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MG MGF Technical - diameter of your cigar lighter ?

Hi all
happy new year to all of you
i have a question, could you tell me what is the diameter of your cigar lighter, mine is 22 mm and i just bought a new socket to B&G and it's the same than the old one (also 22mm).so the problem is, it's the second time that i try to buy a chrome cigar lighter on the web and two times when i got them they are too small (20mm), they move a lot in the socket, do you know which brand of car use the 20mm.
Do we have two size of socket(20mmand 22mm) on our car or do they (sellers) are incompetents.
thanks for your help
see you all soon
PAD Pascandrea

Happy new year!
Check this link!
http://www.mgcars.org.uk/MGF/cigar.htm
HofH

I thought they were a common/standard size.
Ted Newman

The Cigy lighter from a Fiat Sedici(4x4) fits the F/TF & there's no sticky up bit.
Ron Lloyd

All rovers have a standard 22mm socket.
The mazda,s mx5 and toyota mr2 for instance have the smaller 20 mm socket.
To confuse the matter , some 22 mm lighters (stated on the packet) are indeed not actually 22mm but 20 mm.
Why i don,t know.
I f you have bought off ebay most sellars sell all there stock under "title and discription" in good faith as they presume that as Ted does that they are all a standard size..they are not.
The sellar on the web should refund if it was stated to fit your car.
M...
m e johnson

Hi PAD,

If you do not want to buy another one, wrap some electrical tape round the barrel of the lighter socket to build it up by 2mm.

:-)

Sam
Sam Murray

I have to disagree with M E Johnson - All MG Rovers do not have the same size lighter - MGZR's are a smaller diameter than the large one in the MGF. I have come across at least 3 sizes on different cars although all MGF's and TF's appear the same.
Check out this item on Ebay which is specific for the MGF/TF - item number 250071110742
Dave

I remember some time back that a Bentley one fits, was about £20 at the time.
Ddraig

Hi Dave,
A friend of mine has a mgzr and the lighter is the same size as the mgf and tf.
My old fella has a rover 25 and this is also the same ???
Perhaps Rover just used up what they could get there hands on then and it,s just pot luck !!! ;0))
Mel
m e johnson

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