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 - Rear main bearing cap question

What are the three screws in this rear main bearing cap for? I can't find a good picture of this part so I don't know if they are standard. Thanks.

Tim
TD12524

TW Burchfield

Looks like it has been converted for a modern lip seal.
You may need to check that the scroll seal area has not been machined away. This is done on some conversions and makes it unusable in a standard engine.
It can still be used with a conversion kit though.
Ray TF 2884
Ray Lee raybar2(at) tiscalidotcodotuk

Thanks Ray. This is how I found the cap when I disassembled the engine. Nothing was attached to the screws. The scroll area is still intact. The engine did leak copious amount of oil from the rear so I'll be looking for a solution for that problem.

Regards

Tim
TW Burchfield

Some one probably mounted a upper oil thrower to the main bearing cap.
Here is a very good web site for the oil leaks

http://www.mg-cars.org.uk/imgytr/oilleaks.shtml
feel free to call or E mail me, as I have just done this on a customers engine, and my engine does not leak oil using the OEM rear Archimedes screw system.
Len Fanelli
914 420 8699
laf48@aol.com
Len Fanelli

Thanks Len

Tim
TW Burchfield

Hi all, I rebuilt my engine with a front lip seal and the standard rear seal, although it has only a few hours running, and a sump off and on, (that's another story) it doesn't leak any oil, and yes, there is oil in it.
Regards, Don TF 4887 "Figaro"
Don Walker

This thread was discussed between 08/03/2016 and 09/03/2016

MG TD TF 1500 index

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