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MG TD TF 1500 - Starter Cable Coupling Slips

Every so often I find that pulling the starter cable fails to engage the starter switch. Apparently the inner cable slips out of the coupling (Moss p/n 161-500) just enough to prevent starter switch engagement.

Quick fix is to loosen the coupling screw, de-grease the inner cable, re-set it into the end of the coupling and re-tighten the scres. This seems to work for a few weeks and then it slips again.

Has anyone found a long term solution to this problem?

Thanks

Mark Sherman
1953 TD
shrmnmrk at gmail



Mark A. Sherman

I sweat soldered the ends of my cables to keep them from fraying. It also give the set screw something to bite into. I haven't had a slippage problem

Bill Chasser
TD-4834
W. A. Chasser

Bill C. X2 Cheers - Dave
DW DuBois

My cable is sold, not stranded, but I will give it a try anyway.

Thank you, gents.

Mark
Mark A. Sherman

Mine's stranded as well. Will it fit into the coupling if you bend the cable back on itself so you have double the cable to bite into?
Kurt Byrnes

Believe it or not my cable looks like its original. It is solid and stiff and about AWG15.

I de-greased cable and tinned it with solder as Bill suggested. I cleaned and refurbished coupling and used blue Loctite on the bolts.

Let's see if that holds.

Thanks Bill, Dave and Kurt for your suggestions.

Mark Sherman
Mark A. Sherman

This thread was discussed on 09/08/2016

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