My daily driver Audi has some serious issues and I've had to take it off the road. What has this got to do with MGs? you may ask. Well, I need a car to do my job and the only candidate is the 71 GT so it was press ganged into service. I was pleasantly surprised to find that business use was readily available on a classic insurance policy and at reasonable cost. There were some issues to sort out with the car. The horn ceased working which had to be done, the overdrive didn't always engage and the tachometer would sometimes drop to zero whe running. The last two were minor irritations that I'd lived with when the car was only used occasionally but were driving me nuts using it every day.
I decided they had to be tackled and got stuck in. The horn was an easy one. The car has an aftermarket steering wheel and because there is no horn push, a previous owner had fitted a spring loaded flick switch for the horns. Investigation revealed that one of the connections was loose and had dropped off. Easy fix.
As I was already working under the dash I decided to look at the overdrive switch. I always check the easy things first. Testing showed that the switch was only switching about four out of ten attempts. A replacement switch fitted and all was good there.
Next, the tachometer. As I put my hand up under the dash to find the securing nuts, I felt a wire move. Yes, another loose connection. I couldn't believe my luck.
I'm quite enjoying using the GT every day and what was originally planned as a temporary solution whilst the Audi is being sorted, may well become permanent.
I decided they had to be tackled and got stuck in. The horn was an easy one. The car has an aftermarket steering wheel and because there is no horn push, a previous owner had fitted a spring loaded flick switch for the horns. Investigation revealed that one of the connections was loose and had dropped off. Easy fix.
As I was already working under the dash I decided to look at the overdrive switch. I always check the easy things first. Testing showed that the switch was only switching about four out of ten attempts. A replacement switch fitted and all was good there.
Next, the tachometer. As I put my hand up under the dash to find the securing nuts, I felt a wire move. Yes, another loose connection. I couldn't believe my luck.
I'm quite enjoying using the GT every day and what was originally planned as a temporary solution whilst the Audi is being sorted, may well become permanent.
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