April 3, 2010 - The majority of the working day was devoted to the TC - I used to be pondering why the blaster setup was not Operating so nicely on the final wheel - then I thought to examine the idea and observed that it had been eaten away. A clean suggestion restored the usefulness And that i I completed cleaning the wheels and also have The brand new valve address also stripped.
June 2, 2009 - Out from the garage and within the street for the 2nd serious push I have experienced while in the TC. Our neighborhood MG Operator's Club had the monthly meeting tonight and I made a decision Wildflower was wanting to start off getting some road time. The car did good, and appears to be to appreciate being pushed. She used to sling oil with the front seal, but that appears to have cleared up. I count on the seal was dry from sitting down, and semi-standard operating is putting it again to sorts.
November four, 2009 - I bought a nice shock tonight with the MG Club meeting. Chuck Hudson, an area TC owner who let me experience in his 1946 TC for an autocross again in 2000 (images below) was there - the first time I've witnessed him in Practically 9 many years. He experienced various packing containers of MG Club magazines to offer me, as well as gave me a bottle of wine he bought back again in 1991 having an MG TC within the label! He aided rekindle my TC really like affair , and more importantly, confirmed me that the automobiles could and should be pushed for entertaining, not locked absent in the garage.
July 27, 2013 - Seems like I may have eventually solved the high-speed stutter. Wildflower is stumbling at higher RPMs for some time, and resisted endeavours to get cured. I've normally employed the replica coil from Moss that looks like the initial Lucas coil, but is manufactured in China. I have three of them as it turns out, possessing bought them at various situations seeking to get rid of ignition woes.
April 15, 2010 - 1 month still left just before New Bern along with the Grand Nationwide. I got the wheels and valve address back again this morning and they look fantastic. The powder coating appears like a great paint job, a thing that might have been nearly extremely hard with spokes. Given that I use realistic treatment remounting the tires (which I nonetheless need to have to clean and dress), they ought to be flawless for that display.
March 28, 2009 - Yesterday proved to generally be a bonanza - I arrived property to find a pile of deals about the entrance porch that incorporated anything I was looking forward to, like merchandise not due until Tuesday!  The most crucial of these was the Hidem strip to complete off the top, though I used to be also happy to see the restored first steering wheel and proper NOS headlight lenses and rims. Although Placing within the snaps before this week, a friend that is a professional upholsterer had talked about the best necessary to be tightened up. Richard returned for second fitting nowadays. We ended up ready to pull Yet another inch or maybe more over the complete prime and enhanced the match a terrific offer.
June one, 2009 - The tachometer Stop Operating several weeks ago - it had been aggravating, although not something that mattered with the exhibit. I checked it out tonight and located that the tach reduction gearbox was the perpetrator. New replacements weren't as address well terrible ($eighty two), so I attempted having it apart to find out what was wrong with it. The first thing I noticed was the cable finish opening was bunged up more than enough to grab the cable end in the event the retainer was tightened the many way, locking the cable in position.
August 7, 2009 - I've been driving Wildflower to obtain the gas level down reduced enough to exchange the undesirable sending device and made a decision to stick the tank right now to discover the amount of additional I had to go. She had below a gallon in her! The previous unit was really awful, and as anticipated, the float was full of gas. There was so much outdated gasket cement on the outdated set up I used to be afraid the paint is likely to be harmed, but it surely arrived off cleanse. The new sending device from Doug Pelton came by using a gasket (bottom), but I had also opted for his improved (vastly) version (top rated) with double flanges and pleasant limited screw holes.
February sixteen, 2011 - Even I am able to discover from earlier blunders. Right before I set the motor back together, I figured It might be intelligent to test the seal on The brand new freeze plugs. So tonight I loaded the radiator and let the car sit for a while. When I arrived back again, the center and forward freeze plugs had h2o seepage (blue circles). Ironically, the one particular I was worried about inside the back (green circle) was restricted and dry. I am going to pull The 2 incontinent plugs and put in new ones, this time which has a bead of JB Weld to make sure a good seal.
July 24, 2016 - Mosey to Moss - The TC hasn't been out much on account of threats of rain virtually every weekend. So given a (pretty) sunny working day and an antique vehicle club trip that included a quit at Moss Motors in Petersburg, I rolled her out with Chip along for that journey. The TC was by far the oldest vehicle around the run, with the following oldest becoming a 1961 Mercedes one hundred ninety that turned tail and headed house right after the first end. The only real other 'antique' to produce The full trek was a 1991 Mercury Marquis! Despite two hundred miles in one hundred-diploma warmth running freeway speeds, Wildflower ran flawlessly and obtained her usual horn honks and waves from other motorists.
March twelve, 2009 - A member from the MG T-ABC team received in contact with me and available a whole new thermostat assembly (The type with the replaceable thermostat!) for an excellent cost, which I took him up on. Having said that, given these things vary from $a hundred and twenty to $a hundred and seventy and the thermostat was even now Doing the job, I used to be curious to view if I could deal with the previous just one. The thermostat housing was badly corroded where the upper hose attaches, with sections lacking as well as the wall so slender it experienced holes by it. Right after bead-blasting the unit, I Slice a soda can to produce an outer type, spray-painted the Speak to floor so it would not adhere, and wrapped it tightly close to the skin of your thermostat neck using masking tape to secure it.
 From there, we rolled out to Richard Hall's for just a pay a visit to, then even even more out to Pungo to examine in with Jack and Hillary Pavlidis. I glided by the Aviation Museum, after which you can to my Mom's, And eventually back home tonight. All in all we drove slightly more than eighty miles with a few pleasant place roadways and plenty of excellent pals.Â
 Of course, I had to DRILL HOLES in Wildflower! Just minor kinds, and they came out good. But it was traumatic utilizing a punch on the human body panels, and much more so observing the drill little bit Lower into metal. We set up the fasteners one after the other, getting rid of the tonneau every time and reinstalling immediately after to make sure every thing lined up. Our treatment was rewarded which has a very nice installation that stayed on After i drove Wildlfower house at sixty MPH to the Interstate tonight (37 degrees - Brrrr). On the side Be aware, we labored on Richard's TD once the tonneau was done. It began functioning badly just a yr back following a extensive generate and Richard has tried out new spark plugs, wires, cap, placing points, new gas filters, and many others. We identified that the needle valve during the again carb was caught as well as bowl was bone dry. After cleaning the needle valve, the vehicle begun ideal up and ran wonderful!
September eight, 2013 - Up coming weekend is the big Classics within the Eco-friendly motor vehicle show at The brand new Kent Winery, and I put in a while currently acquiring Wildflower All set. 1 product that's been languishing for years would be the reproduction NOL oil can and bracket. Wildflower experienced the holes to the bracket welded up when she was restored, and I was hesitant to test drilling them back again out.