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The MG 956?

Great vid. I'm rebuilding the engine for mine, also in Inca Yellow, which has just obliterated its number 3 big end bearing.

was this because of rust

The grille piping did actually end just around the lower corners. It was rather casually tucked under the chrome.

Classic British sports cars were rendered ugly for the American market. I had a 62 Roadster in red as one of my first cars. We fitted a Kenlow fan and went down to South of France, Spain and spent a great summer. The car was a dream, no engine issues whatsoever...

Big fan of mgbgtguy and this content. You make it look easy, but we know it takes a lot of work! If you ever need some post-production help, I'm here to chat!

Thx for sharing! Will have to change the rocker panel on mine.

Really good and educational overview for our little cars

MGB guy I have a question should you be able to "lock up" your brakes on a MGB. I'm fairly mechanical and every single brake part on my car is new, but it will not lock up

Great video - when I regularly get the urge to look at changing my totally original, immaculate and unrestored 1980 MGB LE for something else I suddenly appreciate what I have, with original assembly line panel fit and paint along with the unfancied rubber bumpers and all 😁

Another great video!

Great video. Another addition to the fleet.

Yes on tr6 I like watching your videos. I have a 1967 mg midget that I’am thinking of getting back on the road after siting for almost 19 yrs

Good luck with that. Another lift would be a great addition, even 2

Time for a couple portable lifts so you can store more cars😀

Does the coolant need to be drained for this job?

Truth of British car shops is that a lot of projects sit around waiting for the owner to gather the money to pay for the next step. This is the cause of projects sitting around much longer than you'd like.

Yaay! We need more white Healeys in the ‘hood!

What became of the MGA fastback conversion?

Healy would be a great content creator for your channel. I would certainly follow along ..

Happy New Year to you my friend. Good look around the shop. Healey looks interesting. mamoth task on the bodywork. Notice the trim strips missing on the wings, probably filler. I am on my third healey, a triple carb late 61 car. I still have a 65 BJ8. completed but the bodywork on all three cars was pretty good with virtually no filler. I think i would pass that one on if poss.

Got those off? Would have been nice to see how to get those off. Lol. Now im off to look for a complete video showing how those come off.

I have read quite some discussions about the oil cooler, its effectiveness (or not), and bypassing it. What is your opinion? I see from the opening scene of this video that this engine has the oil cooler bypassed.

The AA chapter of the shop manual sadly does not feature a good look at the rear of the 2 1/2 engine...just checked mine...but I know that engine indeed has two freeze plugs side by side at the back between the cylinder head and the bellhousing...so you do have two chances for antifreeze weeping its way down to where you are noticing it. Please keep us abreast of your work on your RMB as I have an RMA from 1950 and picked up on the concomitancy of parts between the TFs and the RMs since they were assembled accross the street from one another in Abingdon and parts bins from Lucas and Girling may have been shared extensively!

This is great. Thank you for making this video on the met. Ive been looking for tutorials like this.

Quick question. Why would The Early Head bead desirable for an owner? it's not like collectors pulling a valve cover to look at date stamps or is that it? Flowspeed set the early casting was replaced soon into production to an improved casting. I will be building one soon and I'm trying to gather the best parts

How bad is the engine? Well folks, it ain’t no Honda. It’s a hobby for bored well heeled old white guys.

Can you tell us where did you buy your harness from? Been looking for my 1974 Chrome Roadster, and finding them close to a $1,000.00 at Moss. Pls Help. / Thanks

I was wondering if you ever tried or thought about converting the rear drum brakes to disc brakes. Sounds like something doabble?

subscribed. I gotta get mom's '72 back up and running after it's been sitting for a couple years. something tells me bookmarking your channel will be a smart move.

Reminds me of a 1972 MGB GT I once bought fairly cheap on E-bay. It had a Gold Seal replacement engine that was re-bored by +0.030" to 1860cc with Peter Burgess cylinder head, Maniflow manifolds, etc., but ran pretty poorly along with oil leaks, etc. I fitted a Weber 45DCOE hoping to improve the performance, took it for a flat-out run along a dual carriageway and saw a huge plume of smoke out the back window, then it ran even rougher, on 3 cylinders! Turns out, it had blown a hole in the piston crown of #4 cylinder. I swapped it for a bog-standard 1800 engine bought cheaply locally, re-fitted the twin SUs and it ran pretty well after that. Got my money back by selling the rest of the old engine; someone even bought the manky bottom end!

Looks mighty familiar. I just rebuilt the motor in my '80 MGB. Sure learned a lot! Cam and crank all were within specs, no scoring, no issues anywhere in the bottom end. Like you said here, the cam bearings were in good shape, all within spec. Bottom end of these engines are pretty tough. The smog head, however, was cracked between cyls 2 and 3. Not surprised. Found an earlier model head, machine shop dressed and leak checked it, all OK. Motor back in the car and getting close to startup. It's quite the money pit, but it's been a lot of fun. Thank you for your excellent tutorials and experienced guidance!

Many years ago a room mate of mine in aviation school had a 1965 MGB with wire wheels. The crank shaft end of the connecting rod ends got out of round. We replaced it with a later salvaged engine and ran it many years. He sold it to a kid that kept bugging him. A week or so later he burnt the car to the ground. He drove it over bumps in the road until the gasket between the manifold and exhaust pipe was gone. He flooded the engine, gas dripped on the exhaust, and the car burned until the battery stopped running the fuel pump.

Might not have been using high zinc motor oil and trashed the cam.

I would say that that engines been a part once before if that truly is a 79 engine, it should have the flat sided crank the crankshaft with the bell shaped counterweights is an earlier design. There’s nothing wrong with it. It will work in that engine I would suspect loss of oil pressure is through the pump or the oil pressure relief valve is sticking

Always an outstanding video and presentation. Thank you..

Wow $98 for a latch. I suppose it’s worth it though I guess im ordering one soon

The distributor to rotor alignment is irrelevant as this is a digital ignition system. The ecu sets/adjusts timing, so as long as it's not 180 out you're good to go.

Only need to replace bolts if the old ones are corroded

The dissy can only go in 2 ways, there's really no need to mark anything as long as you don't turn the engine after you take it out

When mounting the new rod bearings did you use any kind of lubrication? If so, what do you prefer to use?

Great video.

At my age of 77 I remember doing this on all my "old cars" back when I did all my maintenance.

WITH 116 cr on num 3 MAY be push rod noise

sounds terrible to me, but audio on youtube is no way to make judgements on engine noise IMO. i would suspect the odd grinding on the crank as the possible source of the problem.

Motor still sounds pretty sick to me. I would not want to chance driving it very far. Anything wrong with the valve gear i wonder besides other issues. You will definitely be getting it back in the spring. Happy Christmas.

It almost sounds like wrist pin, knock it’s a quick double taping noise even when you rev the engine does the flywheel have to be balanced with the crankshaft as an assembly?

Job well done!.... My guess is that he will be back in the spring to have you finish the job... Happy Holidays... This TF deserves a better running engine!🌲🌲

Not being there its hard to say but wasnt your stethoscope focused on the center of the engine bottom end? Smells like wrist pin slop or bearing slop to me. Wont know until that crank is properly balanced. But wow are those xpag cranks rarer than hens teeth and as expensive as gold