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So you think you want an MGB or V8?

• Buying an MGB
• Buying a V8

Body

• 1/4-panel Replacement
• Aerial in Front Wing
• Arm-rest Cubby
• Body Numbers
• Bonnet/Hood Release
• Boot/Trunk Release
• Carpet
• Dimensions
• Doors
  • The 'Crack of Doom'
  • Hanging and Adjustment
  • Key lock
• Drinks Bottle Holder
• GT Headlining
• GT Load-space Cover
• GT Wheel Cover
• Hardtop
• How Strong is my Body?
• Paint Colours
• Roadster Hood/Top
  • Folding the hood/top
  • Replacing the hood/top
  • Hood/top fittings
• Rubber Bumpers
• Rubber Bumper Radiator Grille
• Screens
  • GT Screens
  • Roadster Screen
• Seats
  • Seat Foams and Covers
  • Seat Webbing/Diaphragm
  • Seat Rails
  • Seat Mounts
• Seat Belts
• Side Trim
• Sill Construction and Drainage
• Tonneau Bars
• Vehicle Heights
• Vehicle Weights
• Washing & Polishing
• Wind-down Windows
  • Removal and refitting
  • Adjustment
  • Stiff to wind
• Windstop
• Wing/Door Mirrors
• Links

Brakes

• Bleeding
• Brake Balance and Handbrake Warning
• Brake Hoses
• Brake Light Switch
• Brake Squeal
• Calipers & Discs
  • When exercising and polishing the pistons solved a problem
  • And when it didn't
• E-clip Fitting Tool
• Fluid
• Handbrake
• Master Cylinders
• MOT Test
• Rear Cylinders
• Rear Shoes
• Brake Servo/Booster
• V8 Pads
• Links

Clutch

• Bleeding
• Bore Sizes
• Clevis Pin Wear
• Clutch Change
• Flex-Hose
• Fluid
• Master Cylinder
  • Types
  • Description
• Release Bearing
  • 4-cylinder
  • V8
• Slave Cylinder
• Links

Cooling

• Coolant
• Electric Fans
• Fan Belt
• Hoses
• Mechanical Fans
• Pumps
• Radiator Cap
• Radiator Diaphragm Seals
• Temp Gauge
• Thermostats and Coolant Temperature
• V8 Temp Gauge Oscillation
• Links

Electrics

• Ammeters and Voltmeters
• Alternator/Dynamo
  • Types
  • Ignition Warning Light and Charging Theory
  • Fault Diagnosis
  • Converting Dynamo to Alternator
  • Converting 16AC Alternator with separate regulator to later alternator with integral regulator
  • 'One wire' Alternators
• Bad Connections
• Batteries and Charging
  • Which Terminal is Which?
  • 12v or twin-6v?
  • Twin-6v link cable
  • Battery Chargers
  • Jump-Starting
  • Battery Types - Lead Acid, Gel, Advanced Glass Mat etc.
• Battery Cut-off Switch
• Brake Balance and Handbrake Warning
• Bulbs
• Cooling Fans
• Fan Belt
• Gauges
  • Tachometer
  • Voltage stabiliser
  • Fuel Gauge
  • Tank Sender
  • Calibrating the gauge
  • Electric Temperature Gauge
  • Electric Oil Gauge
  • Dual oil-pressure/temperature
  • Instrument Lighting
• Ground Conversion
• Heated Rear Window
• Horns
• Indicator/Turn Switch
• Lighting
  • Main lights (62-69)
  • Main lights (70-on)
  • Dip-switch
  • North American Side-marker Lights
  • Uprated Headlamps - Relays and Fuses
  • Headlamp Flasher
  • Fog & Spot lights
  • Indicator/Turn and Hazard Signals
  • Instrument Lighting
  • Interior Lights and 'lights on' warning
  • Brake Lights
  • Reversing Lights
  • Number Plate Lights
• Overdrive
• Radio
• Relays
• Schematics
  • Brake Balance and Handbrake Warning
  • Dynamo and Alternator
  • Electric Cooling Fans
  • Gauges
  • Hazard Warning
  • Heated Rear Window
  • Heater Fans
  • Horns
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Switch Connections
  • Lighting
  • North American anti-runon valve
  • Overdrive
  • Seat Belt Warning
  • Starter
  • Turn Signals
  • Washers
  • Wipers
• Seat Belt Warning
• Sealed Wiring Junctions
• Starter
  • Model Variations
  • Mechanical Problems
  • Modern Starters - 'Geared' vs 'Hi-Torque'
  • Jump Starting
• Switches in General
• Tachometer
• Turn and Hazard Signals
  • Fault diagnosis
  • A louder audible warning
  • The indicator/turn switch
• Washers
• Wipers
  • Which side do you park?
  • Problems
  • Intermittent Enhancement
• Wire Colours, Fuses, Terminal Numbering
  • Wire Colours
  • Fusebox
  • Fuses
  • Terminal Numbering
• Wiring Harness/Loom Replacement
• Won't Start
  • Model Variations
  • Mechanical Problems
  • Modern Starters - 'Geared' vs 'Hi-Torque'
  • Jump Starting
• Links

