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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - 'A' Series Timing Cover

Does anyone have a spare 'A'Series timing cover which has the timing marks situated above the crank pully?
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Peter
Peter King

Peter

On my brother's engine, I painted a line on the timing cover and some marks on the pulley for TDC, -10°, -20° & -30°.

Dave O'Neill 2

It is worth checking TDC with a DTI as the marks on the pulleys can sometimes be 'out'.
Alan Anstead

I've done that on this engine but have small oil leak on seal so I thought I'd try and get a cover with timing marks above crank pully as I have one of these on my spare engine.
Peter King

The timing "hand" got broken off of my cover when the clutch was replaced about 20 years ago. Since then, I time it to the cover to the right of bottom center (10° BTDC?)
Glenn Mallory

As Alan says, the stock timing pointers may not be reliable. I checked TDC with a dial gauge, fitted a wire pointer to the block, and put timing marks on the pulley. It helps that the pulley is a damper so is wide enough for the marks.

Les
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This thread was discussed between 09/02/2021 and 23/02/2021

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