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MG MGA - Headlight wiring harness attachment

Can anybody please tell me the correct route for the head light wiring loom that runs across the front of a 1500 MGA . On a friends 1600 it is attached to the Bonnet latch bulkhead with 3 snap-on metal connectors but the Todd Clarke loop clip set supplies 3 loops that should be srewed on.
where and what do I screw them to for a concour car.
Todd simply says"upper area of bonnet latch bulkhead.
Any clues please.

Thanks

Hiran
H Gomez

Hiran,
I'm in the process of restoring a 1500 and it's a car that I acquired in pieces so I've never seen it together. I'm also looking for some guidance.
I have Todd Clarke's Technical manual and it shows 3 holes in the rail that goes across the front and which the hood (bonnet) latches to. I don't have the book here with me so I can't remember exactly what he calls it. It indicates the three clips attach there. One hole is in the center of the car just forward of the latch and the other two are to the sides on the same rail.
Now with that as background, I can only find the center hole on my car. I'm curious if you have all three holes. Can anyone else shed any light on this?

Thanks,
Larry
LP Pittman

Out of curiosity, I have just been out to the car park to see what I did on my car. There are 2 vertical(ish) supports near the ends of the bonnet locking cross strut. These 2 supports each have a hole in them to take the cable P clip bolt. Similarly, the central horizontal support, connecting the cross strut to the front body work, has a hole for a cable P clip bolt.

Steve
Steve Gyles

This picture shows two of the three holes. The red picks are in the two holes. The third hole is a mirror image to the hole shown on right.


R J Brown

OK, thanks for the info. I've looked for the outboard holes before and not seen them. Steve, I know of the two vertical supports you're talking about. RJ, you photo should point me in the right direction. This won't be the first time I've looked at something and not seen it (as my wife reminds me all the time).

I'll look again when I get home tonight. Thanks,

Larry
LP Pittman

When I was tidying up my engine bay last winter and replacing all the various grommets, Bob West told me that the wiring harness for the LH lighting should go through the radiator duct panel with the horn cable, and underneath the car, not inside the engine bay and across the latch support as shown here. As my car already had holes in the inner wings for the pigtails, I have just repeated what I had before. Anyone else seen the arrangement Bob indicates as correct?
dominic clancy

Gentleman Thanks very much for the help re question on wiring loom.
Barry Gannon Thanks for putting me on to this site and for coming over and spending a day helping me with the restoration.
The archives on this site are a great help.
Larry I think our question has been answered.
Steve Thanks for the tip.
R.J Thanks for the Photo.
And Simon Thanks very much for the diagram you emailed me.
I hope I can be of assistance to you'll as my knowledge of the MGA grows.

Thanks once again
H Gomez

This thread was discussed between 19/06/2007 and 24/06/2007

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