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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Help to identify part

sorting through some parts and found these i think they are off the front brakes but as i bought the car in bits i did not remove them any body recognize them.


mark (1977 1500 Midget) Preston Lancs

mark your correct, they are lh/rh locking plates they act as a guide for the brake pipe and to secure the calpers..
sm white

thanks for that was not quite sure, non fitted at the moment so will fit asap.
mark (1977 1500 Midget) Preston Lancs

Oh man,

I was to late, and I knew the answer....I love games like that..

prop
Prop

You must fit these or you may find that the original bolts are just too long.

Carl
C Bintcliffe

Ok then prop, lets play your game:

Who ever identifies the part correctly gets to go next!

Starter for 10:


Nick

timing cover oil seal?
David Smith(davidDOTsmithATstonesDOTcom

Its a c*ck-ring isnt?
I won I won!!!
Arie de Best

Its the rubber grommet used for around the fuel fillerpipe when it goes in the body(next to right rearlight).



Arie de Best

Arie is right. I'm too late on this one.
Clive Reddin 76 Midget

Yep, Arie is correct...but on his second attempt!

;o)
Dave O'Neill 2

And this is?

(I like this game!)


James Ballard

Could you not make it any smaller? ;o)
Dave O'Neill 2

Don't know what that is. Don't recall seeing anything like that on my '76.
Clive Reddin 76 Midget

It is obviously a blank for a half shaft - before they machine the splines and hub flange. ;-)
Guy Weller

Screw for securing the speedo face?
Dave O'Neill 2

Wow Im stumped, I was going to say its a SU carb jet, but its way to fat. I did get the gromet for the fuel tank.

Prop

I dont know the correct name right off, but its a plunger/piston that goes in a master clyindr, most likely Brake master cylinder.

prop
Prop

James, my thought is, and I may be very wrong.... The reverse gear selector detent plunger in the remote housing. The piece that that gives resistance when selecting reverse gear, it would be installed with a coil spring around it....

Mark.
Mark Boldry

i'm thinking its got to be something out of the gearbox, as its the only bit of my car i've never dismantled, and I know I've never seen one of these!

Nick

There might be a clue in the fact that James has a '77 midget...but that may be a red herring.
Dave O'Neill 2

I was a bit mean actually, went for a real toughy. Its the oil pressure relief valve for a 1500, without its spring.
James Ballard

Yeah, that.

;-)

-:G:-
Gryf Ketcherside

How about this one.....I got to get back to work, so ill check back around 3 oclock or so

prop


Prop

Haven't torn mine apart. Same with the gearbox!
Clive Reddin 76 Midget

Prop,

Armstrong lever arm damper valve.
David Billington

I was a bit mean actually, went for a real toughy. Its the oil pressure relief valve for a 1500, without its spring.
James Ballard

Prop,

I am going to agree with David, although the one you used is the photo from Moss's "uprated" valve for use with heavier springs and sway bars.

Stefan
Stefan

Did not realize i was starting a new game i still have a box full of parts to look through
mark (1977 1500 Midget) Preston Lancs

Shock absorber valve Prop....

Mark.
Mark Boldry

Sorry guys,

Just got home a bit ago, but Yes that is correct And stefan nailed it to the wall exactly.

prop
Prop

Prop,

I only knew that because the front end of my project is still un-decided. I have been trying to figure out what to do with the front end on the road going non-racing turbo, and it may be a show car of non-stock prep, so I am debating why even use stock A-Arms and such, or just go with a SCCA full prep front end which would cost an extraordinary amount of money http://www.sportsandimports.biz/graphics/sup2.jpg, but set the car that much more ridiculously awesome while still having no bodywork making it look "original" to the untrained eye, and under the hood looking like BMC installed the turbo as a factory option in 1974... but when i consider this option i keep thinking then why would i even keep the BMC A so I may just go with a frontline setup and some SPAX adjustables and tear my 78 apart again and swap out the body of some sort of all wheel drive platform to make sure i did not half ass bastardize a car built out of components from 1959 to 2003 as my 78 is now, the only 78 on it is the body minus all the trim.

2 midgets, not enough time and money,
Stefan
Stefan

Hey stafan,

I know exactly what your talking about, Its like where do you stop, and how much do you do....I think you and I suffer the same fate....modifacation for us is an art form, some people paint pic. of fruit baskits, we do mechancal modificatiion....

for your suspention have you looked at Spridget.com Part # tsk 700 page 24 of there catolog...its a carrera telescope shock...dosnt use the old lever shock and much cheaper then frontline...cant remember the price...$375 ??? i think.

