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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - mg midget turning over slow

hi all my midget turns over very slowly anny ideas the batterys fine but one of the wires to the coil is crap someones used a female to female conector wedged in a plastic sleeve just wondered if this could be the fault
david salt

Are the earth connections on the starter motor and on the battery ok?

G Williams (Graeme)

Also check the earth is good / clean from the bellhousing to chassis.
richard boobier

hi g williams will check in morn many trhanks
david salt

thanks richard will give it a try in morning many thanks
david salt

Do you have a circuit diagram? If the earth fails to sort it there is something else you can try. Let us know how it goes.

G Williams (Graeme)

remember to pull the batt cable off the batt and actually look into the windings of the cable for the greenish white powder....some times the powder likes to hide inside the cable and not visiable from the outside of the cable....thus appearing perfectly fine.

yepp... I got a whole collection of that perticular T-shirts over the years...but I never learn.

prop
Prop and the Blackhole Midget

circuit diagrams in the Drivers Handbook - http://www.mgocshop.co.uk/catalog/Online_Catalogue_Handbooks_5.html

and more reliable than those in the Haynes workshop manuals

workshop manual for repairs but driver's Handbook for prevention
Nigel Atkins

many thanks to all of you checked all earth connections and at moment car is turning over fine fingers crossed eh
david salt

well done, you could also check all connection from the battery onwards, including the earths, they all want to be clean, secure and protected
Nigel Atkins

This thread was discussed between 02/03/2013 and 05/03/2013

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