What I did with my Rover 75/MG ZT today?
 

Nothing as been work all day :(, although extra pennies towards 11 spokes lol :D

I had a little bit of time on my hands this afternoon,

So went from this ;

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To this;

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Took The a Flying Banana up the M11 to the Rover SDi meet in Meldreth Cambs.
Still a lovely car to drive.

Why :shrug::shrug:

Why the major strip down?

Preparation for an engine transplant due to big end failure :o

To be fair although it looks major I was surprised at how quickly it was done.

And its that's after the cam snapping on your last engine!

Gee, braver man than me - I would have 'binned' it long time ago!!! :(

I like to keep myself busy, hopefully this time it will last a little longer.

I thought about it but then decided, where would be the fun in that? :D

I thought about it but then decided, where would be the fun in that? :D[/QUOTE]

There's no way you could do that to your rare colour!

Today I thought 'about time I gave the car a wash...'

Once washed I thought 'might as well stick a little bit of polish on it'.

Once polished I thought 'hmm, should put a bit of wax on it now....'

So I am completely knackered now, car looks good though.... :D

I cleaned the ZT, and my 75 for tomorrow's meet. Got a little carried away with the ZT cleaning though! Now it's raining. :(

Finally got round to fitting the 'poverty spec' WinCE DD I bought a couple of months ago - a HUGE improvement on the Harmony b*llocks with a broken CD changer (a glove box you can put stuff in is a bonus too :cool: ) and it's transformed the interior tbh - I want an Android one now though :duh:

Today i fitted my electric sunblind and found a job for tomorrow which is sealing rear lights, vent in boot and trim, 75's who will have them :D

Going up to the riverside this afternoon :-)

Opened the bonnet... Cable had snapped, not sure of the correct way in but gosh the method I used killed me. I hate myself for cable tying the cable block to the car to keep it from popping off. Took ages but I am in so time for some new cables

Trailed my satnav system prior to final install to check working, all lite up and screen display on. :D

Well some sunshine and a day of not being a taxi for the kids so spent a few hours on the MG today.
Sucked out any remaining water in the car with Vax
Took apart the dash to find the cause of my water leak. Tried sealing a couple of places. Cleaned up and sealed around the scuttle connectors.

Took undertray off the car as it had some clips missing - first time I've had a proper look and it all looks clean and well maintained underneath which is great. Unfortunately the air intake hose from the air box just fell out and had completely disintegrated where it is supposed to connect. Need to get another one.
Cleaned out the Plenums again from underneath - both have been trimmed at some point in the past. Got some muck out of the one that is normally hidden under the servo.
Undertray refitted and new bolts fitted.

Then had a go at cleaning the headlights but they are in need of a proper sanding I think. The cutting compound I used improved them but couldn't shift the main marks and fogging.

Sadly then the rains came again but at least I can see now if the water comes back in.

I went to Glasgow :D but it rained :(

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Did absolutely nothing today - it's been tipping down in Cornwall all day and I don't have a garage :(
I was planning to remove bumper, adjust slam panel, fit Viton O-rings & polish cloudy headlights.
A day wasted :'(

Drove it to pick up my MG ipk with the bezel changed to the black and chrome one from the rover ones ready for installation on Saturday! Oh and picked up some of my tools to hopefully give it some tlc over the next 2 days :D

Nothing on mine...


Plenty on Pinebobs though :D

Took The Flying Banana up to Chelmsford to collect a sewing machine that I had won on eBay.

more yellow stuff being sewn together perhaps... :eek:

You mean something like this :cool:

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Yeah exactly like that ;)

Well not exactly ;)

Well yours revs higher, well not at the moment but soon!

I did nothing at to the tourer. But I did tax my 416 gti for the summer:duh:it's been sat in my garage for the last 18 months but passed its mot without any drama.problem now is after using it today I just don't like it anymore.

Where did you get those

If you split down a 75 IPK, you can remove the fascia inside and fit to your ZT IPK ;)

Cool I look for one those I like that a lot. Cheers.

