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Up face of the channel supporting engine on left as you look at the front.

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I will bring my MG40 for the weekend Kev

Sure you sent me an entry form??

Chris

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This crawler doesn’t want to give anything away yet , expeatfarmer can you give me a more accurate position of the serial number in the engine bay. The left hand ( looking from the front towards the rear) has a channel were the engine bolts to. Is the number on the flat looking up or on the side looking inwards to the engine , or am I in the wrong place altogether.

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Thank you for the guide for the chassis number, someone else also said it was stamped in the engine bay. I shall go armed with wire brush and torch and see what I can find.

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As an afterthought if it is a very early machine the chassis number will stamped into the left hand engine cradle support as you look at the front. It will also be on the underside of the gearbox cover.

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Do you have any photos you can post?The Rural Life museum at East Kilbride also has an early MG2.

From the description this sounds like a T engine, but not sure how you arrive at a chassis number from an engine number?

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I am only 11/2 hours from Perth and happy to help. jonathan@growingmedialtd.co.uk

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Do you have any photos you can post?

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Thank you Neil for the swift reply , I’m sure mine is an early t engine it has the folded bonnet but the fan is belt driven. The only chain on the rear of the engine is from the starting handle shaft. Also differing from a later 2 is the brake handles don’t have round knobs. Unfortunately where the makes plate was is too rusty to see anything and at the moment I can’t move it to see any marks on the crown wheel.

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Was good to speak to some of you during the weekend I had the MG5 on the Rhayader Vintage Clubs stand. Had many helpful conversations with folks.

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Thanks for your reply Charlie would you know what sort of height the float should be?

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Right solved the one problem and caused another. There was a split in the pipe so swapped that for a new pipe which fixed that leak however I now have fuel flooding out of the top of the carburettor float chamber. It’s pouring out of the tickler hole and there’s two small holes on the side of the chamber cap which look like they are supposed to be there but fuel is squirting out these holes at quite a pace? Could the position of the float have anything to do with this problem?

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