Mga Wiring Harness
Mga 1600 main wiring harness set 575.
Mga wiring harness. Currently available wiring harnesses have non original dash lamp sockets requiring wedge base bulbs which are listed at the end of the parts listings below. Step 6 lay the old wiring harness on the floor stretching it out until all ends are visible. Of course an older car like a t series or mga that has never had wiring work done might be a great candidate for a complete harness replacement or any car undergoing a full concourse restoration. Cable starter solenoid to starter motor.
Use an internal tooth star washer to bite through paint for good electrical connection. Wiring harness rt frt lamps. So when you are working with the wiring you could fit a temporary low wattage power supply ideally with built in short circuit protection or a temporary very low output battery or fit a temporary low amppage in line fuse. Mga electrical ignition wiring harnesses fittings wiring harnesses.
Cable battery to starter solenoid. Wiring harness front to rear. These are color coded as original so that your workshop manual wiring diagram can be referred to should any problems arise in the future. Two black ground wires are connected to the e terminal of the control box.
Comes in 4 pieces. Wiring harnesses fittings electrical ignition mga moss motors moss motors is the worlds largest and oldest british parts supplier. Headlamp pigtails are not included but we usually have them in stock. Moss carries the correct wrapping tape so once a repair is complete it will look period correct.
We specialize in mg tc td tf mga mgb mgc midget triumph tr2 tr3 tr3a tr3b tr4 tr4a tr5 tr6 tr250 spitfire austin healey 100 4 100 6 3000 sprite. Brand new wiring harness for 1959 1962 mga 1600. The entire harness was then wrapped with black cloth braid with intermittent yellow stripes commonly referred to as bumble bee stripes more like short yellow dashes. Main harness is grounded with a ring a lug on the body on the front side of the upper firewall near the fuse box.
Later mga about 1958 on originally had colored pvc insulated wires with the color and stripes molded as part of the wire insulation no cloth braid on. Wiring harness rear lamps. Wiring harness fabric bound lacquer braid wires. Wiring harness partial dash.
Lift the entire wiring harness out of the mgb when all the wires are unplugged. The lighting circuit on an mga isnt fused and therefore a short circuit can be catastrophic. Cable battery to sheet metal ground. Wiring harnesses include the main harness and sub harnesses.
Following is a list of the wiring harnesses used in the mga. Original mga harness for the earliest cars through about 1957 used black rubber insulated wires with the color and stripes added as a cloth braid on each individual wire.