Lord Gruntfuttock

My old ute sat decomposing in the back yard, and the dodgy neighbour asked if he could work on it to pass the time. He was just out of jail and not working. I said sure, then a month later he was back in jail and ute was missing. Never reported it cos was worth fuck all then (late 90s). Wonder if it's too late to ask the coppers if it's still alive...

H series Holdens, X series coons and V series Vals FTW...

Fibre timing gears is a weak point. Can replace them with alloy ones that give a slight blower-type whine. Found this on back of Pics peanut butter jar label this morning. Not sure there was a 3 speed column change 308 option? Lazy linkages is on point tho...

Sweet. I had an HQ ute, 202 traumatic, bull bars. Miss it... Mate had a beige Belmont, think it was 173? Super budget, Kingswood was the flash model, the Belmont didn't have interior arm rests and the ciggy lighter was a circle of match lighting paper glued to the dash...

Legit thought that was bacon & egg pie... Sorting the garage/office, found an old rotating file thing at the tip shop for $20, pulled it apart, gave it a clean, greased bearings and assembled it inside. Shit it's heavy...

Just wanna say it's good to see the ongoing updates on your project thread. Good to see the issues, minor tweaks and improvements (and foibles) involved in owning an old car. Nice to see it being used too...

Thank you for wearing pants whilst taking the pics...

$16 at M10. Can't vouch for the red but the orange is near perfect for 73-74 models...

So for a standard bore GN (57mm) and CT90 stroke of 45.6mm that's around 116cc of hybrid power...

Ali Carb And think I bought shocks on ebay, around 335mm and 10/12mm mount holes, around $60 US plus post. Prob cheaper options

Fuck yes, keep the 90, they're great little chuffers when you get them sorted. I'd clean things up, hone, piston and rings if necessary and use. I re-kitted the carb but never had it running right so put china carb on it that goes ok. They need over 6V to fire and there's no drop-in electronic ignition available sadly, but I did the Brass monkey (~ 280kms one way) no bother on OG points, and have done a couple of trail rides where it went places other bikes wouldn't. I toyed with changing sprockets but factory ones work ok if you're not after something that will do 100kph (people chasing that end up with not enough torque to push it that high anyway). if you're just using it off-road you could prob sell the aux tank and exhaust for quite a bit of dollarydoos, chuck a cheap pipe on it and profit. Think I replaced rear shocks on mine with Ali specials, as OG too soft for my svelte frame... this will ruin other bikes for you. CT90 the world...

Cool colour, should be easy engine to work on. There will be heeeaaaps of information on MGBarryforums...

dreamy...

Yep. Pump under the engine, been on HD forums and you can machine one side of the pump housing and install a seal, but it's an engine out job so it can wait. I think I'll check if it pumps itself out when running by checking oil tank level after sitting first.

So after falling for a parts scam, I wrote it off to experience and looked at ordering gear from eBay, from a seller I'd used before. Parts are pretty cheap but postage can be a killer. Before xmas I decided to see if removing 3 springs would be a viable interim option. Whipped out the clutch tool, but disappointingly the primary case was again overfull of oil. I'd seated the pump check ball, replaced the engine main seal, fitted a generator oil slinger and installed the starter solenoid rubber boot that was missing, so a bit baffling. Someone here suggested it may be a worn oil pump shaft, I dunno...? I pulled 3 of the 6 springs and buttoned things up again, was quietly confident until this happened... Arse. Completely my own fault, was rushing to get a ride in to test things and instead of using a small spanner I'd wailed on these 1/4" nuts with a socket, just missed the point when it snugged up to the spacer, so bent it and snapped a stud... I looked at machining up a new stud and spacers, but decided to add a new basket and spacers to my spring order, parked the bike, and went camping with the kids over xmas/new years. Was a good break, and I got to wear my new clutch spring/sunglasses... Anyway, parts arrived yesterday... And was nice installing new bits... Quick ride around the section showed a good improvement, clutch seemed to operate cleanly, and less effort required at the lever. Won't know till I give her a good run through town, but encouraging...