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"Thanks Bob & Allen for the education" (You owe me big time, Don May!!:):) Assuming it's a stock 1275 you are looking at Don, the correct model of the 45DCOE for the set-up is 45DCOE13. The DCOE is my favorite performance carb. I got mine initially when the shafts of the stock SU's my PO'd '74 started leaking air and needed rebuilding. I figured what the hell and sprung for the 45DCOE tuned for the stock 1275, instead. Glad I did. Worked just fine right out of the box, with the addition of a "deep" K&N filter. Subsequently, the... MORE
Hello Folks I had my Carbs adjusted this past spring on my 1971 MG Midget. At the time they were fine, but now when I start up the car I get a big wiff of gas coming from the tail pipe. I have check all my nuts and bolts and every thing is tight. What is the next step? I have not lost any power and it is running better then it ever has, but the smell is a little to much. Any help would be appreciated Jason 1971 MG Midget 1964 MG Midget "Jason Gross" 22738... MORE
I think we will leave this as 'it was changed for US legislation', but I would suggest you look at a '70's corvette or '70s fererai and compare bumper heights to a RB midget, they all had to comply with the same legislation. I am sure there are more '70s cars sold in the US with lower bumpers than the midget but those are the ones that immediately spring to mind! Stewart "Ford Prefect" 27878... MORE
Well there are really good reasons to try and get the car down to the level of a 1275 car, one is the centre of gravity is lower, and thus the car will tend to roll less. The cause of the 1500RB cars bad handling (in relative terms!) is not its extra weight although this is a contributory factor, but its 1.5" extra ride height, this I would like to loose. At the front I can't actually see anything different to even my frogeye, so it must be the springs that are different, even if the lower wishbones are... MORE
The rubber bumpers were required to pass US legislation that required a car suffer no damage in a 5 or 15 MPH impact IIRC, However the ride height was raised because at about the same tine US legislation required the headligh ts to be above a certain height, this being the second time the spridgets h eadlights fell foul of US law makers! As for the wings the front arch is different on a 1500 wing to the earlier car. The 1275 wings I have are original BMC items (not pattern or Heritage) I also have a pair of... MORE
Origainal to the 1275.. it handles a lot better for one thing!, the loss in road holding is not really down to the weight of the bumpers, but more down to the raised ride height forced on the car by american leglation about the heiaght of he headlights IIRC. although they are damned heavy as anyone who has lifted a pair of ruber bumpers will testify! One other reason is that the front wings I have for it are in fact 1275 items, adn these look very odd as not only are they diferent round the indicator mountings but... MORE
Yes the rubber bumpers are going back on, too expensive ATM to fit the chrome ones, nit to mention the sheer amount of angle grinding that would bees to be done at the front just to remove the front bumper mountings!, But the 1275 springs are cheaper than the 1500 items and the rear springs certainly need replacement, when I took them off there was a huge amount of rust between each leaf, in fat the 'straps' that hold them together to the rear of the spring had been split by the rust (although I suppose it could have... MORE
Been looking at the 1500 shell, and I now remember why wor stalled on it about 10 years ago! the rear arches are shot, and to add to this the boot floor where it meets the inner arch under teh 'chasis' rail that runs round the inner rear arch has evapoarated , the chrassis section is fine, but the floor part of it is just not there. To add to this the small pices atht sits beween the boot floor at the back and the rea sectio of the rear wing has rotted away toatlly, there just is nothing... MORE
