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    Engine checks

    Dec 31, 2020 3 minutes

    1957 MGA 1500

    OWNED BY: Roger Parker

    OWNED SINCE: August 2019

    MILEAGE: A doubtful 4,827

    Last issue I mentioned the problems we’d had with the MGA’s clutch and, whilst the engine was out of the MGA, we managed to carry out additional work, taking advantage of the full access we had. I noticed that the rearmost core plug of the three plugs on the right side of the engine was weeping and leaving a tell-tale rusty trail down the block, so this was the ideal time to replace

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