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MG MGA - Wire Harness

I am replacing the wiring in my 60 A. I think I may as well replace all the wiring, main, rear, dash and headlights. I am looking at Scarborough Faire and their harness. The braided cloth is about $80 less than the PVC braid. I am buying a lot more parts so I'm trying to keep the cost down without sacrificing quality. Any suggestion is appeciated.
Jack
Jack

Jack,
The braided cloth is usually more expensive, and I don't know of any PVC braid. They both have a braided cloth sheath over the wire bundle, and the difference is in the insulation of the individual wires. The more modern one has solid PVC insulation on each wire, and the other one has rubber insulation covered by braided cloth on each wire. Unless you are going for true concours, I would go with the PVC, as it is a better insulation. I am not sure when MG switched to PVC wires, but I would think they had switched over by 1960.

Jeff
Jeff Schultz

Jack,
You may want to double check your price list. I believe the price diffence is for lacquered vs un-lacquered braiding. The catlog vs price list seem a little confused on this issue. My SF cloth braided, un-lacquered harnesses have PVC insulation.
Regards,
GTF
G T Foster

The lacquered cotton part is the covering of the individual conductors, as original. Don't use it unless originality is of prime importance, it gets hairline cracks just like the original. Get the one with PVC insulation, it is cheaper and a better product. Both have a woven cotton covering. When I got a wiring harness from SF they sent the main harness in PVC and the dash harness in lacquered cotton because they were out of stock of PVC. It is OK under the dash.
John DeWolf

Along with the wiring harness, get a hold of British Wiring and order the squeeze tool for putting the bullet connectors into the sockets. Much time and skinned knuckles will be saved. They also have the crimper for crimmping the bullets onto the wires. These tools are not cheap but they are well worth it.
JP Jim

This thread was discussed between 25/06/2005 and 27/06/2005

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