Moss Motors, Ltd

I can’t speak for a Triumph, but I’ve rewired both my MGA and my MG TF and highly recommend it while your car is apart. It’s a worthwhile winter project.

While we are at making suggestions for improving something that is absolutely FREE, it would be nice if we could up-load photos directly to the thread.  Don’t know how it’s done, but it is possible on the Owner’s Club BBS.

I have a B-210 five speed in my TF and a Ford Sierra in my MGA. I prefer the feel and the way the Ford shifts.  The 210 gearboxes are getting very hard to find.

The MGA 1500 engine will work, but the position of the starter on the MGA 1600 will make it difficult to use that engine in your Metropolitan.

I use a single size 26, 12 volt battery (from K-Mart) in my ’59 MGA in the right-hand side. The other battery holder is used to hold a spare parts bin.  MGAs were originally positive ground, if yours still is, then the positive battery terminal is grounded and the negative terminal is connected to the lead that comes back from the starter ...

Have  Have a look at Barney Gaylord’s site: http://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/rearaxle/ra101.htm. He is t He is the leading authority on MGAs. I don’t think putting a Speedy Sleeve on a TD axle would be much different.

Check the primary wire to the coil—make sure it’s tight. If so, is the coil hot when the car conks-out? If the coil is hot—you need to replace it.

This is not a big deal, you’ll need to pull the engine. I would replace the rear seal while the engine’s out, but I think that I would not use the Moss conversion kit.

M-B,  Are you planning on taking your Magnette to NAMGAR’s GT-35 in Delavan, WI in July?  Magnettes are featured MG for next year.

You did not say if your MGA is a 1500 or a 1600.  The early ’59 MGAs are 1500s—low starter motor. The late ‘59s are 1600s. If your car is a 1500 then the VIN will tell the original color. The third letter of the VIN is the color—a OEW 1500’s VIN would start with HDR_-------------_