Mike, My apologies if that's how you took my response, it was meant to be neither smart ass nor dumbass. I wouldn't spend several hours trying ...   06-18-2025 01:40 pm

Mike, Well since you're still twisting about the sale I'd say you've got two options fix it or sell it. ...   06-16-2025 12:41 pm

Mike, As an aircraft mechanic you know that what passes as good, solid work in the auto industry could be substandard in the aircraft industry so ...   06-15-2025 02:06 pm

Mike, I saw your car on BaT, you got a good deal. I even commented during the auction (sliproc). Have you changed that 10 year old ...   06-14-2025 03:27 pm

Mike, "Depends on what else I find", I see you've gotten my point. First things first, did you get the seats out so you can assess the ...   06-13-2025 01:56 pm

Mike, "Hopefully this won't take too long", that's funny. I'm not clear on what you've got going here. So you want to remove the seats to access ...   06-12-2025 02:15 pm

It's interesting that two fairly knowledgeable guys have two completely different opinions about the same thing. When this happens I usually ask Mr. Bentley. Also interesting ...   05-28-2025 02:10 pm

Michael, Yes the Jensen-Healey has a servo or vacuum assist braking system. The vacuum is taken off a nipple on the rear of the intake manifold. ...   05-14-2025 03:08 pm

Normally brake pedal action doesn't feel particularly different from other LBCs, for example it feels about the same as my TR7. Did you check connections ...   05-13-2025 01:26 pm

Since Jaguar and Jensen had no direct connection I'd guess similar not the same. Even if it was the same color matching 50 year old ...   05-13-2025 01:16 pm

Paul, Always nice to hear about the next generation wanting to pick up the torch. This will be a good experience for him if he chooses ...   04-28-2025 02:38 pm

Paul, I'll second Vance, Robey has what you need. You're right MGB filters won't fit the stock J/H air filter is a rather odd ball setup, ...   04-27-2025 02:03 pm

Vance, Ditto Bruce, I had a bearing failure (squealing) I replaced the two bearing set with the same from Delta. Didn't know there was a single ...   02-18-2025 11:50 am

David, That B74 identifies the motor as a '74 which has the improved rear seal the earlier motors B73 used a rope seal which could be ...   02-08-2025 01:16 pm

Stewart, You picked a good source for information, I don't know of anyone who knows more about that motor than Tim Engle does. If he doesn't ...   01-17-2025 12:06 pm

Vance, Not that it's of any consequence now but my later model block also uses the same hex head fastener, looks like it was used ...   01-04-2025 11:38 pm

My apologies Doctor. ...   12-30-2024 06:47 pm

Vance, When I reassembled my dash I don't recall this being a problem it simply went back in the way it came out. Yes, the hole ...   12-30-2024 03:15 pm

Mike, Whether or not you need to dial it in is up to you, your car, your choice. My point was generally with a 50 year ...   12-27-2024 12:50 pm

Good morning guys, this is interesting stuff and nice to know but aren't we getting a bit into the weeds here. I could see the ...   12-26-2024 01:17 pm

Mike, That post is 18 years old Jim may not even have a Jensen-Healey now. ...   12-25-2024 12:55 pm

Vance, Interesting but the speedo is kilometers and doesn't have a tripometer. Is that what you went with? Not running until summer, I'm guessing you've got a ...   12-14-2024 01:24 pm

Vance, The common problem when going to the Pertronix unit is the tach doesn't work at all. The remedy is to install a ballast resistor from ...   12-14-2024 01:09 pm

Vance, That's a deal that's hard to pass up and they look pretty close to original but that's an awful lot of gauges for only forty ...   12-13-2024 01:06 pm

Vance, I've never seen an exact definition of "resto-mod" it's kind of like you know one when you see one. If you were to drop an ...   12-12-2024 01:34 pm

I'm not even sure what's going on here or what you're trying to accomplish. When you switch off the ignition the fuel pump keeps running? ...   12-06-2024 01:34 pm

JenHeal, Your best bet is probably Bruce Madden (Red Racer) he's in Georgia, Atlanta area I believe. He's got a lot of cars and parts and ...   11-15-2024 01:04 pm

On the bright side of late I've noticed a trend where some suppliers are beginning to list the difference between parts. The OEM parts will ...   10-25-2024 01:19 pm

Bruce, This problem has come up before not just on this site, not just on other LBC sites but on numerous classic car sites. There was ...   10-24-2024 02:28 pm

Bearry, Who's been working on your car for the last 40 years? It sounds like you've found your shop in Performance Motors. It's highly rated on ...   10-05-2024 01:33 pm

JH12947, Welding cracks and pin holes doesn't seem to be an ideal solution as it sounds like your header may have reached the end of it's ...   08-16-2024 01:24 pm

Interesting conversation, it seems like it would be easier to build a race car than a road car. The race car only has to maintain ...   08-15-2024 02:53 pm

Jh092, Keep in mind that reaching into the LBC parts bins the two piece may have been chosen because it fit rather than to fill a ...   07-28-2024 06:35 pm

Vance, Yes the seventies was truly "The Golden Age of Shoddy Workmanship", you need look no further than the last MGBs. Getting back to your original ...   06-26-2024 02:51 pm

Vance, One of the things that appealed to me when I was considering getting a J/H was to pass smog test the motor required no smog ...   06-24-2024 07:02 pm

Vance, "For the sake of originality", you're not actually going to try to reactivate the seat belt interlock system are you? If so it'll require two ...   06-24-2024 02:37 pm

fenflame, Fifty years down the road a lot of exact replacements are getting scarce so using parts from other makes isn't uncommon it's what the Brit ...   06-23-2024 01:45 pm

Vance, The question of drainage holes in the floorpans is one that has come up on any number of message boards. The general consensus is that ...   06-09-2024 03:40 pm

Bob, Sorry to hear that, hope things go well. ...   05-28-2024 01:29 pm

Bob, It looks like the PO tried to source a fuse box as close to the original as possible since the originals are NLA and and ...   05-28-2024 12:41 am