Mg advert and pro mo vids

A lot of you have seen these before,but some newcomers may enjoy them.....here are some..mg adverts :drive:

That can't be real Shirley.

Looks like a poor sixth form project!!

thats why the tf had faded badges?

Just watched the videos. Very interesting one on the development of the k series engine. Did they say cambelt life was 96,000 miles? To use a quote from Andy "whale oil beef hooked". :yesnod: .. Must have been before they invented HGF.

mgtftone wrote: Just watched the videos. Very interesting one on the development of the k series engine. Did they say cambelt life was 96,000 miles? To use a quote from Andy "whale oil beef hooked". :yesnod: .. Must have been before they invented HGF.

yes i found the k series engine project interesting.......brought back some memories of working in a factory in the early 90s when we recieved hundreds of thousands of k series castings to undergo a special casting sealing process......like to see another video of those 2 guys crying and trying to explain how many engines had hgf....

I can remember ally castings being anodised to seal the surfaces, was that the same process? I can also remember mechanics with dirty hands not like in the video. :nonod:

mgtftone wrote: I can remember ally castings being anodised to seal the surfaces, was that the same process? I can also remember mechanics with dirty hands not like in the video. :nonod:

We had truck loads of k series blocks,cylinder heads bearing racks etc.......these were deliverd 24 hours a day from rover
The process was called metal impregnating.........as alloy castings had microscopic holes in them.....porous ...they have to be sealed.......this was done by carefully loading the castings into a large cylindrical basket which was hoisted into a vaccum chamber..........once loaded in the chanber door was auto closed and with a flick of a lever all air sucked out....after a set time.a button was pressed that pumped a special resin into the chamber of castings.........once the correct amount of resin was in the chamber another button pressed which put the castings under preasure.......assuring resin was in those pores.......timing was strictly observed and after the resin pumped back out....the steel basket was hoisted out by the overhead crane.....i think the basket could handle well over a ton has we also did large cylinder heads which wieghd around 3/4 of a ton each for merlees in manchester........after the casting were hoisted out the were washed several times automatically being submerged in and out of cold water and then put in a tank of hot water to cure the resin......while one basket of castings was coming out of the vaccuum tank another was awaiting to go in.......lorries arrived night and day to bring and takeaway those luvly new k-series parts........not knowing that one day i would get to own one......and for anyone thinking was itpossible to send some castings back without treatment.....then the answer is no....rover scanned these castings under ultraviolet light to check the process was completed.....oh and about mechanics having dirty hands im now in the engine recon buisness and overalls come back from laundry service looking like they have been washed in 15w-40... :hgf:

Thanks for the insight of what happened with the castings. I was in engineering for 25 years, find it intetesting as to the different processes used. :broon:

mgtftone wrote: Thanks for the insight of what happened with the castings. I was in engineering for 25 years, find it intetesting as to the different processes used. :broon:

i wish id taken photos of the plant .......i actually work next door to it but the building is empty and the plant long gone.anodising also done in the plant.....mainly small castings like air control items........oh whats this? ive just found a video explaing the process the k series engine parts went through at our plant.

this last vid now in this post a tribute to mg rover