This cute little MG Midget needed a new gearbox. She drove onto the trailer but hadn’t been driven far for a very long time and had issues with a noisy gearbox.
The only way to get the gearbox out is through the engine bay and so the engine has to come out first. You then separate the engine and box on the bench, fit the new gearbox to the engine and pop the whole lot back into the car.
While we were at it we replaced worn lever arm dampers and track rod ends which were both extremely worn.
Once the engine and new gearbox were back in we found a water leak from the coolant return pipe, which was quickly replaced, and a fuel leak from the float bowl overflows. The fuel leak was a result of no fuel filter and a lot of accumulated dirt in the float bowls. A filter was added, the bowls cleaned thoroughly and the needle valves and seats replaced.
