What did you do today?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Dunno what the special tool is.

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18G 1001: A screwdriver and a hammer.

[64A60]

The A55 is back on the road at last. Following the HGF me and a mate decoked the Head and replaced the Gasket but I ended up having to farm the oil change out to a garage due to the awful position of the Filter. Have been doing some local bombing around and attended a couple of evening old car gatherings at the pub where I met some friends of the previous deceased owner who were happy to see it again. If I decide to hang onto it I've found someone in the owner's club willing to rewire the car as the original loom is tatty in places and also get quotes for a stainless exhaust as the old Earlpart stock is now gone.

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[mercrocker]

Those oil filters are a pillock on the Austins owing to the chassis design. Bloke in our local motor factors was a BMC apprentice and spent the best part of 2 days getting one to seal in his early days. He reckoned the gaffer told him to just wipe the filter bowl with a petrol rag and mark it off on the job card! Nice to see it on the road again - shame about the Coventry interloper in the pic!

[SiC]

Almost all of the Earlparts stock I believe got bought up by Longbridge Motor Spares
https://longbridgemotorspares.co.uk/

[cros]

I've done nothing to the MGB body for 12 years but a look underneath yesterday revealed dried up underseal. It scraped off easily and I painted on the black stuff that remains waxy.

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The exhaust pipe is back on with a patch where it used to catch on the damper bolt.

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[paulplom]

Would anyone be interested in a thread on my mx-5?
July '89 and it's the oldest silver one in the country and 10th overall.

[Hooli]

Fire away, they are meant to be proper little sports cars. I tried one & couldn't get on with the seating position, but from what I've heard it sounded like a dodgy seat.

[LynehamHerc]

Me as well.

[paulplom]

I bought it a few months ago on the beige with no mot for £750. Cost £250 to have it transported up. Bunged it in and it passed with no advisories. I've done quite a bit of work to it including a full respray. It's standing me just over 2k now.
I'll start a thread when I get a bit more time.

[LynehamHerc]

That respray must have been cheap.
Mates rates?