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Little Winter Projects
Created on 2007-12-18 20:11:04
Its getting to be the time of year I take on little winter projects in the garage. Its been blowing and snowing pretty good this week, and my garage is pretty nice to work in. I replaced the stock valve cover with an alloy valve cover from The Roadster Factory last February. The alloy valve cover has a straight vent pipe the same diameter as the inner breather hose diameter, with no restriction. I read on a post here a week or so ago that there needs to be a small restriction in the vent from the valve cover on my mark of MGB. I hadn't noticed any drivability problems, but the factory vent pipe only has a hole about 3/32. So I cut a slot in the vent pipe outlet, and slid in a small fender washer with a small hole, about 1/8. I filed the washer to fit the inner and outer contours of the pipe and fastened it in place with JB weld. Its not going anywhere and will restrict airflow reasonably close to stock. We'll see if there is any noticeable effect on driving or vacuum next spring.
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Alloy valve cover
Alloy valve cover
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Party | 2007-12-09 | 1 | The Western New York Centre MG Car Club held its annual Holiday party last night and we had 96 members attend. good food, talk and fun. The activities chair of Brooks and Gayle S... | |
| Asleep For The Winter | 2007-11-11 | 2 | Well I decided with frost on the ground and snow in the air last Wednesday that it was time to put the old girl to bed for the winter this year. I had the B out last weekend and i... | |
| Is This Really Fall? | 2007-10-21 | I just got back from a beautiful top down ride in the MGB. I can't believe its 70 degrees in late October in Upstate New York. Incredible- so I have to enjoy it while I can. Not... | ||
| My Son's Motor | 2007-10-17 | 2 | While the weather begins to slip into fall mode soon to be winter, we have begun the inevitable work in the garage to finish projects or begin new ones. This time last year I burn... | |
| Mini Of Another Generation | 2007-10-17 | 1 | The MGB passed inspection earlier this month- as expected, so I've been motoring about in it as the weather and my travel plans at work allow. Interesting development of another k... | |
| Watkins Glen Vintage Grand Prix Festival 2007 | 2007-09-09 | 3 | I went to the 2007 Vintage Grand Prix Festival at Watkins Glen New York this weekend. The downtown area is closed off to regular traffic and there is a series of parade laps and t... | |
| Wayne Drumlins Car Show | 2007-08-20 | We had a prior committment, so our son Glenn took the MGB to the Wayne Drumlins car show Sunday. I've never been to that show although this year was the 30th anniversary. There we... | ||
| Cruisin' Along | 2007-08-18 | 1 | I took the MGB to the Log cabin cruise night Wednesday and there were hundreds of cars there. I tightened the muffler down pipe flange bolts over the weekend and the muffler situa... | |
| Muffler And Exhaust Part 2 | 2007-08-02 | 2 | Ok, so the first fix I did Tuesday night was an emergency one. A solid metal connection from the muffler to the frame under the seat results in massive vibrations when lifting you... | |
| Muffler Oops | 2007-07-31 | 2 | My wife and I took OUR MG to the Fairport village cruise night tonight, as the weather was beautiful, and we wanted to hear the live band and get a bite to eat there. Wouldn't you... |
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