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Midgets are real simple cars compare to modern vehicles! #1
JingChai Jing Chai Sunnyvale, CA, USA Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Aug 20, 2014 06:01 PM Joined 11 years ago 854 Posts

So just for fun I downloaded the shop manual for my daily driver a 2010 Nissan Frontier and wow, all I can say our Midgets are real simple cars compare to modern vehicles!

The entire Midget manual would fit in just the drivetrain section of the Frontier manual! The whole manual is over 2000 pages!

Makes you really appreciate simple engineering.

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Re: Midgets are real simple cars compare to modern vehicles! #2
AmishIndy Seth Jones Glendale Heights, IL, USA Sign in to contact 1971 MG Midget MkIII "Guenevire" 2007 Mazda 3 "Porco Rosso"	Aug 20, 2014 06:16 PM Joined 13 years ago 5,849 Posts

indeed! This 1972 example is 292 pages long

http://www.spridgetguru.com/AKD4021_12thEd.html

I once had a downloaded manual for my Mazda 3, it was at least 2000 pages long.

Seth Jones

1971 MG Midget

www.SpridgetGuru.com

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Re: Midgets are real simple cars compare to modern vehicles! #3
JingChai Jing Chai Sunnyvale, CA, USA Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Aug 20, 2014 06:40 PM Joined 11 years ago 854 Posts

The engine control section is 959 pages alone. If the BMC or BL engineers saw it they'd think the car could drive itself with that much electronics.

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Re: Midgets are real simple cars compare to modern vehicles! #4
Mainline Ilya Ilya K Ray Brook, NY, USA Sign in to contact 1947 Willys Jeep CJ2A 1972 BMW 2002 1973 MG Midget MkIII 1974 Jeep SJ & more	Aug 20, 2014 08:59 PM Joined 9 years ago 634 Posts

In reply to # 2774842 by JingChai The engine control section is 959 pages alone. If the BMC or BL engineers saw it they'd think the car could drive itself with that much electronics.

As strange as it sounds, I sill find late model Audi and BMWs easier to work on than my Midget. With the midget everything is too simple, 9 out of 10 times I over-think the issue.

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Re: Midgets are real simple cars compare to modern vehicles! #5
JingChai Jing Chai Sunnyvale, CA, USA Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Aug 21, 2014 12:39 AM Joined 11 years ago 854 Posts

Just remember, our cars were designed for a chap to keep in his bike shed, which I imagine must mean he could work on it with the tools he keeps in there.

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Re: Midgets are real simple cars compare to modern vehicles! #6
sam-i-am Sam L Caledonia, Wisconsin, USA Sign in to contact 1976 Triumph TR6	Aug 21, 2014 08:34 AM Joined 11 years ago 583 Posts

Hi All,

I think I got you beat on things to check on a car. A short time ago I picked-up a Ford Focus Electric and the monthly checks are comprised of; Checking the lights, checking the pressure in the tires and checking the wiper fliud....That's it. At the 6 month mark they add things like checking the seatbelt latches and weatherstripping on the doors! There is a cooling/heating system for the batteries that gets checked at the 6 month mark (coolent level) but is recommended to be changed every 10 years or 150,000 miles!

Sam.

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Re: Midgets are real simple cars compare to modern vehicles! #7
envino boyd Johnson Preston, ID, USA Sign in to contact 1971 MG Midget MkIII	Aug 21, 2014 12:26 PM Joined 9 years ago 269 Posts

They are simple but they sure are odd little buggers to work on after years and years of american and japanese cars smiling smiley

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