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For now I’ve reassembled the dashboard so I can see how the paint looks after some exposure to the sun. When I come to do more work on the surround for the instruments I’ll also work on smoothing over the holes (they are far less obvious ...

]So… several years of work distractions later (a a few mechanical headaches thst took priority), I finally got around to this one.

Getting the wood panels off revealed greater horrors, particularly around the instruments. I took some more photos
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Doing some research I ...

That’s not the way round it normally works

Others will eventually pitch in who have better technical skills than I. I did spend the last summer though running down a slight drop in Revs so I understand the annoyance and pain you are about to go through.

First things first. Have you started or ...

To clarify - the engine is turning over? If it isn’t, then the culprit is a non-working Starter Solenoid (or god forbid the engine is seized but let’s not go there)

From your description, I’m guessing the engine tries to turn over. The two things that stand out for me…

1) You’ve switched out the ...

Are you documenting with pictures. Any chance we can get a look?

Merry Christmas!

Impulse buying is understandable. But I would urge anyone to avoid eBay or any other purchase where you haven’t seen and driven the car first.

At the end of the day, you need your MGB to have a sound body shell and a viable engine Neither.of those things can be assessed by photograph and repairs to ...

Welcome to the Forum!

I’m afraid I’m not from your neck of the woods, and drive the soft top variant of the MGB to boot. But my suggestion is you make contact with your local MG Car Club Centre and arrange to join one of the regular “natters” that are held. MGB’s are pretty ubiquitous so you should ...

Just to follow up on Ian’s point about hidden corrosion….

I bought myself a 4mm diameter endoscope and was able to get its camera into every box area or difficult to view area of the bar. It took several days, my neighbours thought I was insane, but I did manage to see whether there was rust damage ...

Ian F wrote: Tue Oct 07, 2025 9:48 am Wasn't there a reply from Allan here yesterday?

Perhaps I was dreaming?

Ian F

There was. He responded to Mike /Bumpa’s point then talked about how his car had pasted MoT’s despite a modification he’d made.

I can’t see the post either.

Ian, Mike, thanks for the thoughts on this. I took the car on a 25 mile drive this evening listening to the noises it makes. Turns out there are two noises.

The is a high pitch ringing / singing sound I’m inclined to agree with Ian is a lost fastener in a boxed off space. I know of at least one nut ...