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My Adventures up North!

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Hadfield High Street

Hadfield High Street

Toward the end of July me and a friend went North with my MG to attend an event at MGFnTFBITZ in Glossop.

I had my car remapped (post to follow).

Everyone seemed a great deal friendlier compared with ‘down south’ and we had a real great time.

We stayed in a B&B in Hadfield called the Hikers and Bikers B&B. The Landlord was very friendly and we went to the Chinese as suggested where we met the proprieters from the MG shop and a driver, stranded after the clutch on his MG went on homeward journey.

View from the window

View from the window

We finished the night in the Pub where we stayed until the early hours!

The following morning we had a cooked breakfast before making the homeward journey.

Recommend you all go up North and visit!

MG TF Update 10 – New disks and pads all round

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So, this came as an advisory on the service. Things needed replacing so I decided to do the full lot and be done with it.

I bought Pagid (OEM to Merc etc) pads and disks from Euro Car Parts for around £172. I was also going to give it a go at fitting myself.

I followed a very handy tutorial written by CJJ off the MG Rover .org Forums.

Tutorial for changing front AP Disks and Pads – http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=197579

Tutorial for changing rear Disks and Pads – http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=199027

With a little help from my Dad, I managed to do the work in a weeekend (front one day, back the next)… luckily the weather held off.

I saved myself money on getting them fitted, and by doing so, learnt a little more about car mechanics. The back set I more or less did myself 🙂

Result – a better braking experience and no more unhealthy sounding noises making for a better ride all in all.

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MG TF Update 9 – Windscreen Washer feeder joint cracked [FIXED]

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Cracked elbow joint

Cracked elbow joint

So, as can be seen, the elbow joint had cracked in the cold.

I’d initially thought that the nozzle was blocked, so took a needle to it but on opening the bonnet soon came to realise the issue when washer fluid had coated everything.

Luckily, after taking a quick look at the .org Forum, I found I didn’t need this elbow joint anyway and having removed it, found there was no longer an issue.

One can add heated washer jets (as fitted to later TF’s; read here: http://www.grumpy-monkeh.co.uk/guides.php?selection=Fitting%20heated%20washer%20jets) but I found these to be too expensive.

It has been noted that fitting Citroen jets give a better washer fluid distribution. These aren’t too expensive: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-MG-MGTF-ZR-ZS-ZT-400-45-25-Xsara-Mist-Washer-Jets-/320591172815?clk_rvr_id=324930292787&afsrc=1

For now I shall see how long this ‘free’ mod will last.

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