Practically Classics Forum

Did you have to replace the interior or just use lots of flash to kill the mildew?

Used traffic film remover, it worked a treat

Back on topic now (for a while at least!!).
I wasn't happy with the way the car idled so I decided to balance the carbs, this showed no1 carb letting far to much air through, even with the idle screw all the way out so in went new spindles, butterflies, jets and needles. This transformed the way it ran and was money well spent

So I treated it to a new set of carpets. The floors and inner sills are mint and factory fresh much to my relief

There is no like button to click! I'll have to use a instead because that shot of the interior where you get a peek of the tartan with the plush new rugs is very appealing. I have TR7 envy, it is making me colour co-ordinated with your wedge.

Not sure a TR7 is to be envied! lol
To bring this up to date my latest problem has been a tapping from the top end of the engine, I suspected the timing chain or worn cam buckets but life is never that simple. It turns out the part I have arrowed in the next pic is a dowel (although it appears to be a stud with a nut on) and this has come loose bot of course it won't pull out.
The correct way to sort it is remove the chain and cam which will require a new chain kit, sprockets and dowel. As the dowels only function is to hold the chain assembly in place to aid removal of the cylinder head I'm considering welding the dowel to the sprocket to secure it.
I know its a bit of a bodge but at worst it will scrap the sprocket and dowel off which will need changing anyway if I decide to do a full strip down so nothing lost? Opinions please!

That's not meant to be there when the engine's running! The sprocket is intended to be clamped to the bracket that comes up from the crankcase by one of the same screws that hold [the sprocket] to the camshaft, the thread in the sprocket should match these two screws.
If I can find a non-destructive way of getting my original, dealership methods book for the slant under the printer to take a scan then I will as that makes it much less complex than I just did!

Well the TR7 has gone up for sale so to cheer myself up I've treated my old MG to a full stainless steel exhaust and decat

TR7 now sold and has been exported to Germany

damn! hope you got a good price. what are you replacing it with??