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MG Technical Videos
courtesy of and in proud association with
University Motors Ltd, is a British Motor Heritage® Approved Workshop, and is located in Ada (an eastern suburb of Grand Rapids), Michigan, USA. "University Motors specializes in the MG sports cars and offers line and bench service, full maintenance, restoration, technical support, counter sales of new and used parts, and mechanical and restoration classes. I founded University Motors in January 1975, and my wife, Caroline Robinson, and I were the owners. University Motors is a Registered Repair Facility with the State of Michigan. Both Caroline and I offered a lifelong dedication to the marque!"
John has an encyclopaedic knowledge of many technical issues and we are proud to be associated with him and his company. All the short videos on this page can also be found on YouTube, along with others that are more specific to a particular model such as MG MGA, or MG MGB. Although these videos are not specifically on MG Y cars, the principles are true and can easily be carried over and used on our cars. We hope you find them useful. Videos will play in the player screen to the left - not a new window.
Last video id -video29 |
"Hi, I am John Twist, founder and joint owner of University Motors Ltd.Electrical |
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Electrical | |||
 Understanding the car battery 35.1 mb 10 minutes 47 seconds |
 Understanding the control box 45.2 mb 10 minutes 34 seconds |
 How the dynamo (generator) works 34.9 mb 9 minutes 21 seconds |
 How to polarize a dynamo (generator) 19.8 mb 6 minutes 35 seconds |
 MG Starter problems 19.6 mb 6 minutes 4 seconds |
 Distributors, coils, switching from positive to negative earth, and how to hook this stuff up! 21.5 mb 9 minutes 10 seconds |
 Repairing the RF95 Nine Post Control Box 155 mb 19 minutes 5 seconds |
 How to test a dynamo/generator 101 mb 3 minutes 4 seconds |
Engine | |||
 How to check compression 22.5 mb 5 minutes 4 seconds |
 Diagnosing compression problems 8.4 mb 3 minutes 32 seconds |
 Calculating the compression ratio 21.4 mb 9 minutes 4 seconds |
 XPAG rebuild 9.5 mb 2 minutes 52 seconds |
 Starting a TC engine 10.4 mb 3 minutes 9 seconds |
 Starting a TD engine 36.4 mb 6 minutes 40 seconds |
 Setting static ignition timing 9.4 mb 3:41 minutes |
 The importance of regular oil changes 13.4 mb 2 minutes 30 seconds |
 XPAG oil leaks 26.8 mb 8 minutes 7 seconds |
 Oil pressure 33.1 mb 10 minutes 13 seconds |
 Valve gap setting - in 5 minutes 22.3 mb 6 minutes 46 seconds |
 Finding Top Dead Centre 16.0 mb 4 minutes 42 seconds |
 Rocker Shaft Wear 13.0 mb 4 minutes 12 seconds |
 The XPAG Oil Pump 48 mb 10 minutes 36 seconds |
 M35G starter 1950-1979 45mb 10 minutes 56 seconds |
 How to prime the oil pump 27mb 2 minutes 44 seconds |
Fuel | |||
 Secrets of SU Carburettors - Part 1 of 2 18.7 mb 7 minutes 23 seconds |
Secrets of SU Carburettors - Part 2 of 2 12.7 mb 3 minutes 57 seconds |
 Centring the carburettor jet needle 21.9 mb 6 minutes 25 seconds |
 Matching SU Carburettor pistons 12.5 mb 3 minutes 55 seconds |
 Fuel pump issues 30.9 mb 9 minutes 41 seconds |
 The different H Type carburettors 9.4 mb 3 minutes 14 seconds | ||
Mechanical | |||
 Changing a universal joint 24.7 mb 7 minutes 46 second |
 Changing a tie-rod 5.8 mb 1 minute 59 seconds |
 TD TF MGA Rack and Pinion 26 mb 6 minutes 50 seconds |
 T Type Water Pumps and Freeze Plugs 14 mb 3 minutes 37 seconds |
General | |||
 How to make your own gaskets 19.4 mb 6 minutes 26 seconds | |||
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