Welcome to the forum . i’m near Sac. 

Welcome aboard. Always great to have another member.

Hi, and welcome!  Even though these TDrs are relatively electrically trouble free, they all seem to come with a fair share of electrical problems.  Not to worry, once fixed, they stay that way, unlike the Lucas equipped originals.  

This is Ed’s story about adding his top mounted wipers: 

PMOSSBERG2013-09-13 17:12:43

There’s not much that hasn’t been tried.  Check out edsnova for top mounted wipers.  

has anyone put a boat wiper at top of windshield, to mimic original MG.

Does your wife take in jobs to order dbrock?

Soudns like a niche for a small home business.

My wife and I did the carpet on my VWTD. We used the carpet called automotive carpet from EBAY. We bought two yards. We bound the edges with leather from an old coat. My wife had no trouble sewing it with her sewing machine. We cut it in approximately 1 inch strips. It was underlaid with the aluminum backed insulation that was cut aprox 1/2…[Read more]

A new VW wiper motor costs $80 at Mid America Motorworks. Not a bad price.

newkitman2013-09-13 08:22:33

My wiper’s travel at the speed of smell

I’m guessing that the wipers may not be wired correctly since I’m only getting 1 speed.I looked for a related message thread, but didn’t see any. Any info on what the correct wiring should be?

We addressed that issue at Carlisle last year when the ride home threatened rain. The wiper motors are inadequate at best. Make sure the two speed motor is wired correctly, meaning make sure you have both speeds, and run on High. Rain X is also a plus.

Carlisle May 2014 – sounds like a plan.

Mine is unbound (like a real TD ;)). 

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Carlisle Import/Kit Car Nationals, May 2014

Can’t do too much with my MG just yet. I’m finishing up a new home build that will be hosting Thanksgiving dinner and I’m running out of time!Once I get past that I’ll have time for the MG.Thanks to all that have posted!

flip them down and I think the car could fly

Man are those BIG wind wings on the sindshield.

I had the same question . I asked home depot and they said to cut the carpet to the sizes I wanted, bring it back and they would have it bound the cost was small.As it turned out the piece of carpet was bound all the way around and between pushing edges under side panels and trim no raw edges. When I went over the hump by the shifter piece was…[Read more]

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