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MG TD TF 1500 - Grey Roadster Gaskets

I've been surprised and pleased by the popularity of the grey-colored Roadster Gasket I've been selling recently, due to a manufacturing error.

It would be very helpful to know whether people primarily purchased the grey gasket because it was grey and looked more like cork, or because it cost $10 less than the usual red.

If it is the color, perhaps I ought to follow up and order a batch of grey side cover gaskets as well, in order to be able to offer a complete kit. If it is the price, that's a different set of variables.

Thanks very much, and Happy New Year!

Tom Lange
MGT REpair
t lange

Cost, for me. Color didn't matter...
Geoffrey M Baker

I agree, color isn't important.
DHN Nordstrom

I do think the grey goes better with the silver valve cover than the orange.

Jim B.
JA Benjamin

When restoring/maintaining a 60+ year old car +/- $10 hardly matters. I have the orange that looks decent agains my maroon block and matches/hides the bit of Permatex Ultra Copper I used to seal it but I agree with Jim B that the grey would look good next to the valve cover if the Permatex were applied carefully enough to not show. Jud
J K Chapin

Hi Tom -

While you are taking in feedback on the gaskets, I wanted to mention that your side cover gasket is a bit too thick - it seems to locate the side cover farther out from the mating surface - which then brings about the need to reposition the distributor - due to the distributor cap clamp....not a big deal but it was one small issue I noticed.

Best regards,

Douglas
DLD

Douglas - thanks for the comment; you are the first on that subject. If your distributor is positioned as it is shown in the factory manual and owner's handbook - with the flat side parallel with the block - there is no fouling with the cap clip.

Tom Lange
MGT Repair
t lange

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