I stumbled over these guys the other day, I think they are worth a phone call at the vary least....

http://www.sellisengineering.com/

prop
Prop

Prop,

Winner's circle uses carrera shocks, but makes a good base to throw something else on like some spax if you do not like pulling carreras off to adjust them if I remember right, but when i consider a thread earlier about the new shocks damaging the a arms i go back to some drawings i made in 2002 while visiting some friends who were racing SCCA vintage cars and I thought that the a arms could be replaced with something like tubular chrome alloy and a double wishbone made, and then i saw a Huffaker car and i realized that you can modify suspension to; if ever you want on a street legal car, but in road racing which i plan on doing later i understand the reason behind fairness, but a street car can do anything but make the ride worse. Then I drove a Lotus Elise and realized that even with minimal power, it is the suspension which makes the car kick ass. Yeah the car is feather light and has a nice motor, but its the suspension that makes it the most kick ass car I have ever driven. I figure if I set up the suspension correct on my "sleeper" midget and I mean by no means drag racing, just not looking like a SCCA club racing car, it will be way more fun to drive and then I can concentrate on the motor which I am in reverse right now because the turbo motor is almost complete after reading the Vizard book cover to cover who knows how many times while in Afghanistan to realize what would make a perfect Midget chassis on the road the most fun, then I figured out what year of midget I wanted (72-74 RWA) and got that one after my bastardization project of a 78 frame with a 1275cc motor and no body trim. now I just need to figure out what will make a midget chassis the most fun on the road, and if lever arms are not capable of stabilizing the car through corners on the way to work on an occasional summer day then i might be uprating, but like you said; where do we stop until we get to ultimate?

I do not know how my whole moving to Germany thing is going to work out after spending a little under a month over there last month, looks like my visa falls under a different category now after the EU changed allot of policies under the military Status of Forces Agreement being that I was going to work as a contractor for an American company that builds and services military electronics. so I may be moving to Cape Canaveral Florida and working there on electronics where I will be able to modify my midget with out the concerns of Tüv/MOT, just do not know where Florida draws the line on emissions which would hamper my turbo project.

Stefan
Stefan

Prop,

I think if you check that TSK 700 closer you will find it doesn't use the lever arm for damping but the lever arm is still used for the upper suspension link. The triangular plate with the 3 holes in it being bolted to the top of the lever arm body with the usual 3 bolts.
David Billington

OH, thanks David....By looking at the various photos, I had always assumed the old shock was eliminated, and a bracket was used in its place....so thanks for the info, I'll keep that inmind...

prop
Prop

Prop and Stefan, a lot does depend on the intended usage. My Idget has a lot of fun playing with autocrossing. Most of my events are with the Windy City Miata Club, so I get to run against a lot of Miatas as well as the occasional MINI, Corvette, Elise, Porsche, etc. By retaining (and enhancing) the original suspension, the sense of accomplishment in beating Miatas at their own game is stupendous. Yes, I have adjustable Armstrong shocks (as sold be Peter Caldwell at Worldwide Auto Parts in Madison, Wisconsin), 3/4" front anti-sway bar, panhard bar, rear anti-sway bar, and urethane bushings with negative camber nylatrons on the upper trunnions, but it is still a live axle, lever-shock, "cart-sprung" (per Top Gear) 50's technology suspension. It is so much fun to watch their faces when they look at the times I post and then look at my car. "How much power does that engine have?" "I have enhanced it to about 66RWHP." "You don't have independent rear suspension?" "Nope."

OTOH, I am sure there is nothing like a K-Midget for blasting by people at will, especially when improved with a full complement of Frontline goodies.
David "I wish I had the funds to find out..." Lieb
David Lieb

Found another part no idea what it is some sort of stay i think


mark (1977 1500 Midget) Preston Lancs

Looks like a deck lid stay from here.
Martin

part of the pendant style gas pedal?
Ron Koenig

Havent seen that part on my midget before....is it part of a brake cable system.

prop
Prop

Can we get a picture with something in it to get the scale of the part?
James Ballard

looks rather a lot like the pedal pusher rod to me

I'll check this afternoon
Bill

Doesn't look Midgety to me!
Dave O'Neill 2

Its a bonnet/bootlid support-thingy when its opened (mgb-or spridget?).

Also very handy when suffering from constipation... LOL
Arie de Best

Stefan;
There is not an emmisions test here in Florida.I have lived here since 1967 and we used to have testing but it has been discontinued for many years now.
Sandy
Sandy Sanders

IF you are correct arie it would have to be the one in the trunk...(Boot) cause at the top of the pic there is windshild mount ...the mount thats on top of the middle of the dash and the tention rod screws into it...so thAT gives some scale.


prop
Prop

Prop

I think the part is on a wooden window sill...in a house!

What you are looking at is the window opener/restraint thingy.
Dave O'Neill 2

Curb feeler. Anyone remember those things?
Clive Reddin 76 Midget

Picture with something to scale it by the plastic thing at the left hand end slides up and down and clips in position at the end


mark (1977 1500 Midget) Preston Lancs

is it a glove box support


prop
Prop

Is it the centre throttle linkage of a 1500 midget?
C Bintcliffe

Im thinking someone is pulling our leg..lol.

Is it a dash support that connects from the dash to the firewall??

prop
Prop

I would be tempted to say it has absolutely nothing to do with a Midget! Boot/bonnet stays are quite different to what you have there. Its a bit big to be throttle linkages... moped kick stand? :)
James Ballard

Anita might find it useful as a prop.
Nick

I looked it up and now know what it is: the handbrake lever of the Titanic!

Mark how did you got hold of that!!!
Arie de Best

is it windscreen lever/brace for those windshilds that fold down???


prop
Prop

what about a latch that holds the door open for carshows???

prop
Prop

is it a seat adjuster????


prop
Prop

This thread was discussed between 03/02/2008 and 14/02/2008

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