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Friday, December 25, 2009

Happy Holidays!


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This website is mainly being written to help other MG enthusiasts do things on their cars. The car this blog is on is a 1977 MGB kept in Maryland (where it has been most of its life).

Look under 'Discussed Topics' below to find all entries on a specific topic.

A bullet in green at the beginning of each article details the work being discussed in that entry. Purple indicates what was resolved doing this.

Click on the 'My MGB' logo on top of the page to see the latest entries.

Don't see what you're looking for? Leave comments and questions if you need more help, or follow a link from the 'Technical info' section below to other enthusiast sites. Alternatively you could also send me a message.

Discussed Topics

  • air filter (1)
  • bearings (1)
  • brakes (3)
  • carburettor (3)
  • cooling (4)
  • electrical (2)
  • emissions (1)
  • exhaust (3)
  • external links (3)
  • fuel filter (1)
  • idle (3)
  • ignition (3)
  • lights (1)
  • lock (2)
  • oil (2)
  • overheating (3)
  • performance (4)
  • roof (1)
  • seat (1)
  • spark plugs (1)
  • storage (1)
  • temperature sending unit (2)
  • thermostat (1)
  • timing (2)
  • treehugger (1)
  • tyres (1)
  • valve cover gasket (1)
  • video (2)
  • weber (3)

Car Freak

Arun Luykx hates mechanics, almost as much as he hates hatch-backs and diesel cars. For this reason he now works on cars on his own. Naturally, having no formal mechanical training, this often leads to complications. With this blog he tries to help others avoid the same problems he encountered. His two cars, a 1977 MGB and a 1994 Jaguar XJS, keep him more than busy on the weekends.

Technical info and blogs

  • University Motors Technical Videos
  • 1977 MGB: Convenient list of other MG blogs, on an MG blog
  • My MG: nice page with MGB stats and history. Also has some technical guides with pictures
  • Inca Yellow: The most professional MG blog I've ever seen!

MG stores

  • BelMetric: For those hard to find nuts and bolts
  • The B Hive: Check out their deals section
  • Brit-Tek: Performance MG parts (get a catalogue!)
  • Keys 4 Classics: Great service for getting keys made
  • Rock Auto: My first choice on any car parts
  • Moss Motors
  • Victoria British

Classics

  • ►  2011 (1)
    • ►  June (1)
  • ►  2010 (4)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  March (2)
  • ▼  2009 (22)
    • ▼  December (1)
      • Happy Holidays!
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  August (3)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2008 (19)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (5)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (6)

Work done

  • 4/8/09 Oil change - Castrol GTX 20W50
  • May-June/09 Rebuilt and recalibrated carburettor
  • 10/5/09 New exhaust system
  • 26/4/09 Adjusted timing
  • 5/4/09 Replaced rear wheel cylinders
  • 23/3/09 Changed front brakes and rotors
  • 8/3/09 Change spark plugs and wires
  • 2/3/09 Clean/replace fuses - lights started working
  • 2/11/08 Replaced fuel filter (111k)
  • 26/10/08 New tyres (P185/70 14)
  • 20/10/08 Coolant flushed (50/50; 111k)
  • 19/10/08 Refitted passenger seat
  • 12/10/08 Patched up roof
  • 11/10/08 Drilled out and replaced gas cap
  • 14/9/08 Replaced temperature sending unit
  • 1/9/08 Replaced thermostat and associated gasket
  • 1/9/08 Coolant flushed (75% water; 111k)
  • 31/8/08 Replaced accessory belt
  • 31/8/08 Changed oil (Castrol 10W-30; 111k miles)
  • 31/8/08 Replaced valve cover gasket

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All content of this website remains property of Arun Luykx. Any advice followed is AT YOUR OWN RISK. The author cannot be held responsible for anything going wrong by following his advice or instructions. This is mainly meant as a reference guide. All work done to your car, ever, should be done by a trained professional. This website does not intend to provide any legal or business council, and should not be used as such.

IP laws are bullcrap, however I do appreciate getting credit for good work. All photography on this page remains property of Arun Luykx, but may be reused assuming proper references are used (and not used towards profit gain). Please let me know when reusing anything, and display the following when reusing any images from this page: Arun Luykx, mymgb.blogspot.com, 2010. None of the content of this page may be used for any form of revenue generation, anywhere other than in outer space -at that point, if you've really gone to all that trouble, then yes by all means use it. This includes all forms of publications to be sold. So, basically, just follow the GNU public license.

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This site is in no way affiliated with whatever remains of the Leyland Motors brand (and certainly not of the BS Chinese company that slaughtered the name).