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dropped my engine block off to get cleaned up and dropped the head off to get ported and polished :)


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Refitted my 4" ex-MGB tacho after getting it converted for electronic ignition by Howard Instruments.

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I opened the garage to the wreck....sighed....closed the garage door again! Might have had a scratch while I was there!

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Refitted my 4" ex-MGB tacho after getting it converted for electronic ignition by Howard Instruments.


How hard was that tacho to fit? Ive got the same one i found in the shed from my dads mg days. Can you give me any info about where to hook the wires to?


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Latest experiment, or for someone else?

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Latest experiment, or for someone else?

This one is getting the angles milled to suit an HIF44, and going to Portugal.
I have another for the 1412 van, it'll get an HS6 'coz I've got one. :lol:

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I drove Gonzo to work and back today. I cranked up the tunes, did a skid for the kids and was admired by the kids in the Bus in front of me.
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I finally got the phone call I was waiting for........... My mags are ready to be picked up from the mag wheel repair shop, only took him two months. So I was on the phone to the tyre shop to order some new Dunolps, he's picking them up tomorrow so next week sometime they will be on the Golden Child :D 8) . I will supply pics when there on.

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I pulled all the dents out of my bootlid and blocked it back, ready for primer. Bootlids nearly finished!! Yay!

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How hard was that tacho to fit? Ive got the same one i found in the shed from my dads mg days. Can you give me any info about where to hook the wires to?


Well.....

The one I have is an earlier RVI type which senses the coil charge current (unlike modern tachs or the Smiths RVC which are triggered by the points) and is wired between the coil and the ignition switch. This has four connections -- +12V, earth, trigger in and trigger out. The +12V feed and trigger-in comes from the ignition switch, and trigger out replaces the power feed to the + terminal on the coil.

When I first installed it, I just disconnected the coil power feed from the fuse box and extended it to the trigger-out terminal, then ran a wire from the trigger-in of the tach back to the now vacant terminal in the fuse box.

Mine however carked it after a couple of weeks and has now been converted to electronic, and is wired just like a Smiths RVC or modern tach -- +12V, earth and trigger-in which comes from the - terminal on the coil.

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More paint stripping.
Weekend more paint stripping, rust killing, welding etc...
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Last night I replaced the thermostat - that looks like its fixed the overheating problem - now for the rest of my clubbie's issues :lol:

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I washed the van tonight.
Got a photographer from a local paper coming to work to take photos of it and a couple of other cars to put in their "My Pride and Joy" section of the newspaper.
They put one car in each week with a bit of a write up.

The other cars are a work mates twin turbo 350 Chev UC Torana and another fellas VC Brock Commodore.

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