Gil Dupre

Member ID: GILMGA

Member Status: Gold Member

Chattanooga, TN, USA

Member Since: 2006-11-08
Home Site: The MG Experience

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Website: s168.photobucket.com

Last Login: 2012-02-06 15:14:22

I HAVE OWNED MGS SINCE 1965 MY FIRST BEING A 1961 MGA WHICH I DROVE DAILY TO WORK AT CAPE KENNEDY. I WAS WORKING ON THE APOLLO MISSION.I ADDED A 1962 MK11 MGA IN 1975 WHICH I RESTORED GROUND UP. I HAVE ALSO HELPED MANY MGA'S AND MGB'S MOSTLY FOR MY FRIENDS AND CLUB MEMBERS IN MY 45 YEARS OF LOVING MG'S. TWO OF MY KIDS HAD MGB'S DURING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DAYS. I ALSO HAD A 51TD THAT I PARTIALLY RESTORED BUT SOLD THIS PAST YEAR. I ALSO SOLD MY FIRST MGA SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I STILL HAVE THE 1962 MGA MK11 AND JUST RECENTLY ACQUIRED A 74 1/2 MGBGT WITH ORIGINAL PAINT, INTERIOR AND 49,700 MILES ON IT. http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u169/gilmga/ www.southernbritishcarclub.org

Gil Dupre's Vehicle Registry

1962 MG MGA
GHNL2108923

1974 MG MGB GT
GHD5UE364487G

2 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 119,573 mi (192,434 km) -- Average age: 1968

Member Journal – GILBERT DUPRE's Journal

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Clutch Rattle

Posted on: Wednesday March 2, 2011

Engine is out and inspected wear of release bearing. The carbon was worn down inside the arm casting so the arm was rubbing against the outside of the clutch pressure plate operating face causing the rattle. Also one of the bearing retainer clips was not in the proper place for retaining the bearing probably causing it to wear un even. The operating arm pivot bolt shows signs of wear so i will replace it and the bushing inside the arm. I plan on using a roller bearing throwout to eliminate the...

Clutch Rattle

Posted on: Sunday February 27, 2011

When depressing the clutch peddle almost to the floor, I get a rattling sound. At the advice of this forum I need to change the clutch and thowout bearing. Of course this requires the removal of the engine. Since Wednesday I have been removing all the junk needed to free up the engine. I elected to remove the engine only. I may be sorry later. 1. Disconnect battery. 2. Drain water and disconnect oil, fuel,water , ac lines 3. Remove carburators and manifold 4. Remove radiator and AC conden...

Moss Tourist Trophy MGA Exhaust P/N 454-879

Posted on: Wednesday September 1, 2010

I had the luck of the draw to be selected to install and evaluated the Moss Tourist Trophy MGA polished stainless steel exhaust. This is a 3 piece system for shipping purposes.A front pipe connects to the exhaust manifold flange, a rear pipe that has the midlle hanger bracket and the muffler. This is a highly polished to a mirror finish almost to pretty to put under a car. It can be installed with existing hangers and one extra clamp. I recommend purchasing new hanging hardware. I took a cou...

Back On The Road

Posted on: Sunday July 4, 2010

In my previous journals I was discussing the noise I had in my MKII differential, what I found and my course of action. I had never tackled this and the factory manual required a bunch of gages and measurement. First I noted where the pinion gears meshed and by feel the backlash between the two. Then I took the caps off the differential carrier bearings and marked which side eachl cap fot its original side. Since I didnt have the special tools I used my engineering training. As I took each beari...

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Articles by Gil Dupre

Date	Site	Title	Category	Comments
2010-05-13	mgb	Converting the Center Fresh Air Ducts for A/C	Service:Cooling and Heating
2007-02-10	mgb	Checking the Starting Circuit	Service:Electrical and Instruments