[Mgs] Rewiring the B?

[derek at vandivere.net]

Well, I was a bit suspicious of his self-interest in the job, especially
since his estimates usually turn out to be at least 100% off. He was
mentioning, and I've noticed, that a lot of the wiring is fairly brittle
(it's all the plastic casings), especially under the dash.

There does seem to be a fair number of snipped wires under the hood, which
is why I was suspecting the (removed before I got it) desmogging stuff.
The DPO did set it up so that one fan never was on and one fan always was
on, so I wonder if there were other kludges. Maaaybe it makes sense to
start with the dash sub-harness...

Good call on the hose - don't know whay I didn't think of that. Oh yeah,
the fact that you usually only need to wait about ten minutes for it start
raining in Amsterdam! Actually, here come te rain clouds, but I'd have to
stay at work another foew hours for the rain to start, probably.


> A lot of it depends on current condition of the wiring, as in the ends
> like Don describes. In most cases, it should be fine. I rewired mine
> with a new harness on my 72B during a full restoration but that was
> because that whole group of wires that come out of the loom and connect
> to all the appliances near the starter and coil had been cut in so many
> places with resulting added wire splices that it was in need of dire
> work. I suppose such maintenance is needed and can be done over years
> but it went way beyond that at some point with previous owners. Consider
> the cost of the wiring loom is somewhere around $300 and it involves
> several hours of work but is doable by the home mechanic.
>
> David Councill
> 67 BGT
> 72 B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgs-bounces+dcouncill=msubillings.edu at autox.team.net
> [mailto:mgs-bounces+dcouncill=msubillings.edu at autox.team.net] On Behalf
> Of Don Scott
> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:11 AM
> To: mgs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Rewiring the B?
>
> I have had a lot of MGs over the years, but I don't recall
> that wiring got brittle.  It's copper with a plastic sheath.
>  What can cause problems is the bullet connections.  You can
> just find 'em all, clean 'em, and put dialectric grease on
> them.  Also, locate and clean and put it on other
> connections, fuses, grounds, etc. and you should be fine.  I
> wouldn't rewire a car unless it was a real antique with
> cloth covered wire, or if there had been a fire that ruined
> the wires.  I have a friend that restored a '53 Chevy
> pickup, and he just left the wiring in place as it was
> plastic covered, not cloth.  He doesn't have any problems
> with it at all.
> Don Scott
> '62 MGA
> '91 Miata BRG
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