Member Page: Douglas Gaither

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Douglas Gaither

Member ID: DBGaither
Member Status: Gold Member Gold Member
Clovis, CA, USA   usa
Member Since: 2010-05-04
Home Site: The MG Experience
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Last Login: 2013-05-20 19:52:51
Forum Activity: 2011-11-15 10:07:52
Forum Posts: 1

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Douglas Gaither 1965 MG MGB Red Butterscotch Rust

1965 MG MGB
"Nada Sixty-Eight"
GHN3L40073
Douglas Gaither 1966 MG MGB BN29 Dark British Racing Green

1966 MG MGB
"Nigel"
GHN3L81624
Douglas Gaither 1969 Volkswagen Beetle Diamond Blue

1969 Volkswagen Beetle
"Fastback"
319081042
Douglas Gaither 1977 MG MGB Tahiti Blue

1977 MG MGB
GHN5UH431991G


4 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 53,363 mi (85,879 km) -- Average age: 1969

Member Journal – Doug's Journal

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The Dreaded "Clonk"

Posted on: Wednesday August 25, 2010

I had to have the rear spline hubs replaced. Had the job done while I was on vacation. Excellent job done by Rick Rogers at British Steel in Fresno. Of course, it couldn't be that easy, the left rear axle seal was leaking and fouled the brake shoes. So new seal & shoes we included in the deal. Along with several body adjustments that I just didn't have time to do myself (working too much).

Re-spoked

Posted on: Wednesday June 9, 2010

I found one of my tires flat last month, upon closer inspection I realized I had broken a couple of spokes and consequently several others were now loose. So I ordered the spokes from my local guy. After getting them, I tried tightening up the other loose ones and broke 3 more! So now I had to wait again. I found a tube at the local Coker Tire Warehouse. So I finally got everything back together and it looks good. I think it will be fine for a spare.

Melted Wires

Posted on: Thursday May 27, 2010

2 months ago I was driving my car home from work when the lights started dimming sporadically along with that PVC bouquet. At the time I had never associated that smell with the cause - as I have never had that happen. I discovered a short in the red running lights wire in the license light feed that melted the insulation off all the red wires in the trunk. So I stripped out the rear harness and replaced all the red wire along with replacing the original tail lights with the LED light kit f...



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