MG TA1932 in Germany - Blog - all problems and ...

[Franz Tenbrock]

The next step was to seal the damaged areas with solder.
Will that work?

I used acetone to remove the old paint
smoothed with sandpaper

the material is identical to tin cans
so you should be able to seal it with solder like you use for copper pipes
I looked in my boxes and found a special flux
it already contains small amounts of tin

Then I carefully heated the material with a small burner and gradually worked on the spots
I then did the rest with solder, as it is used in the electronics industry

then I used some sandpaper to smooth everything out
the result is amazing
I don't think you will see any of the damage after painting

I filled it with hot water
everything is tight

now I'm really happy with the weekend
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[Franz Tenbrock]

and the final result without painting

[cdrolshagen]

[Franz Tenbrock]

here a video from last year in Nideggen
there you can see wonderful cars and a wonderful nature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhRKnnQsUWE&t=39s

you will find a lot on facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3239015549713608/

[Franz Tenbrock]

MBC painted now and back in the car.
filled it half with silicone brake fluid as i had it before
will wait until tomorrow to see if all is dry, if so i can bleed the brakes
so i can spent the 500 Euros for other things

[Steve Simmons]

Nice work!

[Duncan M]

Franz-
I had a similar project almost 10 years ago. I needed to replace the actual cylinder. A person on Ebay had some of the cylinders available. To get the old cylinder out, and new cylinder in the can, I ended up replacing all of the solder--like you did.

[Franz Tenbrock]

Today we bled the brakes
now everything is in order again
we took off the wheels and brake drums to bleed the rear brakes
and I had a look at the brakes
everything is fine
no oil

happy

now i have to renew the shower in the cellar

[Franz Tenbrock]

wonderful evening 27 degrees blue sky
so I set off in the car
5 km from the house I filled up with petrol
drove off again to do my evening lap
200 metres and suddenly no more power
I pulled the car over to the side of the road
opened the bonnet to see what was wrong
all the cables were fine
???
idea
I took my old inspection lamp and plugged it into the socket on the dashboard
no light
no power!
ok
a 1965 Porsche stopped on the other side
we pushed the MG to the other side, it was much safer to work there
I went round the back to the battery, everything seemed fine, a light
at the front of the firewall I have a safety switch that lights up on both sides
opened my printed fuse box at the location of the regulator
there is a modern fuse there, one side lights up, the other doesn't
so I took it out and then connected the wires together
now I had ignition with power again and the TA started immediately
i love this old cars

i have heard that this fuses are not the best ones
this was the first time so i hope all wires are ok

most problems you can solve by yourself at the side of the street

[Franz Tenbrock]

perfect weather again today
first I changed the spring for the accelerator pedal
a softer spring the engine was just way too sensitive when I drove over a bad road

took the car for a 40-minute drive through the city
the car runs perfectly and the throttle response is now as it should be
the jerking is now gone

I cut open the old fuse with my angle grinder, it was actually defective
let's see what happens now, after the brisk drive the new fuse was cool and intact

what a fun to drive the car at a summer evening and 28 degrees

[Franz Tenbrock]

24.08.24 wedding day from my son
Jan and Lena

some more pictures later
time to drive less now

new projekt ;-)

https://www.mgexp.com/forum/mga-forum.2 ... sg-4843162

[Franz Tenbrock]

We had a fantastic afternoon with our English cars
2 years ago I was at a classic car meeting in Lüdinghausen
there smoeone invited me to visit
The little tea garden
Today we wanted to drive to Lüdinghause to have an ice cream
on the way to Lüdinghause I remembered the English tea garden
searched the internet and found it, it was on our way
and
it was open,
Normally you have to make a reservation
but with our English cars we also got a table
it was the key to the garden ;-)

see the pictures,
it was fantastic

the other guests thought our cars were beautiful, in keeping with the location

[Franz Tenbrock]

yesterday I took the TA for a spin around town to check the brakes
then I made some adjustments on the left side
another lap
much better
today between the rain I had a MOT appointment
the inspector is always happy to see my car
he sees that it gets better from year to year
2 years ago I had replaced all brake lines
all good
got the sticker for the next 2 years
#
now the TA can sleep until 1. March 25

finfish the metal body work on my MGA ;-)

[Franz Tenbrock]

last ride 2024 around my town
wonderful weather
cold but sunny
way again a wonderfuk year with my TA
this winter no work on the TA got a new baby
MGA from 1958
metal work done ;-)

[Ray White]

I think you are a brave man to take on an MGA. They were rust buckets when I was working on them back in the 1970s....goodness knows how little steel remains after all this time!

It is a good thing that yours is not a British car or it would probably be too far gone by now!

All I can say is well done for restoring a sound one.!