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richard b 18 December 2020 Seconded, great read.
At that price a bargain.
Cedric you must get one for Christmas! -
David Smith 18 December 2020 Some will remember this very useful book with lots of details about various tricky aspects of rebuilding a Midget(the door innards section comes to mind).
Well, Peter's found a boxful of the 2nd edition during a house move and is selling them on ebay at the original price of £7.95 (there are several more expensive copies on there too). Here's the link
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MG-Midget-Reb... -
Nigel Atkins 18 December 2020 Ian, you naughty boy, three photos, you've just slowed Guy's CB points driven mobile device right down, he'll have to handcrank for this thread now.
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Nigel Atkins 18 December 2020 Easy for Michael to find out if his solenoid body needs earthing, as a static car test only, by simply disconnecting the solenoid from its mounting to the bodywork and putting a bit of insulation under it so that it can't touch the bodywork with the bottom mounting plate and then try turning the ignition key. If it's the same as before it don't need earthing, if there's nothing, dead as a dodo th...
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JV Smith TD17744 18 December 2020 Thanks for the eagle eye LaVerne, but both are inserted from the inside. I remembered the positioning because when I had to drive the originals out, one of them shot out and ended up halfway into the cross member. Having said that, I welcome the scrutiny. Always a little frightening to invite scrutiny from a forum full of experts, but I think necessary to prevent critical mistakes. Not a concours ...
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David Smith 18 December 2020 I don't understand electrics either. What, in simple layman's terms, is the difference between a solenoid and a relay?
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Bill Bretherton 18 December 2020 Guy
The solenoid earth is not live - it is always earth via the metalwork. The solenoid is an electromagnet connected between ignition switch and earth. When activated it mechancally connects the thick battery cable to the starter via a high amperage switch. -
GuyW 18 December 2020 I don't understand electrics, but I suppose if the starter motor windings have a low resistance through to earth, then the cable back to the solenoid is effectively at earth relative to the live cable in from the key switch. That is, up until the moment that the solenoid activates and it then becomes live and the fat cables carry lots of amps through to the starter. Also, whilst it is activated th...
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Ian Webb 1973 GAN5 18 December 2020 I just like this one ...don't know why.
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Ian Webb 1973 GAN5 18 December 2020 More fun
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SHOW WINNING 55 TF1500 1955 MG TF 1500
One of just over 3000 produced between late 1953 and late 1955.
The TF was the middle child, filling the gap from the TD and the up and coming MG-A. The 1500 engine was the new engine for the MG-A and was dropped into a few of the TF's. These sold well and are still very popular today for the swoopier lines than the TD, better handling, better power, more comfort.... -
1980 MGB TOURER 1980 MG-B Roadster
Purchased roughly 4 years ago this car was refurbished as a rolling restoration. The couple purchased a second parts car and added in the better parts from the other car. The car was originally brown however, was painted red when they bought the car, they decided to paint her silver. The car is (and was) very solid with no rot and ran pretty well. Most of the interior w... -
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