1948 MG TC #6744

[LuckyFloridaLin@aol.com]

Dear Lords And Ladies; Speaking of Mostly Garaged, the throwout bearing just started howling like Banshee from the Murray Outback. What is the best proceedure. Take out the engine and tranny as one unit or just try to remove the the tranny? Is their their a better type of bearing avalible as opposed to the graphite unit. "Peace on Earth to Men of Good Will" Tally Ho Ho!! Thom Collins

[Robert Grunau]

Forget taking out just the transmission on a TC. You have to take half the car apart to get the foot ramp out. Far easier to pull just the engine. Or take out the engine and transmission as a unit but this is more work. Depends on what else you want to repair/check. To just replace the throw-out bearing, I would pull the engine alone. Nothing wrong with the original carbon throw-out bearing. I would stick with it. Replacement ball thrust bearings are less reliable. If you have a pull off spring on the clutch pedal so the carbon thrust is clear of the clutch when not in use, the carbon thrust will work just fine. Regards, Bob Grunau Dear Lords And Ladies; Speaking of Mostly Garaged, the throwout bearing just started howling like Banshee from the Murray Outback. What is the best proceedure. Take out the engine and tranny as one unit or just try to remove the the tranny? Is their their a better type of bearing avalible as opposed to the graphite unit. "Peace on Earth to Men of Good Will" Tally Ho Ho!! Thom Collins

[joecurto@aol.com]

Thom why is the Throw out bearing "HOWLING", MG bearings are carbon not ball, they do not howl they break but no howl (unless carbon is totally gone), perhaps it is your pilot bushing, either way same job to get to just that you like to correct the right thing, try removing tunnel and top cover plate get out your mirror you got from Post Toasties "Shadow" give away in 1939 and take a peek down inside, carbon is about 1/8 tall from the cast housing, if it is there than I think you have another problem, when does the noise happen, in neutral, foot on clutch or car cold or hot? Joe

[LuckyFloridaLin@aol.com]

Dear Joseph; Happens with foot on clutch especially going into 3rd gear originally on the down shift and now it happens on up shift. Now seems to be heading towards 2nd gear. Perhaps the original owner put in a ball or roller bearing as a replacement. Will look in there with my Snow White Mirror DOESN'T SOUND GOOD-Tally Ho!Thom Collins

[Diecuts@aol.com]

Hi Thom, I had the same howling on my TC, it turned out to be a dry bearing or something related to the fan belt area. Everytime I shifted in the lower gears and revved the engine the noise would occur. It progressed as yours did to other shift points. In desperation, I pulled out the WD40 and, while someone blipped the throttle, blasted various points on the engine until the howling abruptly ceased. Greasing all the fittings in that area fixed it. Happy Holidays! Lee Jacobsen, Dearborn, MI

[Charles Hill]

First, There have been a lot of comments on the later model MG lists about problems with changing from the carbon to roller/ball bearings for MG throwout bearings. Then consensus is that the original carbon is the best. Second, Its a long shot, but check the thrust bearing clearance in the engine. Pushing on the clutch pedal does put pressure on the crankshaft thrust bearing. If the clearance is excessive, could move parts around to make strange noises when the pedal is pushed in. As for pulling the engine/transmission, the TC Owner's Manual (The brown book) pretty well covers it. Regards, Charles Hill