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Wiring Diagram for MG TD

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 The following pictures are only here temporarily. They came to me in an email from our member Dave Dougan. Enjoy them. Bud  

 Gas Stations Of  Yesteryear                                      

Back when life was much simpler and gas was 18-25 cents a gallon!!

(or there about) and as low as 17 cents during gas wars.

 

Old American  Gas Stations from all around the country.  
Some are abandoned, some are restored and many are still in use. .

In the next picture, notice the kid jumping on the bell hose.

YOU ever done that?





This next picture looks to be more of a collection,

since it's all different sizes and colors, and too close together.























Notice the prices on the next one.

Yes, that's only $ .34 for Hi test

and $ .28 for regular.

Oh, don't forget the 9/10% of a penny. LOL




There's one of the next ones still standing (not in use)

on Sprague St . in Winston - Sa lem , N.C.

(A Shell station in case you can't figure that out.) LOL


























Yeah . . .  I remember!

and with a fill-up you got:

The gas pumped for you,

Your windshield cleaned,

Oil &  fluids checked,

Tires checked,

A free map, if you wanted it.

                                       

Yeah! I remember!!!

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Something about the oil!                            by  Bill Bollendonk

During the past year, or longer, there has been a major change to the formulation of the lubricating oils that we have been putting in our MG’s, as well as other cars that have cams and flat lifters. With these changes comes a real problem of the ability of current oils to provide ware protection for our cars.

The problem centers on the reduction of Zinc, ZN and Phosphorus, P that have been a part of oil for many years. These elements provide the lubrication for the surfaces between the cam lobes and the cam followers, without which the rate of ware goes up dramatically.  ZDDP, dialkyl dithiosphosphate has been reduced to extend the life of catalytic  converters, as it clogs them over time. Modern cars are designed for lower viscosity oil, such as 5W-20 and do not have the metal contact surfaces found in older engines. There have been many failures of fresh engine rebuilds noted on the internet due to  the lack of ZDDP in the major oils available. The Zn content of most oils has dropped from %0.130 (SH grade) in 1996, to %0.087 (SM grade) in 2005.  This may not seem like a major decrease, but it is very significant.  Worse is that the oils, in the near future, will drop to even lower levels of ZDDP. I personally have seen the results of the lower levels in the engine that I recently rebuilt for a member of our club; an engine that had less than 1,500 miles since rebuild. From the literature, I glean that older engines that have been running for many miles with higher levels ZDDP are less at risk, but I wouldn’t count on that, so, I have switched to oils that still contain high levels of ZDDP; in my case Redline racing.

Have a look at www.lnengineering.com. Click on oil. Good article on the subject. For more info, do some Google searching on the subject.

             The problem is real!   

Here is another link for more information:  http://www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html

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