Our restoration technician Jon has been hard at work getting the 1954 MG TF back to running as it should do, with this round of work in the Bridge Classic Cars workshop the rennovation and resetting of the entire fuel system – a delicate, methodical and highly accurate job which takes precision, experience and expertise.
In Jon’s technical report he has said:
”Finish rebuilding front carburettor and mount to inlet manifold with new gaskets. Repeat for rear carburettor. Assemble and mount to car. Connect throttle shaft and tighten. Set jet depths @1.5 turns basic setting. Secure suction chambers and check both pistons lift and fall freely. Cut fuel feed hose and fit and inline glass fuel filter. Fit fuel pipe from carb to carb. Fit battery and secure. Remove lead to solenoid and clean ends, then refit and secure. Remove old fuel pump and hoses. Empty out water found in pump and clean and blow out. Test on battery with power probe and discovered pump not working. Order correct pump. Clean out pipe banjos and banjo bolts ready for new pump. Find old fuel guage and chrome mounting bracket. Refit sender to wires and find warning light behind dash. Connect battery and test. Works, light gets brighter as fuel level drops. This is good. I can use wiring for new guage. Fit 2 small ring terminals to wiring to bulb and connect to guage. Clean tank sender connections and fit. Test guage. Working but won’t read empty. Swap wiring around but still the same. Found another sender known to work and connect and test again. Now working fine, so must order new sender.”
”Find place to mount guage under dash. Drill and mount guage bracket. Secure guage in mounting and connect wiring and test, guage works ok. Remove old fuel cap and release tag from old tank. Knock out pins and clean ready. Test with fresh fuel using funnel and hose pour some petrol directly into carburettor float bowls. Rear carb leaking from pipe banjo. Remove and fit copper washer behind fibre washer to space out for better contact. Refit and try again, no leak now. Connect battery again and test. Started and ran fine with no leaks. Fit both air filter back plates. Tidy area. Dispose of old battery and dispose of old fuel correctly. Confirm with bodyshop painting of new tank and both end plates.”
