How To Prep The MG Midget For The Road!
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Getting an almost 50 year old car ready for the road can be scary. In this video I’ll show you how I prep my family’s 1975 MG Midget for spring!
I'll show you how to change the oil in a MG Midget and how to change the antifreeze. It's an easy process and anyone can do it!
So awesome to have a car in the family for that long.
Those MG's are great little cars Mike, and still very popular here in the UK. As long as you keep the fluids changed regularly they go forever. The only real problem they used to have was weak headgaskets! But once you fix that you won't ever have to fix it again if your lucky? Great video Mike, looking forward to the next one 👍
That dirt and grim probably helped protect the undercarriage. Great to see your dad's MG back on the road.
Mikes dad would be so dang proud of him !
You should suggest to Randy that you use that for power tour this year.
I'm the same the mg looks In better condition than Randy's Cadillac Allante
Glad the MG running again 🙌💯👍
Really love your MG Mike, your Dad would be proud that you have kept it in the family
4:50 “she sounds good doesn’t she” sir I have absolutely never heard an MG sound like that
Little M.G is super cool. I almost bought one & the guy backed out of the deal🎬🚘🔥🔥🔥👍. Salute Mike 😎
In 1999, i bought two 1971 MG Midgets and made one out of the two !!
Great to drive, especially with no power steering or brake servo !! So yes 60mph is enough excitement !
I always loved those little MG Midgets because they are very cute little convertibles and a great beach cruzer.😊
Watching this on my long drive home 🏡
Your Dad would love to see the work done! Amazing job!
Love those MG Midgets!! Good cars-- lots of fun for a lot less money than other convertibles!!!!! Good job on doing the required maintenance on it.
Good afternoon Mr . Wrench 🛠
I used a gardening try about 2 feet square as back up , depending on weight of oil you use in carburettor on vacuum and hence exceleration, glad you appreciate old English sizes, keep up the good work 👍
I hope you make more of these videos. then always start making videos at copart
Mike back then I owned a Midget in College, with a 1.1 liter and a later Triumph Spitfire with the engine your midget has and never worried about the interstates.
I've always loved these cars and the Alfa Romeo spider.
Way to take care of that old girl! I've always been a fan of the MG's, Spitfires... etc. Prolly why I have a Miata in the garage. Just as fun but it ALWAYS runs! LOL!!!
I love those MG's! I'll bet that car is a blast to drive in the summer. Great video Mike!
Milly is such a sweet little car!
Hi Mike nice to see you working on the midget just a little fact for you in case you didn’t know the engine and gearbox are originally triumph as the midget was a 1098 cc before and in an attempt to give them more power they fitted the 1500 cc triumph engine from what was the Toledo I work on many of them many years ago in my younger days
Oh you lucky guy Mike, I love that little car. Please don't ever give it up, there getting so hard to find now. 😎👌👍P.S what beautiful little engine. 👌👍
I had the privilege of driving a Midget in 1974. It was a scream! Still my favorite car ever.
Job well done Mike !! Car sounds great ! Have a wonderful evening . 🇨🇦
With oil that old and dirty I would have recommend that you use flushing oil after draining the old oil, run the engine for 10/15 minutes and only then add the good oil.
I would also have changed the filter with both oil changes. Also check (and possibly change) the gearbox and rear axel oils too, and the air filter.
Love the channel, and I wish you a long and happy life.
And get the truck going, the one Randy so generously gifted you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had one of those, and a 76 MGB with overdrive. I sold the Midget after 3 months because it was too small.
What a cool car , Mike. Love your videos. Can't wait til you and Randy do another California trip. 😂
I always look forward to every video you put out Mike.
Thanks for saving vintage cars, and are heritage great video awesome little car.👍
Hi Mike
Some of the MGs that roll in Sweden have changed the engine to the Volvo B20, it was installed, among other things, in the Volvo model 140
Yours is original 👌
Fun car it is , Mike
Millie is a Cutie 🥰
I love to see this car on your channel! Great video as always keep it going!!!!
Mike , those are fun little cars thanks for sharing 👍
What a nice old MG. Most of these still around are crusty rusty (which is odd as you would think a car made in the UK (where it always rains and is damp) would be more rust resistant). Have you considered tracking down the the optional hard top these cars had?
Clean up the sludge in the engine with a little Sea Foam in the new oil? Only a few ounces will clean her out pretty well. You'd be surprised what it will do on an older engine? Keep up the good work Mike?
Beautiful
always loved mg's
Awesome show my friend.
So lovely to see Milly running! Ooh and the BMW 740i, can't wait for the video Mike, so excited for that one! 😁
Great job Mike.
MIKE ... YOU SHOULD FACE YOUR FEARS!!!!
MAN ...THIS IS AMERICA...
YOU GET ON THAT HIGHWAY...PUT IT TO THE FLOOR AND LET THAT MOTOR SING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good job Mike 😎😎👍👍
Ok, the oil was needed but the coolant was bad conscience... the perfect car for Florida.
Absolutely beautiful ❤️
Great cars I loved mine.
Like it Mike
Cool 🥰
I think a radiator service video with the bleeding procedure would have been great you
Left out great content bud?
After all that you didn't take us for a spin?
😅🤣😂
Hi Mike I like the MGs I had a cousin that had two brand new ones I near he maintenance it regular he live in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania so rust wasn’t good to it but gosh he ran them for so many years he had one recondition he passed a few years ago so I’m not sure what happen to it but he was over 6 ft 2 and not a small man but he fit in it thanks for them memories great video
Yayyy MG Midget 🤘🏽😀🔥
Thank you for your service......Hahahahaaaa....Thanks for the vids Mike!
This is almost giving me the nerve to fix my grandma’s old MG midget. It has been sitting under a car cover ever since i was a kid. I have never seen it run before. I am almost 30 now
I wanna see Mike flying down Memorial with the teenagers on Friday nights in that Midget.
You mentioned losing a lot in Naples, was that the result of divorce?
Love this little car Mike. How long has it been in your family? Since new? You might have said in a previous video but, I probably missed it.
Awesome video my folks in Wales used to have these ☺️ what's with the fan? Bet it hits the bonnet
I used to love to go fast in these kinds of cars. As fast as you could get them to go, 70, 80,whatever. They're not scary at all.
Is the top good on this one?
Yayyy Millie ❤️😀
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great car Mike. Can I ask you a favor? Could you please measure for me the windshield width w/frame, straight measurement from inside? Also the height of it. I would appreciate it a lot. I'm building a Lotus 7 type of car from scratch, and I'm looking for a windshield for it. I really like the Midget one.
What purpose does the chamber pot oil reservoir serve ?
How do we get a car sticker would love one please x
Glad you are having fun, but you don't need to keep saying it is a 'little bitty' car. It is named 'Midget' for a good reason. Happy driving.
Loved getting to drive Millie last year! Did not want to get out, was so much fun! Please check email for upcoming trip and respond please.
My dad had a 52 MG/ TC ( I think). What became of MG?
They were taken over by British leyland and then ceased trading but now trade again but the cars are made in china but the still use what is basically a leyland engine
😲😲👏👏👍👍👊👊🏆🏆🙏🙏
that car looked so good before it was made "safe" for US roads lol them bumpers are so bad :( take them of and get the euro ones will make the car look good again.
nice little car except for the horrid bumpers they made them put on because of safety
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Hey cousin can I get a shout out for my channel?? Love the midgets / most old cars!! Keep up the good work
That's a engine not ajar!! Hehehe
Hey Mike.
You're not allowed to say midget anymore, how about little car?