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MG TD TF 1500 - Wiring TF

Hi,
if any TF owners have a minute to spare, could they please post photos of the wiring as it leaves the bulkhead and goes to the fuseblock and regulator.My wiring looks OK until I connect up,then it looks like a birds nest.I am wondering if I have to rotate it 180 deg to make it fit.
Ray TF 2884
Ray Lee

You mean like this?


L E D LaVerne

Sorry Ray..mine looks pretty messy as well.


L E D LaVerne

The TD is a bit tidier but thats because the relay box is under the dash. One trick that helps (I saw it on Dave B's web site) is to feed the wires for the coil side of the fuse block under the the fuse block. I didn't do that on the TF but did on the TD...it helps a bit.


L E D LaVerne

Not long done mine.
the wires could be shorter to tidy it up,but I want to make sure its all fully functional before I trim it down!



Pilkie

Thanks LaVerne and Pilkie,
That helps,because I am working in an unheated garage (40deg F) the main loom is reluctant to bend, I think a heat gun will fix this.
I had no reference points,as when I last rewired it (1976ish) I made up my own loom.
Ray TF 2884
Ray Lee

Hi Ray,
I have 2 pix of that area for our TF when I was doing that job 2 yrs ago.. You can see them about half way down the page at <http://www.boatanchors.org/mgtf.htm>
I probably have more pix that aren't on the page, if you want more details. It's about 35F here today, and it wasn't much better when I did most of the work on our car in our unheated garage.
Al
54 TF "Emma"
A W Parker

Factory wiring loom on my car, with the original plastic-vinyl sleeves. Couple of rogue wires there too.

Matthew.


M Magilton

Didn't know your TF was that original Matt. Very cool!

Alex
Alex Waugh

Thanks Matthew,
that is excellent,mine will not be that neat,but will be better than it is now.
Ray
Ray Lee

Ray,
The plastic sleeving as show on Mathew's car in an important item to have. It is there as this is one of many "wear spots" to the loom. The run on the frame rail to the horns needs sleeving as well below the oil filter area. The rear feeds to the tail lights exposed inside the rear fenders also get sleeving. The front wires inside the fenders to the lights did not have sleeving. ( not sure why not) It comes in various diameters and is really inexpensive. This is not heat shrink sleeving.

Dan H.
Dan Hanson

Hi Matthew,
I had not noticed your car is Birch Grey until I was using your photo as a crib sheet.
My car is also this colour,I know not many TF's stayed in the UK but I have only seen one other in 38 years of ownership.
Ray
Ray Lee

Ray If it helps, here is a picture of my wiring. There is one extra wire which is connected to the turn signals and goes to a buzzer under the dash. There are also a couple of odd black wires that go to a battery maintainer/charger.

Larry


LD Kanaster

"the wires could be shorter to tidy it up"

IMHO: I would not trim them to length!
Over time the "ends" will somewhat corrode and having some wire to cut-back behind oxadation will be a good thing!
My TF "should" have gotten a new harness, mostly because of splices and oxadation ...but the "bulk" of it was still good so I didn't replace it.

By no means would this pass "the concourse police" ...but it is functional & safe.
A little "creative dressing" can go a long way to make things look a bit better.

I kind of like having the additional "test points" I built into mine using soldier type bullet connections.
Being able to isolate light circuits certainly made it an easy job to track down a faulty headlamp socket.

Only problem I have is trying to keep the "smoke" in that 1 spare fuse ...as you can see! LOL


David Sheward

Ray, Birch grey is rarely seen these days. Although not a common colour, a lot of of grey TF's were painted over in the 60's and 70's when it was a very uncool colour to have. I can only think of about 5 in Australia, more in the US.

Matthew.
M Magilton

""Only problem I have is trying to keep the "smoke" in that 1 spare fuse ...as you can see! LOL""

I know where you can buy some replacement smoke if you run out!!
Works on all british cars!!



Pilkie

I find the replacement smoke in the gaseous form is difficult to use, and has a limited shelf life. I suggest trying the liquid form as shown below. Of course you T-series people may be placing a premium on originality that I would not bother with on my more modern cars.

Charley


C R Huff

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