Ottawa MG Club

Ottawa Leather Works

Beth Tyler is a leather worker and proprietor of Ottawa Leather Works.
She provides custom leather work and repairs, with specialization in the following areas:
* Vintage vehicles – automobiles and motorbikes
* Custom leather carving
* Custom leather product design
* Horse tack
* Leather craft lessons
* Other leather skills and products

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Redpath Towing Service

http://www.redpathtowing.com/

Redpath Towing Service has been serving the National Capital Region since 1990. We specialize in vintage, exotic, classic, low profile, and high end vehicle transport, using state of the art modern flatbed equipment. As a small family owned and operated business, we take pride in our professionalism, uniformed and certified operators, and our attention to detail. "We Baby Your Baby" is not only our slogan, but a mantra we live by when transporting our customers' pride and joy. Should the unexpected occur and your members require assistance with "their baby", we can be available to help and they can rest assured it will be in good hands. I encourage you to visit our website at www.redpathtowing.com to see our trucks in action and examples of the special vehicle transport we specialize in. I would also be happy to answer any questions you may have about our company or our services. 613-233-2785

MGB Fuel Guage Sending Unit Problem & Solution:
I’ve been dickering with the original fuel sender on my new fuel tank but it behaves as it always did: it tells lies to the gauge, which then shows me 1/2 when full and E when half full and leaving me in suspense for the remaining miles.

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Ceiling Mounted Self-Activated Fire Suppression Devices are easy to install, non-toxic, environmentally safe, easy to clean up in the event of a fire with no water damage or water source needed and not visually intrusive.

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Go Tire - Mobile Tire Services
[ 613-406-TIRE (8473) ]

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Club member Wayne Murdoch can make his mechanics garage and hoist available to club members who need this type of shop with a hoist.

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Michael Cooke told me about his MGB wiper blade incident:
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Len, as you will remember I lost a wiper blade travelling to your tech session.
It just separated and flew off. So today I went hunting.
Tried Moss online and got this result (US dollars, plus shipping plus, plus, plus)
Click on the image to see the search results

Looking for something else I popped into the:
A & C Auto Parts Ltd/Auto Plus
2525 Baseline Rd, Ottawa, ON K2C 0E3
Coincidentally the Bosch rep followed me in and I jokingly told him I was interested in some Bosch wiper blades.
He looked on his tablet for 'MGB 1973' and came up with the code (10 inch 40710, or 3 397 004 439-34s).
Meanwhile the A&C owner was already in the store room pulling them from stock (no delivery charge!).
I paid CAN$26.61 for 3, all-in.
I’ve fitted the replacement and can say it works but is a little chunkier than the OEM all-metal ones.
Rats, it’ll probably add a millisecond to my 0-something speed 😉
Cheers, Michael.

Using 'Ethanol Free Gas' in your MG is, of course, a matter of choice. Our Technical Director, Mike Price, has told me he has been using Ethanol gasoline for years without problems. And I'm sure many of us have been doing the same. Meanwhile, there are those folks, such as Rob Staruch (former owner Miniman), who have quite strong opinions that Shell Super is the best choice since it is Ethanol Free and has sufficient octane.

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Tip For Cleaning Slightly Rusty Steering Wheel ('73B)
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In case you need ideas for cleaning rust off steering wheel spokes:

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Club member Don Barr provided this document from the book "Improve and Modify the MGB" by Lindsay Porter

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