Why won't you start? - 1950 MG Rebuild Episode 70 

Congratulations Jamie! Hearing an engine that you built come to life for the first time is quite exhilarating and it shows in your reaction. Before you know it she will be driving off under her own power!!

What a beautiful sound 👍

Fantastic! it's 0 degrees celsius here in Niagara Falls and snow in the forecast but I am going to put the top down and windshield down and take my 1950 TD for a celebration spin. Well done!

Haha. I made that distributOr timing error way back in 1963 when I rebuilt my first engine at age 17. My 1622 engine has two positions marked on the cam pulley one crank turn apart for aligning the dissy. Good job and it sounds just luvverly.

Great job Jamie! Make certain to run at 2000-2500 RPM for approximately 20 minutes to break in camshaft and lifters. Glad to see you found your motivation!

Hi Jaime, well done and congratulations on yet another milestone! Exciting times when they come back to life. Just a suggestion on the wiring. Very good move adding the fuses, however for your high load devices like headlights/taillights, fuel pump, and starter relay, I would add relays to those circuits so the amps are being taken up by the relays, rather than the switches. There's kits available and there is an immediate payout for the lights as you'll have more current going to them, making them brighter in the process. Keep up the great work. She's coming along great.

So, so fantastic ....... well done👏🏼 It didn’t sound like even a full revolution before it fired the second time around💥😄

¡Qué magnífico trabajo!. ¡Mejor que cuándo salió de fábrica!. ¡Ánimo!, ya falta muy poco...

It put a smile on my dial.

these cars don't need a timing light to time the. they can easily be statically timed using a tiny light bulb and some wire. from the fire coming out of the exhaust manifold and no indication of any firing under compression it was showing all the symptoms of being a massive timing problem.

Lachlan has been naughty