April 2009

Chicagoland MG Club
P.O. Box 455 Addison, IL 60101
www.chicagolandmgclub.com
Monthly members’ web password: xxxxxxx


President
Jim Evans
630-858-8192
president@chicagolandmgclub.com

Vice-President
Dave Peterson
630-584-3661
vicepresident@chicagolandmgclub.com

Secretary / Membership
Victor L’Heureux
847-516-3093
secretary@chicagolandmgclub.com

Treasurer
Reinout Vogt
847-342-9804
treasurer@chicagolandmgclub.com

Editor
Bill Reece
630-816-1195
editor@chicagolandmgclub.com

Classifieds
Jim Evans
630-858-8192
classifieds@chicagolandmgclub.com

Regalia
David L. Ransom
708-452-7312
regalia@chicagolandmgclub.com

Librarian
Bill & Deb Mennell
630-393-1514
librarian@chicagolandmgclub.com

Driving Events
Seth Jones
847-869-7474
drivingevents@chicagolandmgclub.com

Tech Coordinator
Dave “Cowboy” Bralich
630-289-7915
tech@chicagolandmgclub.com

Webmaster
Barney Gaylord
630-505-0866
webmaster@chicagolandmgclub.com

Parts Program
David Evans
630-462-9181
ebaymaster@chicagolandmgclub.com
 
The Natter ‘n’ Noggin is held the second Tuesday of each month at alternating locations. Please check the Driveline or club website for the current location. The talking, eating and drinking starts about 7:00 p.m. Come and stay as long as you can.

The Monthly Club Meeting is held on the third Monday of each month (except no meeting in December). The meetings are from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. at MACK’S GOLDEN PHEASANT in Elmhurst

 
   


For the last tens years or so, I've been nursing my '71 B along by keeping the boot well stocked with quarts of 40 weight oil. Perhaps some club members may recall seeing a light blue trail of smoke along some pleasant country back road during a road rally?
Anyway, my mantra (excuse) was, "Oil is cheaper than rebuilding an engine." I just wanted to keep the car on the road "One More Season." But, I knew in the back of my mind that one day, my band aid solution would eventually fail to render the results needed to keep my "B" on the road.
So, never having pulled an engine from a MG, I began by following the step by step instructions from the Haynes service manual until it got a bit vague explaining the actual process of lifting and removing the

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