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

[Steve Simmons]

Best looking car in that lineup!

With the rain and flooding you guys are getting over there, you might want to install pontoons!

[Franz Tenbrock]

better than the fire in your country ?!
some weeks and i have a MG
for the sun TA
and some bad weather YA
so i have both ;-.)

next winter i will make the wiring of my TA
in the 80 they have taken any colours, it is working but if you look behind ;-(
and my new dashboard hanging in my garage for more than 1 year will be fine in the car too

[Steve Simmons]

The USA is so big that we have many different climates. Fires in the west and floods in the east. Both are bad, but you can stop a fire before it reaches the city. They happen mostly just in the forest. But you can't stop a flood!

[Duncan M]

Franz does have a nice TA. Unfortunately urban planners do not go too far back in History when they decide to build something. Big floods and big fires are unfortunately nothing new. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_1910

Here in California, whole developments of houses have been built on top af fault lines and mudslides following big earthquakes, where they have filled in dirt to cover open fissures. I think they have finally stopped allowing that.

[Franz Tenbrock]

the last 22 month i had some work with my old new baby
MG YA 1675

learned a lot while working on the car
here my first trip out of the garage

video:
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/585876173

that was the reason i have not written a lot the last month ;-)

here the story of the car
https://www.mgexp.com/forum/t-series-an ... 68/page-60
printed some new parts
developed an own electric circuit for the hazzard led light and so on

perhaps i will make a new circuit in the original like case for my TA

next winter i will remake the horrible electric behind the dashboard of my TA, perhaps i will fit the electric with relais on the ground from the toolbox so that it is easy to work on it
hte original TA has no hazzard lights so the wires are not behind the dashboard
also i don t want this big switches you can buy
we will see

[Steve Simmons]

Congrats! Must feel good to get the old girl on the road again. I miss my YB sometimes.

[Franz Tenbrock]

yes, it s a feeling I cannot describe
really great
I said
I do everything myself
my friends did not believe it
I have done it
Metalwork with english wheel shrinker and strecher
painting and leatherwork,
electrical and interior work
all done

last step
TÜV on tuesday
perhaps problems with the breaks
i will see

would like to make a special, but haven t found a base in the moment
will see what my wife say

[Franz Tenbrock]

both cars in my garage at home
so i can take the car i want to drive
some more work in the garage for tools and so on
the MG Logo has a light inside, i love it
will look perfect
but the first step is done
and easy to drive in

[Ray White]

You have plenty of natural light in your garage. That is something I always wish I had thought about when I bought mine.

Your cars look very nice together.

[Franz Tenbrock]

First and only. Classic car rally
Rainy weather
Only prewar car
Mg TA

Hope that i will not rain too much

[Franz Tenbrock]

Lunch was perfect
Wonderful place schloss nordkirchen

[Franz Tenbrock]

Finished
120km??
Perfdct day
The car runs better and better with every km we have done
Only one prewar car on this rainy day
I was astonished how dry it was

[Franz Tenbrock]

last weekend
we wanted to start on Saturday morning with the TA on the trailer to Aachen.
there we wanted to do a challenge of an oldtimer club, the weather was good and everything looked perfect
I brought the trailer to my house and drove the car out of the garage, the trailer has only one axle and can be tilted so that you can drive the car directly onto it when you are on top, someone has to push down the level at the front and then lock it, my wife has never done this before.
I myself have never driven the TA onto this trailer before, so neither of us was practised at it.

I drove the car up to the top, unfortunately I didn't use the handbrake but stepped fully on the brake pedal, the car stopped for a moment, but then suddenly the pressure was gone and the car rolled down, luckily I pulled the handbrake quite quickly so that I didn't bump into another car.
I thought the weekend was over.
I lay down under the car and saw a puddle under the car, I quickly found the fault.
a connection in the brake line was torn open at the front left.
I then removed the connection line from the front right to the left and took a close look at it

[Franz Tenbrock]

this is not right
I had to repair a brake line on another car a few months ago, so I knew what to do.
i took the part and drove to a friend who has a flaring kit
first picture is the ending on the right side, like this it should be
I pushed the protection back and then cut off 1 cm then fixed and flanged everything
it was quick and easy
then i unfortunately ran out of brake fluid, it took me more than 1 hour to get some at a petrol station.
bleeding the brakes also took a while, i was just too much under power and nervous.
After a delay of 3 hours, everything was ready again and we were able to load the car.
I was a little proud after all, I had already written off the weekend.
now the weekend could start, and it will be perfect

[Franz Tenbrock]

The challenge was to take a picture of an entrance sign with the car.
the initial letters must then form the word Klassiker, here the S and the I
we drove about 60 km by car on this beautiful day and had a lot of fun.
First half closed than open
The highlight of the day was the visit of our mother-in-law, an really old lady
She always wanted to sit in such an old sports car.
We fulfilled this wish and then went for a little drive around the block of houses.
She enjoyed it, as you can see.
She is still 11 years older then my car.

[Steve Simmons]

Wow, I've never seen an unflared brake line before. Lucky it didn't fail sooner, and in a less safe situation.

[Franz Tenbrock]

i will look to all other lines in the winter. don t know who has done it in the past.
yes better like this

[jddevel]

I envy your obvious ability to use the 3D printer which I was intrigued by some years ago but have never got around to exploring its obvious possibilities. On the subject of oil pressure watching the John Twist Youtube on the subject of the oil pump is talks of a 65psi pressure. Seems there is a variety of figures suggested for this measurement.

[Franz Tenbrock]

after 24 months of work on the YA
the car is now finished
next Tuesday I will get all the papers I need
so some time for the TA
I have some Brookeland Aeroscreen in my box in the basement
ordered last week, 10*30*1003 mm
after some work this afternoon the driver side is ready
as I don't want to have new holes in the car I decided to build my own construction

now i can store all in the back and if i want i turn the windscreen take my conctruction put it in the hole on the right side and fix ist with a screw on the left side,, on right side a nut

at last i have to change the mirror position
i think less than 5 Minutes to make it

has anyone done it like this ;-) ?

[Franz Tenbrock]

Wonderful weather today
Taken the Car with the News Brookland Aeroscreen and Drive around the town
Perfekt
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