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A Complete Carburettor Rebuild
From Moss Motoring 1985 Rebushing carburettor bodies and fitting new throttle shafts is a major part of a proper carb rebuild that is often overlooked. Vacuum leaks due to worn bodies and shafts cause...
View ArticleAdditional Leather Tips
From Moss Motoring 1985 by Michael A Mascelli Latham, NY Dear Moss Folks, Thanks for the great newsletter! I read your recent leather upholstery tips and from my long experience with leather seats I...
View ArticleTech – A ‘Knock Knock’ That Was No Joke
From Moss Motoring 1985 A knock in a worn engine is relatively easy to diagnose, but-what about a knock-in a freshly rebuilt engine? Especially one which has been assembled with great care in respect...
View ArticleThe ‘Laws’ for British Sports Cars
From Moss Motoring 1985 By Don Hayward Many distinguished scientists have worked their entire lives to try and figure out why British autos never seem to obey any scientific laws known to man. Most of...
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Tech Tips: Letters
From Moss Motoring 1985 OVERHEATING? Just a couple of things I figured out the hard way. First of all, on overheating. If the heater is on when the engine is running hot, and the condition of the...
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Unique MG Twin Cams
From Moss Motoring 1985 by Lawrie Alexander The double overhead camshaft engine fitted to the MGA Twin-Cam models was known as much for its notorious unreliability as for its 108 bhp output. Clearly,...
View ArticleAutomobiles Anonymous
From Moss Motoring 1985 by Pete Cosmides I call it automobilism; the burning desire for things automotive. That’s anything automotive; real cars, models, toys, posters, photos, etc. You know you’re...
View ArticleTech Tip – Bumper Beautification
From Moss Motoring 1985 By Bob Barcus My heart skipped a beat just over a year ago when I got my first look at the deep red 1974 MGB in a garage outside of Cleveland. The ad said it was in ’excellent...
View ArticleTrivia Test: TRs at the Movies
From Moss Motoring 1985 by Bea Meyer Fogelsvillle, Pa We all know that the real star of the movie ‘Diner’ was a red TR-3A, but Triumphs have appeared in many other films, both American and foreign....
View ArticleTech Tip – Random Knocking
From Moss Motoring 1985 Kevin Edgley Duncan, OK A random ‘knocking’ or ‘clattering’ sound at idle on MGBs with the 3-bladed fan may be due to bad rubber grommets in the fan mounting holes. The sound is...
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