rotate my tires with some regularity. When you are driving a couple thousand miles a year, well it isn't a particular problem. I restored my TC and the steering box was not worn with a lot of free play, the TC just sort of had a mind of its ow...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:16 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: TC Front End Improvements-Handling
- Replies: 30
- Views: 633
Re: TC Front End Improvements-Handling
Before you go to all the trouble of changing this and that, set the toe in to 1/2" as the prewar cars were set. I did so years ago and it was transformational.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:34 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: Best Timber Parts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 368
Re: Best Timber Parts
Many years ago, I built a new tub for TC2911 now gone to a new home and missed. I am not really a wood worker and have very little skill in that direction and my major woodworking tool is a jig saw if that tells you anything. I did make a few of the straight pieces for the side curtain compartment a...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:43 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: Paint Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 147
Re: Paint Question
I paint my timbers with a nice thick coat of oil-based paint to add some attempt at preserving them from rot. Prior to this some wood preservative and urethane. And of course, you are correct they are covered either with sheet metal or trim and really aren't visible for the most part. When I spray t...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:17 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: What's it like to live with a MGTC?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 834
Re: What's it like to live with a MGTC?
Well spoken Robert and you made the correct decision. I owned my TC for 20 years, restored it from the ground up, and drove it almost twenty thousand miles. It was bog standard for the most part, no five speed, no higher geared rear end, no VW steering box, standard brakes etc. etc. and set up prope...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: Oil catchment tray
- Replies: 4
- Views: 639
Re: Oil catchment tray
Because the pan gaskets and the front seal are usually not the problem, it is the rear slinger that causes the major leak that this thing was designed to remedy as a stop gap band aid measure.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:29 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: Parts needed for TC 7801
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1170
Re: Parts needed for TC 7801
I had mine chrome plated, the cost of silvering was quite high, and it really doesn't last all that well. I ran them with the standard bulbs, and they were adequate, now I can't compare performance to what a silvered reflector was because my car came with sealed beams. The reality is that my nightti...
Re: ‘48 MG TC
I would agree with Mark, TC2911 had some remnants of dull thin black paint in various places on some of the original timbers particularly around the firewall which had never been removed. I notice on your car there is some black paint showing around the edges of the red which looks the same as what ...
- Sat Sep 02, 2023 2:09 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: Front fender mounting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11615
Re: Front fender mounting
Yes, turn the bolts around................
- Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:17 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: Heat soak/Vapour lock - advice please
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4562
Re: Heat soak/Vapour lock - advice please
TC2911 never overheated and it was only heat soak on fairly warm days, the car was black by the way which didn't help matters I am sure. Louvering the bonnet was something that I was definitely not going to do. Our petrol was 10% ethanol and eventually I learned to live with it and just pulled the c...
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:10 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: Heat soak/Vapour lock - advice please
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4562
Re: Heat soak/Vapour lock - advice please
I had the same problem with TC2911. As I used this car regularly and filled the tank several times a month the problem was not old petrol. It could have been caused by ethanol as that is all we have here for the most part. I had spacers under the carbs, a coated exhaust manifold and made up a little...
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:53 pm
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: TC wing piping question.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2840
Re: TC wing piping question.
Ray, believe me TC2911 was a running shed when I bought it, fiberglass rear wings, body tub made of bondo and roof flashing, some of the timbers were grafted to pine, etc etc.
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:47 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: TC wing piping question.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2840
Re: TC wing piping question.
Ray, when I restored TC2911 I used "TCs Forever" as my guide as best I could. I suspect it is as accurate as anything could have been at the time and probably still is. Philosophically I didn't want to impart what I thought or what anyone else interpreted as looking better than the photos and instru...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:28 pm
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: TC wing piping question.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2840
Re: TC wing piping question.
Oh that.......just good old acrylic lacquer, no base coat clear, fancy urethane, etc. Shot out in my drive way piece by piece, hand sanded and buffed.......
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:34 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: TC wing piping question.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2840
Re: TC wing piping question.
Ray, if you mean does the piping have a chrome wrap finish? Absolutely not, it is black, and you are seeing reflection. Yes, there is a gap and I believe that to be the way they were done.
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 2:28 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: TC wing piping question.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2840
Re: TC wing piping question.
Like this..........
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:31 am
- Forum: TABC Chat
- Topic: Thinking of adding this to my stable
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6217
Re: Thinking of adding this to my stable
Ultimately it comes down to what incorrect parts you are willing to accept on a vehicle like this. The engine is a fairly important piece, is that a deal breaker or is the improvement worth it? The FT576 lamp didn't come out till the mid 50's, is it "appropriate" or just incorrect for the vehicle? Y...