New clutch woes - trouble getting into gears

[Jimmy]

Glad to hear Malcolm caved, finally.
You can certainly borrow my clutch parts for the venture. I agree, if you have it, you probably won't need it.

[max71]

Economy is being felt all the way around or I'd shower him with money. I don't know why but my wife insists on a roof over our heads too. Strange.

You're in Malibu, right? I'm just up the way in Santa Monica. Send me an email or give me a call - 310-998-1908 whenever you can. I'm running out for an hour otherwise I work from home so I should be around.

[VWNate1]

O.K. ;

First & foremost here : Valley Friction Materiels is alive & well although Virgil retired a few years back , Tommy is still there as is his old Studebaker parked in the back building .

(818) 765.5174 .

DO NOT tell me they're not there as I go there at least twice a week . they never closed nor moved etc. .my shop is only three blocks away .

_period_ .

They stock all manner of vintage European car brake parts too , like re-lined brake shoes for my '63 Porche 356B .

Pilot bushings never , ever " wear in " . I've re-done so many DIY clutch jobs due to dinged Oillite pilot bushings ...

I'm still not clear on how the friction disc got warped...... .

Who yelled at you ? .

[max71]

No clue how it got warped. I didn't say it wasn't there. It was a mix up on which one closed and it turned out it was the Chatsworth branch.

Never asked for the man's name. He didn't yell at me really. Just ridiculed the car.

[VWNate1]

I'm sorry to hear that , most of the counter guys are pretty good .

Tommy's always been a real tightwad and changed out most all the old timers a couple years ago for minimum wage slaves , they're O.K. though - Virgil would have never allowed that and used to be the Ying to Tommy's Yang so to speak .

I never waste time nor $ on the 'phone , I go there with greasy old broken bits in hand (or a rag) and they can always fix me up well .

They're open 1/2 day Saturdays too , just get there before noon .

In your last post on this clutch job , you said folks here on this list yelled at you and so on...

On American cars & trucks , I usually get a couple long bolts & saw the heads off , screw into the bell housing and use as guide pins when re-installing the tranny , this avoids the very real possibility of bending the friction disc .

I dunno if that'd work well on a MGB tranny , they're not heavy but rather long .

[VWNate1]

Never asked for the man's name. He didn't yell at me really. Just ridiculed the car.

Well ;

THAT's been going on since the British Invasion began , don't expect it to end now

Hell , I drive a Metropolitan and it's only now beginning to be recognized as a " Classic " , when I gab on MG Cars.org , I have to pretend it's an MG or no one will talk to me

[max71]

The other board I posted on yelled at me. Everyone on this board is very cool.

[Steve Simmons]

Nate, I didn't know you post on the MG Enthusiasts' BBS. I've been posting there for 15 years! You must be hiding well.

[VWNate1]

Well ;

I've not posted there in some time , I used to back when I still had the 1967 MGB GT Mk I and I was breaking late model MGB's for parts .

I got some bad and indifferent advice from some self proclaimed " experts " who clearly were not Journeyman Mechanics plus I got ripped off by some parts buyers then roundly critisized when I made posts outing them (the thieves) and warning the others....

Guys would ping me off list for tech advice but not on the board as they'd get hassled etcetera .

All in all I more or less gave up .