Put the rear end on axle stands so I could remove wheels, paint behind them to mask the rust and then washed and waxed the wheels! Couldn't do the fronts as I was getting hailed on when putting the wheels back on :)

Did almost 1000 miles over the last 4 days and was well pleased with the devil car for once, then it blew a headlight bulb and after 2 fruitless hours trying to get the replacement in I took the bumper off to fit it, job done in 15 mins!:duh:

Just fitted the message centre indicator stalk in preparation for Saturday :)

Sorted out the radio in my highline unit fuse was blown in the radio module, fitted a new drivers side mirror and swapped my chrome cover on to the new mirror as the mount on mine was snapped (seemed to have caused myself a new problem now as the mirrors won't adjust anymore).. And had a new alternator fitted so car is drivable again after standing for a couple of weeks. Getting there slowly but surely next on the list 2 new tyres tomorrow then get a new rear abs sensor.

Sean

Removed all the trim from the tourer boot, cleaned the masses of dog hair from under the trim, removed and replaced the broken sponge from under the vents. Removed the luggage hooks and give them a good clean. Filled the 3 small holes I found in the rear window sills. Polished the spare wheel well. Removed the interior boot light ready to replace with an LED one (if I ever find one). Polished all rubbers and trim with back to black. Scrubbed the roof lining and gave a thoroughly good Hoover.

I spent 4 1/2 hours cleaning, didn't make it past the boot!

Nothing, I went topless in SWMBO's Twintop

I collected a MINT walnut wheel at a fabulous price!!! Best pleased am I!!! :D

Tailgate Badge
 

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As you can see, my tailgate badge was badly faded, so I thought I'd replace it...

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Note the correct use of the adhesive patch. However I wasn't satisfied and so tried again..

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Thanks Humphs!

i changed the control arms and lower rear bushes,items bought from dmgrs and that lovely young man matty p :bowdown:

I took my front door cards off, added a bit of sound insulation to them, adjusted the door catches, took my old door mirrors off, dried out the foam insert, hammerite-d the triangle where the mirrors sit on each door and refitted with Chrome Bullet mirrors :)

Took my tourer to work, had a choice of that or an 85 bhp transit van that drinks fuel, got home and sorted out my exhaust by making it a straight pipe with no silencers and tomorrow will be removing the cat. I did give it a good clean on Saturday though

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Got off the bus from work, waved at the 75, locked inside the garage, as I walked by, waiting for new rear springs to be fitted.

Sigh.............

Last weekend travelled from Essex to midlands and back. (1.8t)
280 miles, kept to steady 70 on motorways (except for 50 mph road works bits), brim to brim check = 36.9 mpg

I feel your pain I've done the same but spent more than 2 hours trying before taking off the bumper

As it's my week off work, it's a week of Rover action :D
Today I replaced the rear badge :} and installed illuminated sun visors and rear auto dimming mirror :drool4:
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Now waiting for my fan resistor and rear springs :cool:

Today I changed this:

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to this...

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I did exactly the same as mine arrived in the post today :D

That was one of the first things I did when I got the car was change the 'C' Pillar Trims that incorporated the Rover Badges....

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Today I fitted an o/s/r tail light, the old one had a hairline crack in it and the treated the leather to some gliptone leather conditioner

Replaced my rear springs, but couldn't take the anti roll bar off so had to think of another way to get the springs out. :shrug: Almost 3 hours later and the spring were in :D Also removed some surface rust from the rear arms and gave them a nice lick of waxoyl :cool:

Fitted electric rear blind now on to the next mod :}

Removed the synergy in preparation for the remap and hopefully prolonging the lifespan of fuelling components :D

Seeing as it was sunny and almost 16*C I decided to wash the car and give it a polish where needed.... And the windows!

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Looking good! http://yoursmiles.org/bsmile/fun/b0217.gif



NB. Just a shame there is no 'Meets' local this weekend.... :(

I tried to fit new rear discs but failed miserably :o couldn't loosen the caliper carrier bolts :mad::getmecoat:

Replaced that little silver resistor on my cooling fan and now I have 2 speeds again especially with aircon :D
Week of Rover action completed - replaced ITP, replaced rear springs, fitted auto dimming mirror and illuminated sun visors, replaced faded rover badges and union flag,

Fixed the bonnet release cable. The cable on the single side had slipped out. :duh: gonna spend the rest of the afternoon seeing if I can find a mod for it as it seems really badly designed, or at the least really cheap!!!

Just thought I would mention that I'm wanting to affix one of these - anybody got a spare one please?

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Thanks....

Where are you going to fix it?
I saw some of these on eBay when looking at the chequered/union badges.

