Hi Steve, thanks for the dimensions. Mine ended up being in almost the same place. Avoiding my turn signal switch, relay and flasher left me little options. As I expected its fairly well obscured by the steering wheel. As it's really just a novelty item and not engine safety it probably doesn't matt...

Thanks for the replies. My lack of flexibility is making it hard to get under the dash. Just feeling through the speedo hole I find a lot of thick bracing and just a little area of thin dash. There is also the speedo lighting fixture in the way. Steve, do you have any measurements of where your gaug...

I'm starting to think about installing the Jaeger vacuum/boost gauge I was gifted by my wife. I'd like to see any other installs to determine where to drill. If you have any dimensions or detailed pictures please post them. I've got some bits in the way such as a turn signal toggle switch I'll need ...

Thanks for the suggestion, Carl. After a very interesting experience in an MGA many years ago I think I'll leave the
secondary spring in place. If I could add 3 or 4 more return springs I might do it.
But it may come down to replacing the shaft spring with something else.

Dave

Thanks Lindi, Looks like a good working setup. The stock Moss installation doesn't leave much room on the inner side of the carb. I've got an idea of something that may work. I'll try it tomorrow. I've attached a picture of the current Moss arrangement. Since they used basically an MGA H4 carb they ...

Hi Lindi,

I would like to see what you made. The lack of slow running is an annoyance.

Regards,
Dave

Well, the blower is installed and running well. The 1/8 vacuum port is a bit small limiting airflow. The Wagner PCV wants at least 3/8 so I'll have to work around that. But I miss my slow running control. Has anyone rigged up a fast idle mechanism?

Thanks.

Yet another question. I'm waiting for the Moss supercharger to arrive so I have nothing to look at. Is there a source of manifold vacuum for my PCV system? If not I suppose I could add a tap.

Thanks,
Dave

Thanks all for the information. I have the Moss supercharger on order and it should be here Friday. My confusion on the install is that Moss based the instruction on a TD and made no mention of the TC. But that was only in the instructions downloaded from Moss US. Moss Europe has a later version tha...

I was looking at the install instructions for their supercharger kit and it is based on a TD. I assume someone has done an install on a TC. The front plate and engine mount is quite different between the two. Any difficulties installing the front mount and tensioner? Choke cable routing? Anything el...

Thanks for the info. I've since learned that a 1076 works well. I learned something new in that I didn't know some bayonet lamps have the base electrically isolated. I always assumed the the base was a "ground" of some sort. The 1076 must be getting obsolete as only one of the five auto stores near ...

OK, here's an oddball question. Anyone know a lucas part number for the bulb used in a Butlers 866 trouble lamp? It would have something like an 1156s symmetric pins but with two pads. The base would not be connected at all. Current would pass between the two pads leaving the body of the lamp isolat...

I've got a very slow leak at the right rear brake backing plate. Over several days a single drop of gear oil will hang from the plate. When I pulled the drum off it was bone dry inside so I assume the seals are fine and the leak is outside the brake assembly. Is it possible for a leak to form where ...

Hi John, Bingo! Changing the damper oil to 20 weight appears to have solved my issue. Now when I drop the throttle the rpm drops just a bit below the idle point and rapidly recovers. I assume this is just a bit of overshoot. Of course, with the TC tach I know the exact RPM 2 seconds ago. I had gener...

Hi John,

Thanks for the damper oil tip. I'm sure there's 20-50 in there now. I'll dump it out tomorrow and try with straight 20.
When you said wax as the better lube for the bowden cable were you referring to something like candle wax or something more industrial?

I've been running the TC in the garage for a bit and ran into the following situation. Engine running, up to temperature, idle very stable at around 850, sounds smooth. Rapidly blip the throttle to 3K or so and let off. Engine rpm drops way below idle and generally stalls. Maybe 1 out of 5 times it ...

Where are you located? I may be interested in your non T series CSI.

Oh well, photos show for me. Google photos of MG-TC and MGA dizzys and compare the shafts. See which one looks like yours. They will be different.

Ray, This is a picture of two distributors in my garage. The one on the left is my TC original and the right is from my MGA. The shaft on your CSI should look like the one on the left. I've also edited this reply. I think you need the original clamp and possibly a spacer. These set the depth that th...

Thank you for the confirmation. Feel a lot better about things now. If it wasn't normal I had no idea about how to fix it. I hadn't considered oil but I've not run it long enough. Oddly, oil was my biggest issue. When the blower was rebuilt in New Zealand some years ago they put the oil seal between...