MG-Cars.info

Welcome to our Site for MG, Triumph and Austin-Healey Car Information.

Recommendations

Parts

MG parts spares and accessories are available for MG T Series (TA, MG TB, MG TC, MG TD, MG TF), Magnette, MGA, Twin cam, MGB, MGBGT, MGC, MGC GT, MG Midget, Sprite and other MG models from British car spares company LBCarCo.

MG TD TF 1500 - BLUE SMOKE GENERATOR

AFTER PULLING THE OIL PAN I FOUND WHAT WAS LEFT OF NO 2 PISTON. WITH HOLE LIKE THIS ITS LITTLE WONDER WE MADE LOTS OF SMOKE. DID NOT FIND ANY DAMAGE TO THE CYLINDER WALLS.

ENGINE RE-BUILD IS UNDER WAY WITH NEW HEPOLITE PISTONS.

UGLY !

colin stafford

My (personal) recommendation is that you use Deves rings. I have had problems with the usual supplier's rings not seating.

Tell us about your engine.

Tom Lange
MGT Repair
t lange

How many miles do you have on it now Colin?
L E D LaVerne

I'm also curious if you saw these stampings in the head gasket

L E D LaVerne

And

L E D LaVerne

That last stamp would be the MOWOG stamp upside-down in case anyone cant read it.

Matthew.
M Magilton

That is correct. Made some comparrisons with it and the gasket that Moss supplies tonight.

The Moss version on a .060 over bore

L E D LaVerne

And what I believe is an NOS MOWOG gasket

L E D LaVerne

Not much meat between 2 and 3, however the MOWOG is a shocker, no wonder they blow.

Graeme
G Evans

Of interest to me was the fact that the Moss gasket would be unusable as it doesn't clear the bore.
L E D LaVerne

With car apart and garage in disarray I cannot find the head gasket right now.

Engine is orig installation and has never been out of the car.
1954 TF 1250 cc. HDC 46/6688 XPAG/TF/35351
44,400 miles. Not driven too hard. It had 17,000 when we bought car 10 yrs ago.
I drove this car for a weekend in 1957.
I have only taken no.2 piston out so far. Rod journal looks really good and clean as do the bearings. Eng. has always been 70 psi on start-up,50 psi running, @ temp.

I am having new head gasket made. MM gaskets are too thin.
Have not done bore measurements yet. So , piston are TBD. I have a set of Std. A&E 4 ring, NOS from 1968.
colin stafford

Moss head gasket obtained last month on a +.040 engine. I'd prefer a Payen, but this looks find as far as clearing the combustion chamber.

I would like a bit more meat between the cylinders too.

MAndrus

I've used Moss-supplied gaskets for many years and a lot of hard miles. My engine is 30 over, 9.1:1 and never had one fail. If you're going bigger bore, you can always order a custom gasket. But I agree try to get some meat between those bores!
Steve Simmons

This thread was discussed between 28/02/2017 and 02/03/2017

MG TD TF 1500 index

This thread is from the archives. Join the live MG TD TF 1500 BBS now