tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157596141702705042011-11-27T16:27:40.488-08:00Valthunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146423100430400302noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815759614170270504.post-38014717600209922062009-09-28T13:14:00.000-07:002009-09-28T13:20:27.136-07:00

This weekend we went out to have a look at the car. Mostly to get a list of what really needs to be done. You know besides getting it to work. Turns out that other than the motor it appears to be mostly all cosmetic. New lenses, some replacement screws, and a bit of paint and carpets. So how long will this take me. Well longer than I really want it too. Money is always an issue with these kinds

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Oh man the months have soared and summer is over. All with no progress on the car. To be fair things happened. Well things that aren't related to this car happened. I had two flats on the same tire on my bicycle. Which lead me to want to buy a second car. I also proposed to my girlfriend and well she said yes. So that means that we started to plan for the wedding. I also got frustrated with the

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This weekend resulted in a new tool and no pictures. I forgot the camera so the biggest change, the bumper removal is not archived. I will get them next week though. There was also a bit of disappointment as well.I went to Auto Zone to obtain a compression test kit in order to determine the compression in the car. I went online for instructions on how to do this. After some fiddling with the

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That's right. I have nothing to report this week. I took the weekend off for my birthday. Instead I went to Disneyland and rode a Segway. Then I spent the rest of the weekend playing video games and just generally lounging around. I did get some parts though. A latch plate for the armrest. So that I can repair that this coming weekend. As well as a guide so that it doesn't really shake a whole

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This week we had great plans. Mostly to drain the fuel and all the other fluids. We picked up a floor jack and 4 jack stands, a creeper cam with it too, how nice. It started off well, the creeper wouldn't go together nicely. A little force with a drill fixed that problem, as well as putting a hole in a brand new shop glove.Ensuring the chock's were in place I began to lift the back of the car. It

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The day finally came, we woke up at 6:30Am to leave at 7AM to drive out to Riverside. To start the day off right we went with a McDonald's breakfast (Sausage McMuffin w/ egg of coarse). Then the drive begins. Upon arrival we remove all the new tools and manuals from the back of the car and dump them into the garage. Then we put the key in the ignition to unlock the wheel and we push it out onto

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Over the next week as I was getting prepared to head out to start work on the car I began dreaming of what I wanted to do to this car. I looked over paint samples from various years of the British Leyland lines of cars. I viewed upgrade and replacement items from places like moss motors, a great resource for parts. I needed tools, so a trip to Sears was in order. Protective gear and safety

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On the last Friday of April I came accross a car for sale. The price was free, the user just wanted it off of their property. The car, well as the title indicates it was a 1976 MGB Roadster. Thinking about it for a few minutes I decided to jump on the opportunity. It didn't run and the pictures indicated the car was straight. So I sent an email to the best possible address I could find on the

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