A tool roll that I discovered restoring a Mark II was made of a black tar like covered burlap hessian. The burlap was brown in color and the covering outside resembled a soft pliable fender undercoating.
In fact I was so inspired by the similarity of this material I made a reproduction of the roll for my own car. The trouble was that after a few years the undercoating dried and became brittle as did the original.
You will need the following items:. Note : For those that don't want to create their own original material for the tool roll, or would like something more durable, the The In-Point has offered to make their reproduction material available to the readers of the Original MGTD Midget for a very reasonable fee.
I am not sure about the original order of the tools in the tool roll but this is the order that my tools fit in the pockets the best. From left to right:. The wheel brace, jack, jack handles, tire pump, lug nut wrench and grease gun were loose in the tool box along with the tool roll. The crank was of course attached to the seat back with clips. Over the years I have been collecting information on MG toolkits and scouring the swap meets for these tools, particularly the grease guns.
Here you will find a list of the bolts of the MGTD by type and position. I will tell you exactly what bolt went where, by head type, logo, thread, length, washer types, and other details. I will also tell you which way the head and nut were positioned if possible. Bolts are grouped by location.
Due to the complexity and variance of this task, this will be an evolving list, needing as much feedback as you can provide me. Here is a list list of MGTD engine fasteners. The list includes original part numbers and replacement part numbers from Abingdon Spares and Moss Motors.
Also included is a table of torque values for specified fasteners. Directly from the M. These pages contain specifications and measurements for the MGTD. This page contains a diagram of the layout of the MGTD firewall. Includes item placement and blank holes as original.
A detailed drawing with dimensions from Ola Hjorungdal for recreating your own original like underdash panel. These tools were provided in a tool roll and were stored in a special tool box on the firewall. As noted in the Operation Manual, not all tools were provided at the time of sale due to supply constraints. Any information, products, services, or businesses mentioned in this website are for the sole benefit of distributing information about the MGTD motorcar.
If you have questions or comments about this website or it's contents, please contact me. This site was constructed using very basic HTML features and cascading style sheets with the exception of the entertainment section, which utilizes some Java applets and scripts.
The graphics and pictures were scanned using an HP C color scanner. The pictures were edited and formatted using a number of commercially available products.
Original graphics were created using Ulead's PhotoImpact version 4. The web pages were authored using Visual Studio Code - Insiders software. This site has been tested to comply with all major browsers. It is intended to be used in a desktop environment but does do well with tablets like the iPAD.
There is currently no version of the site for smart phones but one is being considered. Throughout these pages you may encounter the Coming Soon symbol. This site will always be growing and evolving until I run out of material.
This may take a number of years. I do want to share with you some of the items that I am planning on doing, or things that I am working on. To that end, you will at times see this logo on a number of pages. This symbol indicates that I am either planning to bring that feature to The Original MGTD Midget in the coming months, or it may in fact be under construction. This gives you a chance to see where I am heading, and maybe even to get a sneak peak, prior to a page's formal debut.
As updates are made to a page the bottom right corner will reflect the date that page changed. When a page is added to this site, or substantially changed in content, it will include this symbol. You can read the story of MGTD here. Just possessing a one owner MGTD would not provide sufficient information to create this website. In addition to benefiting from my fathers vision or foresight, I was also blessed with other opportunities to learn about MGTD's over the years. My first experiences came as a child where I would spend countless hours in the garage dry shifting the TD while anticipating that grand and glorious day that I would drive her.
I even drove the TD once by running the starter motor while in gear. Later I helped my father with routine maintenance and the addition of so many accessories over the years. Still, this was not much of an exposure to what was original about MGTD's, with the possible exception of my own car.
I had very little knowledge of anything outside of basic tune-up and mechanical components. I had never restored, painted, or even replaced a major component of a car.
To protect myself from completely ruining the car I took pictures of every component before I took the car apart.
I also stuck each item in a specially marked envelope, by sub unit, with a description of the finish or other important observation. I compared what I saw when I was disassembling my car to the pictures in the Workshop Manual, noting any discrepancies. About the time I had the chassis restored and the painting done, I discovered, quite by accident, that there were a number of individuals in my area doing exactly the same thing.
It appeared that about 30 dedicated T-Series enthusiasts had just formed a club around these cars and were looking for members. I immediately joined and was overwhelmed by the support, camaraderie, and information provided.
Everyone was so helpful in providing technical, historical, and emotional assistance. It really made a difference in the quality and speed of my work. What a wealth of information and inspiration. It was actually being restored in the parking lot prior to the car display.
Even so it took second place in the TD class. Later the car would go on to win many second and first place awards as well as the Premier Class in The car was also entered in many 'invitation only' Concours d'Elegance's during the period.
During the same period I decided to make a career change and returned to college. Jim and Evelyn Bigler, of Commonwealth Classic Cars, graciously offered me a part time job assisting them in their restoration business.
Many of these had never been restored before. It was a wonderful opportunity to see cars in various states of originality, across a number of years. It also became sort of a contest for the Bigler's, Tim Cane, and myself to be the first to discover a new and unknown at least to us original feature of the cars. We restored or repaired many T Series cars and at the time set many standards for quality and prices of T Series MG's.
Also while working with the Biglers I was able to amass a collection of original MGTD parts that were a bit unusual or hard to find. Such items as original spark plug caps, hose clamps, dashboard washers, and other items that seem to get replaced overtime, I was able to collect. The Biglers and Tim Cane also managed to amass great collections of original T Series parts and related components, some of which are pictured in these web pages.
It was an exciting time to be involved with MG's due to the fact that the cars were just starting to acquire value and enter the classic car marketplace. Up to that time there were literally hundreds of cars that had just sat where they were without being altered for some 25 years.
At that time it was very easy to get about anything original on the used market. It was not unusual to see engine blocks, transmissions, and other parts being sold for a few dollars at GoF auctions. Try to do that today! I wrote many articles on what was original on the T Series MG's based on my experiences above and interviews with other noted T Series specialists. I have also been exposed to many other MG T types during shows, auctions, outings, rallies, and other events.
I always tried to keep a camera around to snap pictures of those unusual examples of the Marque.
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