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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - securing the oil pump and is my head good enough

Hi all,
Putting my 1275 back together.
Have a couple of questions.
1) unlike the pictures in the various manuals I have the oil pump has two bolts securing it to the block and two slot headed set screws which secure the back of the pump. I have some lock straps but I am not sure they work with this setup. When I dismantled it the bolts had spring washers preventing then from undoing.
2) the head I am using got a small amount of surface rust on the head gasket surface. I have scraped it off with a razor blade and it seems pretty smooth. How do I know whether to have the head skimmed.
3) the head has exhaust valve seat inserts. Does this mean it has had an unleaded conversion. I should say the head was not nessecarly from a midget as it was in a box of bits.

Thanks for any help.
Tim
T Dafforn

Hi Tim. Before I put my 1275 back together I took a big box of parts to Peter [May] at Ombersley [not too far from "Warwickshire"] for his assessment... and he did all the machining for me too. A real gent. Advice came free, too!
David Cox

Hi David.
Thanks for the suggestion. The block has been machined by coventry boring who did a lotus twincam for me a while back, so maybe I'll take the head to them for a quick look see.
Cheers
Tim
T Dafforn

I believe that is the best of the oil pumps, was standard on the late 1275 transverse cars. Two bolts with spring washers always worked just dandy.

FRM
FR Millmore

This thread was discussed between 07/03/2013 and 08/03/2013

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