Stephen Farrell's Journal

My B started acting up and would run on two cylinders only. Of course it was 9:30 pm and I could not make it the 5 miles home. I called my mechanic and he brought his rollback and dropped me off at home. The next day he informed me I had carb trouble. I was sceptical but decided I had to trust the expert. I had a spare set of AUD-135 SU HS4 so elected to trade them in to Chester Gilliam at Rocky Mountain Roadsters. The newly built carbs will be here Wednesday. While waiting for carbs I decided to upgrade my rear suspension. A MGE member highly recommended the Superflex bushings. So Ordered the set from the UK. Pretty pricey at over 200 dollars. I got a set of straps from Strapping Lad, a spring kit from Brit-Tek, & shocks from World Wide Auto Parts. ( real nice folks all). Also I had a new TT polished stainless steel exhaust installed.
I was browsing EBay UK and OD 's were so cheap I splurged and bought one. It was only $447. Delivered to My front porch. I won't be installing it right away as the MG kitty is sadly depleted. I expect a $1K labor bill at least for all of the above work. I may need to update my Haggerty's coverage again. I just hope my new carbs solve my problem. The consensus on the forum was that it was a failure of one of the previous components recently installed. Whatever it is I'll just face it . I also sent the installed carbs to Joe Curto. It's takes him longer so I'll have another complete set as a spare. Once my car is doing well I may sell them once I am sure they are not needed.