Turn the Connector around the other way then it cant pop out... ;)

Ta da...http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ead.php?t=4692

Yes, I've seen on Ebay aswell but I don't fancy spending 11 quid for one (S/H), sorry. :o

Finally got round to finishing up the power/audio for the sub in the boot.
I installed a double cigarette connector (rated up to 20a, same as my amp) and got an improved plug for it (rated up to 30a). The audio is connected via the XLR connectors (left and right).

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The box in the pictures looks better than what I have fitted. I've just got a c-shaped steel plate that holds the cables and the block catches on the bolt heads. Is this a standard and a bodge? It didn't seem right to me, and seeing those boxes I think confirms it. Thanks for the help mango man and suzublu. First thing I did was turn the block round tape the cables in and cable tie everything!!! :D

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New gaitors :)

Went to Olney to get the 160 remap (after a bit of fiddling on Phil's part) and message centre fitted, with digital spedo :D

Washed and polished Banana ready for tomorrow's meet in Coventry.
Baby Banana now needs a new alternator.

Cleaned my wheels. I added a coat of wax and treated the tyres to some Autoglym viny and rubber care.

They still look excellent..


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Me too and my journey home was far more impressive than the journey up :D

Took a picture, then played with it in PS.

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Started the repair on the rear wing. Knocked most of dent out and now on my second skim of filler drying so, hopefully painted and finished tomorrow.

Another pic of the gaitors I did yesterday - really worthwhile!

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Fitted some xenons & headlamp washers - buffed out some scratches on the drivers door that were caused by a stupid dog jumping up at the side of the car & finally gave it a quick polish.

Steve.

Are these from 'Topgaitors'?

Yep, that's the bloke :)

Gave the Engine Bay a bit of a wipe this morning aswell......

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Stunning :D

I had ten minutes under the bonnet too. :}


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did these little jobs
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Today I....
 

Adjusted my bonnet catches, changed my broken washer bottle top, replaced the split o-ring on power steering reservoir lid and wd40'd the front bumper fixings as that's coming off in a couple of days so I can spray my wire mesh and adjust the crash bar & slam plate to close the gap between the wings and bonnet :}

Nah, you're having us on, that's a brand new car.
What the ****** norah did you use on it? Every surface looks totally pristine. Share your wisdom, O great one :bowdown:

Discovered front coil spring sticking into tyre. Consequently spent several happy hours perusing this mine of experiences...

Just finishing burning the midnight oil by giving the bumps and scrapes I filled in earlier with a few coats of paint. Not a bad match fortunately, forgot to get clear lacquer so will have to finish tomorrow!

Andy

Drove it fit the first time in 3 days after having driven by brothers CRV.
I now know why I drive an MG;-)

Interesting button in the CRV that says 'cool box'. I pressed it and nothing happened, it was still a.CRV :-)

Interesting button in the CRV that says 'cool box'. I pressed it and nothing happened, it was still a.CRV :-)

That's funny :D

Once you get under the bonnet up to a standard, it's easy keeping it that way. The secret product is...

a valeter :D

Just to let you know that leaving the Basecoat on that long is a very bad practice - if it is a proper Basecoat/Clearcoat you are using is is supposed to be a 'Wet-on-Wet' Application. Just let the Basecoat flash-off and then apply the Clearcoat.
Leaving it too long can lead to delamination later, as we have seen on other bad repairs where the Clearcoat has come away leaving the Basecoat exposed...

I hope I don't sound like I'm trying teach Mother how to suck eggs here, but I did work for Glasurit, Sikkens, Spies-Hecker & 3M for quite a few years...

Is...? Is?!?!
Holy water? It's holy water, isn't it!

Well, I'll share my little secret with you. The product is Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber Treatment. Don't go mad with it, use sparingly. It buffs up a treat.

Trust me, the answer is in this text!! :D

It's dressing. Slightly oily stuff that makes your plastic look good. Available from most shops where they sell car-care stuff (like halfords).

Yep, that's what I use aswell.... And Meguiars Cleaner Polish on the paintwork.....

Most interesting, thank you! I'll pick up a bottle. I've tried all sorts and never gotten under-bonnet plastics to look much better!

If they are really bad due to lack of TLC then it will take a good few goes before they come up nice..... :cool:

Today ive fitted chrome dash vent & clock trims/walnut door trims from Simon in Bulgaria & gave it a wash & dry.


