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Is it just a connector or what? #1
dlrhine Dave Rhine South, Carolina, USA 1978 MG Midget	Posted: July 04, 2012 12:38PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 3,369

What is the white connector looking thing with the large brown wires running to it? It's below the fuse block & above my relays in the picture below.

I haven't seen it on any parts page that I remember & the brown wires appear to be the start of most of the electrical system.

I've often wondered about it, is it a fuseable link or just a connector?

confused smiley

If it ain't broke, I'll fix it 'til it is! winking smiley

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #2
James E Jimmy Campbell Bedford, Va, USA	Posted: July 04, 2012 01:35PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,673

I'm not sure of what it is but, Man that sure looks nice in there!!

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #3
dlrhine Dave Rhine South, Carolina, USA 1978 MG Midget	Posted: July 04, 2012 02:21PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 3,369

Thanks...

Any idea on the electrical piece?

If it ain't broke, I'll fix it 'til it is! winking smiley

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #4
pacomb Paco Moreno de Barreda Madrid, Spain 1965 Austin-Healey Sprite	Posted: July 05, 2012 03:27AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 384

No idea as of course it´s not an original wieing harness.

Cant you just open it and see what´s inside??

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #5
dlrhine Dave Rhine South, Carolina, USA 1978 MG Midget	Posted: July 05, 2012 05:37AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 3,369

I've done some mods, but the item in question appears to be factory original...

If it ain't broke, I'll fix it 'til it is! winking smiley

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #6
92spi ron arnold longview, texas, USA 1974 Fiat 124 Spider 1800 1978 MG Midget 1500 "Topper" 1981 Datsun 280ZX "Silverbullet" 1992 Rover Mini "Peewee"	Posted: July 05, 2012 05:38AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 722

it's in my '78 midget also.

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #7
pants007 stevyn knox isle of man, United Kingdom	Posted: July 05, 2012 06:24AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 618

brown wires ignition switch to fuse, light switch to control box, starter solinoid to control box. on my wire diagram which is for a 72 looks like there is a connector? see black dot in pic! anyone else know?

is your control box still wired?

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #8
oldag98 Jeff and Brittany Brackenridge Choctaw, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA 1965 MG MGB "B" 1976 MG Midget 1500 "Yellow One" 1977 MG Midget 1500 "Dunkirk" 1979 MG Midget 1500 "Parts Car"	Posted: July 05, 2012 08:39AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 2,210

Is that not simply a main fuseable link?

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #9
RKM Richard Marcks Palm Desert, CA, USA 1973 MG MGB	Posted: July 05, 2012 11:00AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 760

Disconnect it and see what doesn't work.

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #10
Jonathan E. Iowa, USA 1979 MG Midget 1500 "The Midget"	Posted: July 05, 2012 11:14AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 118

looks like it came for a control box, my 79 midget also comes with it, but I don't find any use to it.... and sure looks good on your car...

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #11
prop46 Prop Black Hole Midget Missouri, USA	Posted: July 05, 2012 01:01PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 2,582

I wish i had persued automotive engieneering ... Cause i would have designed in wires and gadgets inot systems that go nowhere... Just to confuse and piss people off...good times aye

Prop

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #12
refisk Rick Fisk Frankenmuth, Michigan, USA 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite 1961 Austin-Healey Sprite 1979 MG Midget 1500 "Party Midget"	Posted: July 05, 2012 01:46PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 2,239

In reply to # 2111861 by prop46 I wish i had persued automotive engieneering ... Cause i would have designed in wires and gadgets inot systems that go nowhere... Just to confuse and piss people off...good times aye

Prop

Didn't Lucas already do that? devil smiley

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #13
prop46 Prop Black Hole Midget Missouri, USA	Posted: July 05, 2012 01:49PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 2,582

Exactly....thats why I love the man and who he was

We all need role models

Prop

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #14
dlrhine Dave Rhine South, Carolina, USA 1978 MG Midget	Posted: July 05, 2012 03:26PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 3,369

The more I look at the thing, the more I think it might be a fuseable link...

If it ain't broke, I'll fix it 'til it is! winking smiley

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #15
refisk Rick Fisk Frankenmuth, Michigan, USA 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite 1961 Austin-Healey Sprite 1979 MG Midget 1500 "Party Midget"	Posted: July 05, 2012 04:21PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 2,239

In reply to # 2112017 by dlrhine The more I look at the thing, the more I think it might be a fuseable link...

Just did some internet searching for "AMP 180909". It's simply a connector for 4 wires. Why was it used? Dunno. Might be an access point for testing circuits during the assembly process or it might be a way to isolate components when troubleshooting a problem. Your guess is as good as mine.

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #16
dlrhine Dave Rhine South, Carolina, USA 1978 MG Midget	Posted: July 05, 2012 04:30PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 3,369

THANK YOU, now I know!

I was hoping it was a fuseable link because it supplies some unfused circuits, kinda scary...

eye popping smiley

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #17
jimmycoco Noah H Alberta, Canada 1977 MG Midget	Posted: July 05, 2012 06:12PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 354

Im quite sure it actually is a fusible link. If you look at the centre of it, you can actually see the fusible part. I replaced mine with a maxi-fuse when i rebuilt my wiring harness.

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #18
refisk Rick Fisk Frankenmuth, Michigan, USA 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite 1961 Austin-Healey Sprite 1979 MG Midget 1500 "Party Midget"	Posted: July 05, 2012 06:40PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 2,239

In reply to # 2112142 by jimmycoco Im quite sure it actually is a fusible link. If you look at the centre of it, you can actually see the fusible part. I replaced mine with a maxi-fuse when i rebuilt my wiring harness.

Sorry, but it's just a dual terminal splice connector. Look it up.

http://octopart.com/180909-tyco%2Belectronics-1390921

It's shown but not identified on this wiring diagram just to the right of the solenoid - item #63.

http://1978mgmidget.com/78-80_Calif_spec_wiring_diagram.pdf

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #19
Kerr Norm Kerr Ann Arbor, Mi, USA 1974 MG Midget	Posted: July 05, 2012 09:00PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 2,462

yup, just a connector

On earlier model Midgets, this same job is done by a soldered joint behind the dash, right after the harness passes through the big grommet from the engine room into the passenger compartment. The joint is protected by a heat shrink tube (closed off on one end) filled with a waterproof sealer.

Beside it is another big joint of several wires, a bunch of grounds joined together, with one wire going to the earthing screw just on the engine room side of the grommet.

Norm

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Re: Is it just a connector or what? #20
jeffnoll Jeff Noll Western MA, USA 1978 MG Midget 1500	Posted: July 05, 2012 11:18PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 740

Looks to me to be the dirtiest thing under your hood. Remove it, or redo you're engine bay to better match it color wise smiling smiley

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