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MG TD TF 1500 - Resurrection of TD10066

Our club, FBCC of SC, has new members, Tom and Lynn.
Lynn is 82 and Tom is 84. They both act like they are 30. Lynn's dad bought TD 10066 back in the late 70's. Due to personal reasons Tom and Lynn parked the car in their barn about four years ago ("Ran when parked). Last week club members Peter, David and I pushed the car out of the barn but it would not run. No fuel pump action. Peter took the pump apart, cleaned the points and, VAROOM!!, it started right up and runs great. Sadly, this exposed a slight problem - almost no brakes.

We trailered the car to Peter's shop and attacked the brakes. The wheel cylinders were beyond hope so they were all replaced. The drums and shoes look like new so nothing to do there. Peter rebuilt the master cylinder, and we now have a good hard brake pedal.

Peter did an adjustment to the driver side door latch and we did a few other cosmetic things and declared the car road-ready

This morning Peter drove TD 10066 up the 7% Saluda Grade to the Green River BBQ (about 40 miles) and it performed superbly. I followed in my TD. After eating we headed back down the 7% Grade and the brakes worked very well.

We have just a few more items to straighten out but TD 10066 is ready to go home to Tom and Lynn so they can join us on drives through the beautiful southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Life is good.

Jud





J K Chapin

Bravo Jud

Getting another on the road is always a great thing.
Bruce Cunha

Fantastic story-well done you
William Revit

Something to be said about "Southern Hospitality"! Very nice of you guys to see an opportunity to help out to the extent you did, and I'm sure it will be very much appreciated!

Jim Rice

Super great tale. I bet there were smiles all around.
Christopher Couper

Great to see it back on the road, Jud.

Off topic, Jud, did your gearbox ball bearing tool get back to you safely?

Thanks,
Jim
JV Smith TD17744

Wonderful!
Len
Len Fanelli

What a thoughtful act of kindness, makes one realize that there are kind and thoughtful folk out there. Just shows most of them drive MGs.

Well done guys.

Peter
P G Gilvarry

Jim, yes, the tool is back and available for anyone else who may be in need of it.

Jud
J K Chapin

That's the MG WAY. Thanks to all who helped.
Sanders

This thread was discussed between 03/07/2022 and 05/07/2022

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