Cheers Mel:}

I decided to finally wire in my reversing camera then restored my headlights, after that I decided to give her a wash (the car not the wife :D).

today I fitted a new pollen filter ,the old one looked like it was full of coal dust

There are 2 types of Pollen Filter - the plain type which are almost white when new,

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and the Carbon Activated type, which start off dark grey to start with....

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So don't be too surprised if your old one is black..... ;)

Just fitted my bargain ebay purchase full leather interior, well chuffed with the look.
blood y hot now but beats the hell out being cold and wet while working outside.
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Not sure if my (JKA) old interior has a value or not but anyone interested before they are lost in the back of the shed. driver bolster is torn but rest is in good nik
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Took the bottom sills off .has they were flaking
bought sum nitromoors paint stripper .what should of
taken an hour has took me 3 and half .that new formula stripper.
is rubbish .backs killing me .knees have gone! but worth it in the end;)d

thanks for that ,is the carbon one white on the other side ,as mine was so assume mine was the white one .Was filthy when I dropped it on the floor the dirty that came out

Today I fixed the two chrome ovals that are on the inside of the front door handles, both of which were loose becasue, as I discovered, the retaining clips had been broken off.

Useful threads on how to fix, here:
http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=175863
and here:
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Actually I ended up glueing them becase I didn't think there was enough length of unbroken clips left to use the melt-with-soldering-iron method.

Now seem to be firmly back in place. Time will tell.

Just had a little bit of a sad day really ,not only do I need another engine, the slave has given up the ghost and that is now leaking.:eek::getmecoat:

Fitted a new badge to the rear of the ZTT (see my thread for pics http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...63#post1602363)

Also, fitted my dash cam at long last. Had it so long I could not even tell you where I bought it LOL. Takes good video though and comes on with the ignition. A productive day (oh, and tidied my work bench and fitted some power socket in the garage, so i don't have to keep running extension leads) :D

No, the Carbon type would be that colour both sides.... ;)

This morning I finally got round to replacing the noisy rear hub bearings that have been humming since before xmas. Passenger side has been the main culprit, but decided to get them both done while Europarts had them in the sale. Passenger side had lots of brown staining from water ingress, drivers side came apart as I pulled it off the hub.

As an encore I fixed the parking sensors that packed up a couple of weeks ago... another section of rotten wire chopped out and new stuff soldered in.

Amazing what you can get done when the sun comes out :}

Took The Flying Banana up to Coventry for the Baignton Oak meet. And had The Low Flying Banana re-mapped. Great cars and great company.

Spent a few hours in the company of BigRuss. He enabled the powerwash i fitted yesterday & fitted me a replacement IPK with message centre. I also replaced my pollen filter.

A very enjoyable day.

Steve.

Had very enjoyable day at Waggon & Horses meet with Mike and the guys in the spring sunshine. :D

A quick plenum check (nice and dry after I removed an AA battery from nearside drain hole when I bought it before Xmas :eek:) front bumper off tomorrow hopefully to paint grill and lift the bumper a touch. Think there's something wrong, found myself in a trance just looking at it today ha.

This weekend, for a change of pace, rather than repairing things on the 75 i decided to add bits. Added an aftermarket parking sensor kit and mounted the display in the high level brake light (pics in own thread). Also fitted a motorola tk30 bluetooth/media streaming kit too, now i've just got to figure out how it works :)

I started running the wiring for my external Mic (the one in the DD unit is rubbish) and ended up spending a couple of happy hours tidying up the dogs breakfast of wiring behind the radio in anticipation of the return of my DD unit with blue LED's!

Hope it all still works when I plug it back in:}

Sourced another engine with history and a recent belt change.:D

Gave the engine bay a wipe over then polished the slam panel. Added some QD while I was at it.
Just ordered a slam panel sticker from Rimmerbros too. The old one is coming adrift at two corners.

SWMBO took it to work :-S

Goodbye Wheels..... lol.

Picked up some goodies
set of zeon headlamps
parking sensors,loom,control unit.
auto dimming mirror,
conni sunvisors.

:Dgoing to look at a zt180 at the weekend:duh:

Reset service indicator after servicing and searching for my reset gadget over the weekend

Changed my tourer roof bars from these..

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To these.

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Painted in the powder coating companies version of silver sparkle.

