If you are after reliability rather than originality, replace the fuse block
with a new one that uses spade fuses.
http://tinyurl.com/3fvchx3
This one has 8 circuits so you can add stuff like air horns or a headlight
relay, and take some load off other circuits. If you have a driver, rather
than a show car, this is an option. You can pick them up an most auto
supply stores for cheep.
I put one in my '77 Midget. I still can't understand the design of not
having the headlamps on a fuse!
Allen Hefner
Norristown, PA
*Current:*
2006 Chebbie
*Former:*
1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III
1967 Triumph TR4A IRS
1964 VW Type I
1967 VW Type II
1967 Rover 2000TC
1977 MG Midget
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Brad Fornal <tequila.brad@gmail.com> wrote:
> I also have had problems in the 65 Midget, with poor connections between
> the
> fuse and the holder. A small bit of dowel, slightly smaller than the fuse
> diameter, wrapped in sandpaper, corrected that. Put in in each holder
> clamp,
> and twist....
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Michael Rowe <mdrowe@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> > Well, this must be a new electrical problem.
> >
> > The Midget died at a stop sign with no electricity to the engine circuit;
> > the lighting circuit was fine - a loose wire somewhere and my testing
> > equipment was all in the camper. So my wife picked me up and we came
> back
> > with a tow bar, but the problem was gone and and I drove the car home.
> At
> > that point, I couldn't find the problem and I knew it will die again at
> the
> > most inconvenient time. Several days later, the tachometer and turn
> signals
> > quit, but the car continued to run and we got home - beginner's luck.
> >
> > After some wiggling and poking, it developed that some fuses had lost
> > contact in their holders, probably because quiet a lot of oil spilled
> out
> > of a loose cap on my spare oil bottle kept just above. So the problem
> was
> > oily fuses.
> >
> > Is that a first?
> >
> > Michael Rowe
> > '74 Bugeyed Midget
> > '60 Sprite kit
> > Long Island, NY
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