Nice old motor

[Rac man]

Nice change to fix this lovely old 48 mg 

[Oldfeller]

13 minutes ago, Rac man said:

Nice change to fix this lovely old 48 mg 

proper car, I'll bet it wasn't the ecu..not sure about mg?

I thought it was a Triumph roadster.

Edited Monday at 20:13 by Oldfeller

[Doug Tait]

I've noticed your profession attending to classics a lot lately, plenty rally's on.

[AHPP]

19 minutes ago, Rac man said:

Nice change to fix this lovely old 48 mg 

 

Do you carry imperial, AF, Whitworth etc tools?

[openspaceman]

14 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

I've noticed your profession attending to classics a lot lately, plenty rally's on.

My wife is dreading my going out in her MGBGT, last two times she has had to tow me home, first time in 2023 the coil jumped out of its casing, it took me a while to fix but it was running fine by the end of the summer till I decided to gun it in 2nd, 4500 revs and the bob weights blew the distributor apart. Only  took it out again this week after treating it to a new battery.

[pleasant]

10 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

My wife is dreading my going out in her MGBGT, last two times she has had to tow me home, first time in 2023 the coil jumped out of its casing, it took me a while to fix but it was running fine by the end of the summer till I decided to gun it in 2nd, 4500 revs and the bob weights blew the distributor apart. Only  took it out again this week after treating it to a new battery.

To be fair, when i was in the trade....they did that from new....and rust was standard. Taking nothing away from yours and your enjoyment, but friends i still know from back when we were selling them new, cant understand how popular they are nowadays. They were crap back in the day, and doubt they have got better 

Edited Monday at 20:33 by pleasant

[Doug Tait]

15 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

she has had to tow me home

 

Your wife sounds great!

[openspaceman]

54 minutes ago, pleasant said:

To be fair, when i was in the trade....they did that from new....and rust was standard. Taking nothing away from yours and your enjoyment, but friends i still know from back when we were selling them new, cant understand how popular they are nowadays. They were crap back in the day, and doubt they have got better 

The only two times it has let me down in 50 years and 130k miles.

[Stubby]

I'm sure that Triumph Roadster was on " Bangers and Cash " the other week . Best program on the telly for me . 

[GA Groundcare]

On 23/06/2025 at 21:25, openspaceman said:

My wife is dreading my going out in her MGBGT, last two times she has had to tow me home, first time in 2023 the coil jumped out of its casing, it took me a while to fix but it was running fine by the end of the summer till I decided to gun it in 2nd, 4500 revs and the bob weights blew the distributor apart. Only  took it out again this week after treating it to a new battery.

 

Sounds like it needs converting to coilpack and ecu! I did my Rover V8 and transformed it.