Engine

• Crankcase Breathing
  • Description
  • Problems
  • Modifications
• Engine Mounts
• Exhaust Clamps
• Gold Seal Engines
• Oil Filters
• Oil Pressure Relief Valve
• Oils and ZDDP
• Oil Thrower
• Power Torque and Consumption Curves
• Rocker Cover
• Timing Gears
• V8 Bearings
• V8 Exhaust Manifolds
• V8 Oil Flow
• V8 Starter
• V8 Topend Rebuild
• Valve Clearances
• Water Pump
• Won't Start
• Links

Fuel

• Choke Control
• Ethanol
• Fuel Filter
• Fuel Gauge
• Fuel Pumps
  • Types
  • Mounting
  • Testing and Diagnosis
• North American Emissions Plumbing
• Octane Ratings
• Pump Fusing
• Running-on
  • My attempts to control Running-on
  • North American anti-runon system
  • Non-Dieseling (normal running) runon in North American cars
• SU Carbs
  • Theory
  • Ports
  • Setting-up
  • Return Springs, cables and linkages
  • Air-filters
• SU Needles
• Tank
• Throttle Cable
• Unleaded
• Zenith Choke
• Links

Gearbox

• Auto Kickdown Cable
• D and LH Type Differences
• Electrical Diagnosis
• Oil Change
• Overdrive Fusing
• Overdrive Sequencer Relay
• Overdrive: How many were there?
• Links

Heater

• Air Box
• Air Direction Control
• Cold Air Flap
• Coolant Return Pipe
• Fan
• Fresh Air Vents
• Footwell Vents
• Heat Control
• Matrix
• Thermostat
• Enhancements
• Temperature Relativity
• Links

Ignition system

• Condenser
• Distributor Adjustments
  • 4-cylinder
  • V8
• Distributor Curves
  • Centrifugal advance described
  • Vacuum advance described
  • Pinking/pinging
  • Select curve by Market and year
  • Select curve by Engine number
  • Select curve by Distributor number
  • Browse all curves
• Distributor Drive Gear
  • 4-Cylinder
  • V8
• Distributor Phasing
• Electronic Ignition
  • Factory Systems
  • After-market Systems
• Ignition Coil
• Ignition Theory
• Points Types
• Rotors
• Spark Plugs
• Spark Plug Wires
• Timing Lights
• Vacuum Module
  • General Description
  • V8 Vacuum Module
• Vacuum Advance - Carb vs Manifold
• Links

Propshaft

• Be careful what you drive over
• Grease Nipples
• Length
• Yoke Alignment
• Links

Rear Axle

• Axle Length
• Bearings and Oilseals
• Centre Lock Hubs
• Converting between Wires and Rostyle
• Handbrake Cable
• Level/Drain Plugs
• Oil Change
• Rebound Straps
• Slave Cylinders and Backplates
• Links

Steering and Suspension

• A-Arm Inner Bushes
• Anti-roll Bars
• Column/Rack Alignment
• Converting between Wires and Rostyle
• Dimensions
• Front Bearing End-float
• Front Damper Replacement
• Front Spring Replacement
• Hydraulic Damper Fluid
• Leaf Spring Lubrication
• Rack Gaiters/Track-rod Ends
• Rear Lever-arm Dampers
  • Replacement
• Rear Spring Replacement
• Ride Height
• Spring Specs
• Steering Wheels
• Tubular Dampers
• Vehicle Heights
• Vehicle Weights
• Wire Wheel Splines
• Links

Wheels and Tyres

• Balancing
  • Stud-mounted e.g. Disc, Rostyle and V8 alloy
  • Centre-lock
• Centre Lock Wheels and Hubs
• Converting between Wires and Rostyle
• Tyre Pressure
• Tyre Sizes
• V8-Wheels
• Wire Wheels
  • Spoke breakage/replacement
  • Cleaning
  • Dunlop vs Dayton
• Links

Miscellaneous

• Nut Screws Washers and Bolts
  • Torque Values
  • Translate between part numbers and description for many MGB fasteners
• Speedos
• Terminology
• What Year?