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MG TD TF 1500 - Need a Connecting Rod

Dad and I have been trying to locate a sound that is similar to valve lash and have had the head off the TF a few times now. We thought that maybe it was a wrist pin on #3 cylinder since it did not top out as high as the other pistons. We dropped the pistons out of #3 and #4 and found that we had two different connecting rods. #3's was "MOWOG 24005*75" and it is .098" shorter than the other three which are "MOWOG 24005*76". We have driven the car this way since we got it in 2000, so it by itself isn't the source of the noise. But it does translate to a lower compression than the other three, and (in our typical fashion of over-complicating things,) think that we would like to get the right con-rod.
So, how do we go about finding a single "MOWOG 24005*76"? (We really don't want to go to the expense of getting a full new set.) Anybody have one sitting around? Anybody know a source to try?
Thanks for your help.
Safety? Fast?
Scott Ashworth - '54 TF
S. R. Ashworth

Scott, I probably have a spare 24005*76 con rod. Can you send me an email if you are still looking?
Cheers, Hugh Pite jenntoo@shaw.ca
H.D. Pite

I think I have one coming from Hugh. (You have to love this board!)
Safety? Fast?
Scott Ashworth - '54 TF
S. R. Ashworth

Since part of the fun of this web is learning, can someone tell me what the two different rods are from? I have a couple sets of rods but will have to pull them and look at the numbers.
Bruce Cunha

Scott
In the event the one from Hugh falls through, there is a old used set on ebay now. Posted today. Item number
220904464831

Tom
'54 TF
Tom Norby

This thread was discussed between 28/11/2011 and 30/11/2011

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