Battery Hold down & Tools

[Tombutlercpa@cs.com]

I can't find illustration of the TC battery hold down arrangement in Moss or Abington Spares catalogs. Can any one help with photos, drawings and parts suppliers. I am also interested in completing my tool kit. Who can supply original or reproduction tools. What tools were originally supplied? What tools do other owners find most useful? Thanks in advance. Tom

[sculptart@aol.com]

Tom, The original arraignment for the battery had a pair of rods threaded from the bottom of your battery locker up through a pair of "wings" on the battery. You should have captive nuts in the bottom of the battery locker to this purpose. Modern batteries do not have these attachment points and instead rely on a clamp down to hold the battery in location. My TC has a piece of 9 ply plywood dyed black that is held down by wing nuts over the battery. At one time I had an old Essex that was done this way. You can obtain reproduction tools from Click here: MGTseries tool kits - MGTC, MGTD, MGTF, MGMM, Midget. Morris Minor or Click here: Reproduction MG parts . Both of these links will show you the correct tools to have and prices. The "Brown" book TC instruction manuel will give the correct tools as well. The tools cover almost all needs for on the road breakdowns although I also carry some modern tools such as a vice grip pliers, channel locks, smaller carburetor screwdriver, etc. Originally all screws on the TC were only slotted type. Over the years, previous owners might have added things that would require a Phillips screwdriver as well. Hope this helps, Ben Cordsen

[Dean Jensen]

Tom Do not think you will find a picture anywhere, original arrangement was that the battery had ears on both ends (part of the battery), and there was a brass (1/4) rod that was threaded on both ends that screwed into the two nuts in the bottom of the battery box. I am not sure what was on top, but always assumed it was a brass wing nut, with washer. It is not hard to make the rods, and the nut should be there. The problems is, the batteries do not have ears on them any longer. At this point you have to do what you think is right. Dean Illinois

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] Tombutlercpa@cs.com [b]To:[/b] afitz@home.com ; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, September 21, 2001 2:01 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] Battery Hold down & Tools I can't find illustration of the TC battery hold down arrangement in Moss or Abington Spares catalogs. Can any one help with photos, drawings and parts suppliers. I am also interested in completing my tool kit. Who can supply original or reproduction tools. What tools were originally supplied? What tools do other owners find most useful? Thanks in advance. Tom Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

[JohnHWSteedman@aol.com]

Re the battery hold-down bracket. This was the subject of a fairly lengthy string last year. I don't think anyone claimed to have an original and there was some doubt if they ever existed. There was a suggestion that earlier batteries had eyes on the sides which were bolted to the captive nuts in the battery box floor. I sent this query to the Octagon Bulletin and received from an Octagon member, an enginering drawing of a bracket to fit exactly to the top of the my "Lincon" period battery. I had this made up locally in stainless steel with 2 steel 1/4" rods to connect to the floor . It looks exactly right and I would be happy to fax/ mail you the drawings if you are interested. Regards, John TC 0301