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10musketeer

10musketeer

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I'm a new guy here, and I've enjoyed reading your posts. Now I have a little problem of my own.

When I pull the key out of the steering column, the inner barrel comes out still attached to the key. Getting the thing back in is like putting a rubix cube together. Once it even fell out while I was driving! I had to kill the engine by dumoing the clutch /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif and then had a heck of a time getting the pump to stop clicking away. I have the type that has 3 positions- off, acc, and on, with the starter switch on the dash. Is this normal for my car (1971 midget, door jamb says 10/70)? I have the later (off, acc, on, starter) type assembly as well (previous owner ordered it for the car), but I would like to keep it original.

So which am I supposed to have? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
Well I can see why he ordered a new/different one.

Can you not get a new barrel from Moss or VB? Prob some little pin or clip has worne out.
 
So it wasn't original. Was the dash switch on any of the midgets, or just the sprites?

I'm sure I could get something from vb or moss, but at this point I'm not sure whats supposed to be there and what's not. It looks like I may have to do some serious rewiring.
 
Some one with a 71 step right up here.
 
'71 MG Midgets had the ignition switch on the right side of the steering column. No dash switch. DPO modification.
 
The "Abingdon pillow" dashboards for the US market were all very similar from 1968 through the end of production. The ignition lock was on the column covered by the plastic cowl.

Bugeyes and Mk2 Sprites and Mk 1 Midgets had a "pull starter", which is the cable connected to the back of the solenoid. You'd pull it like a choke cable to start the car. The pull start was dropped in favor of the key with the Mk3 Sprite/Mk2 Midget in 1964 with the new metal dash and wind-up windows.

No Spridget ever had a push button start from the factory.
 
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