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Mark JonesMember ID: Mark Jones
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Member Journal – Mark's Mgbgt Adventure
There are 25 total entries in this Journal.
Bye, Bye MGBGT
Posted on: Friday May 27, 2011
Today my GT left with its new owners. After 13 yrs of ownership I said goodbye. I once thought I would never sell the GT, and maybe I was foolish to have sold it, but I have replaced it with a 1995 MGF.
Disassembly
Posted on: Friday December 3, 2010
Wednesday, November 30 I took out the dash and gauges last night so that I could get at the centre support, which was fitted oddly. I tell you, this car's wiring harness was cut and spliced everywhere. I'm glad I have a replacement. It turned out the centre support was never bolted in at the top (no surprise). Out came the support and then the carpet over the gearbox tunnel and the cardboard gearbox tunnel itself. And there is sand everywhere in this car; even up in behind the dash. I...
I Hate The Smell Of Gas
Posted on: Wednesday November 24, 2010
Tonight I started draining the Mk3's cooling system. It's radiator has a stop-cock on it so it makes it easy to drain. I was draining for a while and decided to jack up the rear end to get more coolant out. All of a sudden I start smelling gas. The line going to the fuel pump is spilling gas. I thought I had got the vast majority of the gas out of the tank from the last spill a couple weeks ago. Well this time I am going to make sure there is no more gas in the car by removing the gas...
Newest Arrival: 1970 Spitfire Mk 3
Posted on: Thursday March 11, 2010
Last fall my neighbour told me that he has a Spitfire in the mezzanine at his shop and that it has been sitting there for three years. After buying the car he decided that the car wasn’t for him (too small) and that it also needed a lot of body work to make it safe to drive. Just before Christmas my neighbour tells me that the car is mine if I want it. Being just a little bit smart a say that I have to see the car first. So he takes me to his shop and there is this Spitfire sitting...
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| 2007-12-18 | triumph | An Easy Way to Siphon Gas | Carburetors and Fuel | 2 |
