Has anyone managed to do this while the engine is in the car? I'm having a hard time getting all the needed tools in a useful position in order to extract the drive gear. It's a 1973 MG BGT.
I was putting the drivegear in like you said and found the rotor was pointing to the 8 Oclock. After checking everthing I found the gear to be installed correctly. I then found the point cam and advance weights had been taken off and put back on 180 out. Took me several hours to figure it out. I think someone did this to correct having the drivegear 180 out during a previous rebuild.
Great Video. I Myself tinker around with My old 1968 VW. What you demonstrated is very much on par with setting up spark plug #1 on a VW. The firing order of an old VW is 1-4-3-2. I dont know what order MGs fire at. Also do these MGs use a Bosch Dizzy. I have removed the points from My VW dizzy and gone to electronic and have never looked back. Have you also converted MG dizzy to electronic ignition.
Has anyone managed to do this while the engine is in the car? I'm having a hard time getting all the needed tools in a useful position in order to extract the drive gear. It's a 1973 MG BGT.
jonnda 6 months ago
Great video..huge help. Thank you
equynenergie 11 months ago
I've hever heard an American say "Bugger" i thought that was very British, just like the cars,excellent.
Intercity1251 1 year ago
I was putting the drivegear in like you said and found the rotor was pointing to the 8 Oclock. After checking everthing I found the gear to be installed correctly. I then found the point cam and advance weights had been taken off and put back on 180 out. Took me several hours to figure it out. I think someone did this to correct having the drivegear 180 out during a previous rebuild.
Thanks
John DeVries
cdevriesiii 1 year ago
Great Video. I Myself tinker around with My old 1968 VW. What you demonstrated is very much on par with setting up spark plug #1 on a VW. The firing order of an old VW is 1-4-3-2. I dont know what order MGs fire at. Also do these MGs use a Bosch Dizzy. I have removed the points from My VW dizzy and gone to electronic and have never looked back. Have you also converted MG dizzy to electronic ignition.
jorologo 1 year ago
thanks a lot! excellent video!
waddmyster 1 year ago
Having stripped down my dizzy today ,refitted it and then to fire her up first time......pricekess .thank you.
xfire7 1 year ago
So much valuable info in just 9 minutes, thanks John!
strobie42 1 year ago
how about for a v8??? need to know how to find tdc!!!
whitegagak 2 years ago
Very clear explenation.
Thanks
evercord24 3 years ago