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I've had similar experiences, Daniel...
Including someone ( who could have easily overtaken me) following my Midget ( Midgetster?...a lâ Bigster and Inster😉) uphill just to hear...and smell it!..
Nothing like a little 20-50 weight👍🏼...

I've kept mine simple too. 🤣🤣🤣

At least 40 years since converting.

Yes. Dave is right. I’ve ordered some new tre’s. Hopefully they are threaded full depth.
Daniel. I haven’t run out of thread on the tie rods, the issue is it’s there but I can’t utilise it. You are talking about a slightly different problem.
As side note it’s not possible to cut more thread on the tie rod (not that this would solve it) because the diameter is slightly less than t...

So, went for a drive today (round trip to no-where) and stopped for petrol first. Just about to leave and a newish Audi estate pulls up in front of me and the driver winds the window down (or I guess an electric motor wound it down for him). I got out assuming he wanted to ask me a question about it but he said 'I just wanted to hear it running'. So I duly got back and started the engine, the A...

It's been a while but I think I had to saw a bit of the end of the ones on my Sprite. I think the thread is 1/2 BSF on the rack bar. I preferred to shorten the tie rod rather than thread the bar but if the bar bottoms out in the rod you might need to cut a bit off it but suspect you won't need to.

I'm not sure why you're having trouble. Mine was seriously lowered with negative camber and had a standard Minor-type rack and standard Unipart TREs.

Maybe your TREs just aren't deep enough. It might be worth checking some others for depth.

I’m setting the toe in using the box of string method. Measuring from the string to the wheel face at all four corners and calculating the difference between front and rear gives 40mm which is the difference between front and and rear track so I think I’m good to go.
The problem is with the car being lowered and negative camber trunnions fitted the tie rods won’t screw far enough into t...

Tim your page was one I came across. Nice simple instructions.

But yes I do have the RB340 control box as Dave points out.

I have finally come across another image of this type converted for alternator connections. Would appear mine is correct.

Three big spades join together and likewise the two small ones.

Now to put mine all together and find out what length belt I n...

“ Spridget should have an RB106 Lucas control box.”

Later 1275s had an RB340.

Here is my take on alternator conversion (MK1 Midget 1962)

New loom, no changes to it.

https://www.metricrat.co.uk/mg-midget/mg-midget-alternator-conversion