Dave T

They look great Dave. Suit the car very well. :D

A twenty minute job to change the bars turned into over an hour.

Two of the torx bolts were mangled and I had to drill them out.

Must have been a previous owner, I can't imagine they came out of Longbridge like that.

Dave T

Washed and waxed.



Same for the car;-)

Had some fun in the back of the car ;)

Now you see me
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Now you don't :D
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Took The Flying Banana down to Southend on Sea, and brought her back. Topped her up with petrol. Washed and now ready for the Sherwood Forest meet tomorrow.

Drove down to Sandbach to finally collect a free spacesaver wheel from bigalgenesis - he wasn't in :( BUT I had a nice chat with Mrs bigalgenesis instead who knows her Rover 75's too! Spacesaver probably hasn't been used either :)

Car didn't miss a beat and the DD satnav took me straight there, all good :D

Gave the old girl a polish , dressed tyres etc..now tucked away in the man cave ready for Sherwood Forest tomorrow...

Well, I was so amazed at how my car looked after taking off the Cover I just had to take a snap or two!!!

Oh, and with all the talk recently about Tyre stuff I decided to plaster on the last of my Auto-Glym Tyre Spray...! (Still wet - sorry). :(

Anyway.....................

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Ciao.

With me it more like what have l been trying to do for the last three week's is try and get janes car back on the road for the mot. So far I have put no new front springs and shocks,bump stops and gaters 2 drop links and discs and pads full exhaust full service with pcv filter two part worn tryes on the front.

I think the colour is fantastic I miss my old copperleaf, looking shiny too.:drool4:

Stood looking at my ZT while finishing my brew :D

That's a pretty amazing shine you got on it there Bill, looks top class.

Decided to have a fettle with the centre console..... :D

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At work today, so had to content myself with ordering a Renault 5 thermostat to fit into my top radiator hose.

Dave, as you have moved your lock and hazard buttons, what have you put in their place ??

Dave T

Hi Dave,

I've just filled the holes in on the bit the the switches fit into and sanded it down and vinyl wrapped it the same as the centre console. The buttons are now easier to use than before. I used to mix up the hazard and the lock buttons all the time :duh: :D:D

Dave :D

Gave my dad's tourer a polish and vac and changed the polen filter, cleaned out the plenum and fitted a new cup holder and dash mat in my brothers saloon. Keeping me busy!

I drove it with a big smile on my face :D

What I did with my Rover 75/MG ZT today?
 

Was going to Southwold for day:), but stuck in jam on A12 :( so decided on drive through countryside to Bury St Edmonds :D

Took The Flying Banana on a 290 mile round trip to the Sherwood Forest meet.
Off to Dorset tomorrow for a mini break.

Took the v6 to the Halfway House meet, Brentwood Essex. 50+ cars and very sunny.
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I managed to service my webasto! The main bits are back together ready for a thorough cleaning and then sending the PCB off to FrenchMike :D

Classic
 

Hi all
Retro fitted front fogs and cured a rattle that was very annoying
Regards
Steve

Dave,

I have another pic, which hopefully explains what i did with the holes I had left when I moved my door locking and hazard switches.....

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I used epoxy to fill the holes left. Just popped some tape over the holes and puddled the epoxy in from the back. When the epoxy sets, simply pull off the tape for a smooth finish. Either vinyl wrap or spray to finish.

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Too dark for final pics now but its in the same finish as my dash set.

Dave :D

Went to the sherwood forest meet, great day

Finished fitting the in line stat from yesterday, wasn't as easy to do as I thought it would be, but that applies to most jobs lol

Today I bought my first MG! Zt 190 in trophy blue.

Fitted new o rings on the intercooler , they were there anyway but I didnt know that , last owner must have done anyway put my new ones on and will keep the others safe ......

The Flying Banana is having a short break down here in Sunny Portland. Since the re-map the mpg has improved and the performance ain't bad either.
So that's 860 miles covered in the last 8 days. I just love driving her.

Today I removed the front bumper on my facelift ZT 190.
I fixed my leaking washerbottle pump, cleaned and repainted the grill mesh black again and I also replaced the shannon tube with a new cold air feed tube that goes down next to the foglight behind the mesh.
I got my hands on a pair of LED front fog bulbs that I was going to fit but the fitment turned out to be H1 instead of H11...so I guess I'll have to return them.
But anyways, my biggest job so far and everything turned out great!