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MG MGA - Door Buffers

There appear to be two types of door buffers available.

One is quite rounded and when in position just site on the closing edge of the shut face plate.

The other has a squarer profile with a slot that allows it to wrap around two edges of the shut face plate.

Any thoughts on which are the correct type?
John Bray

John, This is a picture of the door buffers on a very original 1600 Mk.1. It seems that these wrap around the sides a bit.......................Mike

m.j. moore

Thanks Mike,

I have both types on my car, these are the round profile type which don't have the extra lip to go round the shut face plate.

John Bray

These are the other type which appear similar to those in your picture. A squarer profile and they wrap around the shut face plate.

John Bray

Hi John
I recall from the large amount of research I did way back, when putting the twin cam together, the buffer each side did lip over the fold.
Cheers Mark

May catch up at Silverstone if you are going on the Saturday?
Mark Dollimore

Thank's for the confirmation Mark.

Hope to make it to Silverstone, will give you a call.

Regards...John
John Bray

I have what I believe to be the original ones from one of my cars and I agree with Mark.

The replacement ones were very similar in shape, but I did find that they needed to be re-profiled, as they were too high, to get perfect door flush otherwise, on my recent restoration. I suspect that they they are less compressible or made slightly higher than the original ones.
Neil MG

Neil

I agree the replacement buffers are to tall. How do you suggest re-profiling them, scalpel?
John Bray

I agree that the rubber on the repro. buffers is too hard ; it doesn't allow any compression at all. My replacement buffers were sticking out too much and wouldn't allow the doors to close enough. I thought I would remove some rubber from the surface with a blade but after doing one it didn't look good. It's not easy to get a smooth rubber surface with a Stanley blade so for the rest I removed rubber from the inner area that is against the metal. In this way you can keep the original moulded surface.......................Mike
m.j. moore

I removed the desired amount of rubber with a sharp blade and then sanded the profile back finishing with wet'n'dry to match the original surface. The fact that this was possible suggests the rubber was very hard. However it did help to get a very accurate setting for the door flush.
Neil MG

Thanks Mike/Neil, I will have a play.

The only good thing about the smaller buffers is that they are a lot softer and compress quite well, Shame they are the wrong profile!
John Bray

This thread was discussed between 26/05/2015 and 03/06/2015

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