The Webmaster Zone

The process of replacing or rebuilding the entire car continues, this weekend I put the refurbished BMC AM radio back in, now that it has a light for the dial it looks really smart. I also finally found a proper distributor for my car (25D PN 40897) from Roop's MG in Pendleton, OR. Got it in the mail on Friday and picked up new cap, rotor, points, condensor, LT lead, and o-ring from Octagon the next day. Cleaned and oiled all the moving parts and proceeded with the installation which was painless. Carefully moved the wires over to the new cap and set up the timing to be close enough to start the car. For the first time ever, I set the proper points gap and I got the proper dwell angle. Hooked up the strobe and set the timing to 15 deg BTDC and locked in the dizzy. The car responds even better now, it didn't really pull before about 4000 rpm before but now it seems to have power all through the rev range. After I had the old dist out I found the part number (41692), its a Canadian spec 45D4 for an 18V engine. I really wish people would give more attention to getting the correct parts for their cars. Sadly my clutch slippage problem is getting worse and my oil pressure is going down, I see a visit to Octagon in my near future for a new clutch, oil seals, big end bearings, oil pressure relief valve, engine and transmission mounts, and who knows what else. Wish I had access to an engine hoist or I'd give it a go myself.