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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Bonnet Rattle

I have a rattle from one of the top corners of the bonnet. Should I adjust it down so it is in contact with the body or lift it so there is nothing for it to bang against.

Jan T
J Targosz

What car is it?

Are all the rubber buffers in place?
Dave O'Neill 2

Hi Dave,
Thanks for the prompt reply. My car has a new shell fitted by a previous owner. There are no buffers fitted. I have looked at the B&G pictures and do not see any. Can you please let me know what they look like and where are they fitted.

Thanks

Jan T
J Targosz

Despite what MGA (and other) B&G devotees may think Brown & Gammon are not all they're cracked up to be in many ways, I know that from more than one experience of them.

See items 15 (and 14) below.

Toss is generally best for diagrams of parts or as below the factory Parts Catalogue available in paper printed and digital forms.

Buffers are fitted IIRC about a quarter down from windscreen end, there should be holes for screws, washers and nuts in the wing channels for them.






Nigel Atkins

Fitted mine yesterday! 🙂


James Paul

Question------I can't recall ever seeing one, but did midgets ever have the rubber seal around the rear of the engine bay to seal the rear of the bonnet like MGB's have.----It would certainly give the bonnet something to squish on.
willy
William Revit

If you have a Heritage bonnet, it may have the later buffer (item 6), which Moss say is NCA. It is the same part that was fitted to the Mini Clubman.


Dave O'Neill 2

I did think about putting they're a third of the way down but got it the wrong way as that looks nearer halfway.

Good point about Heritage bonnet (or shell that has some 1500 about it). Clubman bonnet buffers AAU5486A from Mini Spares are only £1.47 each (plus VAT) but IIRC the UK P&P start at £8(?), says they're in stock though. - http://www.minispares.com/search/classic/AAU5486A.aspx
Nigel Atkins

Willy,
as far as I know they didn't but I tried it one time, not a success as not needed and didn't seem to do anything, I can't ever recall it being a problem that required it anyway, I think I just had some excess seal for some reason and tried.
Nigel Atkins

Thanks Nigel -- I reckon MGB's had it to stop engine bay fumes getting into the vent in front of the windscreen but Midgets not having that probably don't need it---just thought it might give the bonnet something to locate/rest on
Cheers
willy
William Revit

Willy,
I think I've heard or read that about fumes and the fresh air intake but I don't know if it's correct. Perhaps I got it from you before but I can't recall. I struggle to recall who the sad old git is that stares back at me from the bathroom mirror (by the look of him I don't want to know other than to avoid).

If only I was as fit as you, the only thing I'm fit for is to drop! 🤣
Nigel Atkins

We'll have none of that dropping talk Nigel, If the mirror's an issue, get rid of it--fitness is a bit like piss-poor rubber i reckon, Sometimes it cracks and is still ok other times it puffs up but doesn't leak, but as long as you don't leak much you're good to go- Me,i don't see myself as over fit, probably more silly than fit, the main thing is to be happy-ish in yourself and have something to occupy your time i reckon-too easy to feel down otherwise.
willy
William Revit

"-- but as long as you don't leak much you're good to go--"
😅😅😅.

The future beckons? 🙄

anamnesis

I certainly leak a lot more than I used to.

Willy, you are going to have to get used to the more dead-pan and self-deprecating British humour, I was joking, I still have my looks* and I wasn't unhappy (well at that moment and this). Standard British joke "are you fit" "yes, fit to drop".




* leave you to fit the joke in there.

Nigel Atkins

Cheers Nigel--I wasn't sure ,and we have to be a bit carefull just in case---I'll catch on one day--
A joke for you, actually we used to have Friday jokes on here, but it's too late ,it's Sunday----anyway

A bloke was feeling a bit down so decided to go to his local and have a beer or two---He downed the first one then asked the barman for six more, The barman dutifully poured out six beers and lined them up in front of the guy who then downed them bang bang bang down they went, then he said to the barman, I probably shouldn't have done that with what I've got. Interested in what he had the barman asked, Well tell me mate what have you got.? The bloke had a little smile at him and said, 50cents
William Revit

Hahaha!
The six beers lined up made me think it was going in the direction of a game from the Navy called Snow White and the Dwarves.
A group of blokes on a pub crawl, one of whom (and this is the crucial bit) has never played the game before.
First pub: one fella goes in and asks for a pint and six halves. When they're lined up he calls out loudly "Hi- HO !!!"
The other fellas shuffle in on their knees and down their half pints.
At some point it's the newbies turn. Pick a really rough pub for this.
He goes in, gets the beers in and yells out Hi-Ho like a hero.
Everyone else has of course thinned out and left him to it.
Greybeard

Willy,
I was laughing before the end as I could guess what was coming up but that doesn't matter as it made me laugh and was funny. Part of the humour is in the build up and anticipation.
Nigel Atkins

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