Outstanding video and presentation. I wish the MGBs were as easy. The only bonus for the MGB is the long service life of the hydrologic dampeners. If I recall the front shocks on a Spitfire are even easier.
Yes and no. The fronts on a Spitfire are fall-off-a-log easy to remove from the car... but it's a coil over design, so you have to have a special tool to separate the spring from the shocks once they're off the car. It's basically a strut assembly. MGBs aren't too bad, but it is a pain to have to crawl under the back to get at everything though....
I like how you put little tidbit comments in. " Actually never re-use these" I'm trying to figure out (bottoming out) if I need to do, or have done, the same on my 75 TR6. The mechanism is weirdly different. Good video.
The TR6 is pretty easy too. I'll have a video on that eventually, but the trick is to disconnect the link to the trailing arm with the wheels fully on the ground. When you raise the car the springs will come loose. Then you can get everything out of the way and swap (or repair) the shocks.
Outstanding video and presentation.
I wish the MGBs were as easy. The only bonus for the MGB is the long service life of the hydrologic dampeners. If I recall the front shocks on a Spitfire are even easier.
Yes and no. The fronts on a Spitfire are fall-off-a-log easy to remove from the car... but it's a coil over design, so you have to have a special tool to separate the spring from the shocks once they're off the car. It's basically a strut assembly. MGBs aren't too bad, but it is a pain to have to crawl under the back to get at everything though....
@@midwestmotoringAll your videos are outstanding.
Thank you
I like how you put little tidbit comments in. " Actually never re-use these" I'm trying to figure out (bottoming out) if I need to do, or have done, the same on my 75 TR6. The mechanism is weirdly different. Good video.
The TR6 is pretty easy too. I'll have a video on that eventually, but the trick is to disconnect the link to the trailing arm with the wheels fully on the ground. When you raise the car the springs will come loose. Then you can get everything out of the way and swap (or repair) the shocks.