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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Mystery Part

Hi
Could someone identify this for me. Found stuck to the gearbox drain plug - could it be the anti rattle plunger
thanks
Stuart


S G Macfarlane

Could be. Is it magnetized? If it's a magnet someone may have stuck it there to accumulate particles from wear. I used to epoxy a magnet to the drain plug for that reason.
Stan Kowznofski

I agree, an anti-rattle plunger... for the shift lever? Isn't there a spring that accompanies it? My plunger was missing too, but the spring was still in the hole of the casting. New plunger, no rattle.

Tim
T Burston

Is it hollow?

What caused it to stick?

It kind of looks like a .22 caliber cartridge casing

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1 Paper

hi
yes - hollow
brass so not magnetic
just stuck to the gunk on the drain plug
Thanks
S G Macfarlane

it is probably a brass plug to close off a machining hole in the casing for one of the detente springs or an oil-way
Dominic Clancy

deffo the anti-rattle plunger.
David Smith

Anti rattle.
Dave O'Neill 2

Yepp.. anti rattle


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1 Paper

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