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1976 MG Midget water pump/thermostat housing broke
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1976MGNEWB Corey B
Salt lake city, UT, USA   USA
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Hi everyone, I'm new here. I tried searching topics to find some solution to this problem but didn't see anything and hope I don't duplicate a topic. I have a '76 MG Midget which I bought as a project a couple years ago; and aside from its great looks, it needs work. So it was overheating last summer, so I parked it and bought a thermostat for it. Didn't drive it for the rest of the year because winter was fast approaching. Now here we are, gearing up for summer, so I decided to pop in the new thermostat to see if we could fix the problem. After removing the thermostat housing, I find out there wasn't even a thermostat in there. So I clean it up and add the new one. As I'm putting the two bolts back on the thermostat housing, I feel a crack. Sure enough, it broke the water pump housing. So now I can't even tighten it down. I can't for the life of me find the part online. Any suggestions?


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Re: 1976 MG Midget water pump/thermostat housing broke
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refisk Rick Fisk
Frankenmuth, MI, USA   USA
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Go to the Buy, Sell, & Trade forum here on MGE and place a message asking if anyone has a water pump housing for a 1500 Midget or Triumph engine. I don't think new ones are available.

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1976MGNEWB Corey B
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Thanks, I'll check it out. It's crazy, I just wanted to put in a new thermostat and now this has turned into an ordeal. But that's to be expected.

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Re: 1976 MG Midget water pump/thermostat housing broke
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76lucas Gold Member Josh L
Christiansburg, VA, USA   USA
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1978 MG Midget 1500
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Victoria British sells them but they are 190 dollars so you might want to save that option for last


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jmac Gold AdvertiserAdvertiser Jere McSparran
Greenup, IL, USA   USA
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There are plenty of used parts vendors on that Buy, Sell & Trade forum. Someone will have one.


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jmac Gold AdvertiserAdvertiser Jere McSparran
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1978 MG Midget "Therapy"
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Here's one on Ebay for $60 http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRIUMPH-SPITFIRE-MG-MIDGET-1500-WATER-PUMP-WITH-COOLING-FAN-AND-HOUSING-/272245861096?hash=item3f631e2ae8:g:NeYAAOSwVcFXOxZF&vxp=mtr


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Monsantiqu Anthony S
Kodak, TN, USA   USA
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Corey,
Just a bit of advice.
The shop manual states the torque for the thermostat nuts is 20 ft.lbs.
This seemed excessive to me. I torqued the both at 10 ft.lbs. and it is tight as a drum and watertight!
Don't forget to use a good quality gasket.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/felpro-water-outlet-gasket-25538/3205290-P?searchTerm=thermostat+housing+gaskets



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Try Victoria British they will send pictured catalogs very helpful

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