I wish I had done, but it'll probably be too late now. They bring in 25-50 cars a day to be scrapped, so have a high turnover. Apparently this I why I never see any tourers there.

Mine spouts out plumes of vapor in weather like we've been having, even after quite some time. But it does eventually cease.

But yes, I hear what you're saying when your car seems to be the only one doing it...lol.

I had my first long trip in the Rover yesterday down to Derby from Lancs. It drove superbly. I'd won an ebay auction for 4 contours & good tyres for the grand total of £68.06:eek: That's 17 quid each, Bargain :}


I also ordered a digital trickle charger after missing out on those ones at LIDL the other week. Looks to be a nice piece o kit.


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Just plugged it into the Rover & first reading was 12.6, went inside to make a cuppa & in 5 minutes the reading was 13.0:}

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Decided to tackle the broken spring on the ZT, so after discovering the pinch bolt was tighter than a Scotsman's wallet I borrowed a rattle gun from Cazemi.

Of course I had forgotten I don't have a 1200 CFM compressor at home, my 20 CFM machine struggled a bit :getmecoat:

So after some persuasion, said pinch bolt was undone, and the three nuts removed from the top mount (I'd already undone the drop link, the brake pipe, and the ABS sensor from their mounts) and removed the leg.

Just enough time to tidy the tools away before the heavens opened :mad:

So off to return the rattle gun, and keep out of the inclement weather I retired to Cazemi's workshop.

Dismantling of the strut then could begin, straight sailing, oh no of course not this is a MGR product and of course the top mounting is seized solid to the damper piston :getmecoat:

So in disgust I packed up my gear once again and headed east to see a friend to programme a couple of new plips to his MGF.

Now back home, I fastened the strut into my trusty B&D workmate and hacksawed through the top mount from both sides, which allowed for the removal of the raggy edged spring.

So I'm left with a damper, although easier to handle, still has the lower portion of the metalastic bush and lower tube firmly attached to the damper piston.

So again out with the hacksaw, and cut through the metal ring and once that was out of the way, I carved off the remnants of the rubber from the inner bush tube.

With a judicious application of some very localised heat, coupled with two hammers on opposite sides of the steel tube, the rust bond was broken, and with a flourish and a pair of mole grips the tube was removed with no damage caused to the damper..........Phew !!!!!

A quick spin over the damper piston at the top with a wire brush as all is a good as new :D

So the job for later is to dismantle the strut top bearing, clean it out and regrease and reassemble it, then I can box the thing back up tomorrow with the nice new spring in the morning.

I might do the other side, as I fitted a S/H spring to that side as a temporary measure, and I have treated it to two genuine MGR Brown Red springs after all.

So this one will take the record for me, five springs fitted in as many weeks :(

Brian :D

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Sounds like you got two nice purchases, do you have a link to the trickle charger for members please

I went to a scrapyard and got a rear subframe, suspensions arms, rear trailing arms and brake calipers. Taking it off wasn't too bad, just a bit of a faff with the damper bottom bolts. The trailing arm bolts to the underside were very easy to get off. The fuel tank strap didn't look too bad on it either although I have just refurbished one ready for fitting up. The car I took the subframe off was sitting on top of a ZT V6 which may well have a decent subframe on it too.

[QUOTE=Arctic;2201825]Hi Thanks Arctic:} Yeah it was a good day yesterday. the charger is a very well made piece of kit & tells you the state of your battery exactly.

I have a big old boost/trickle charger thats over 25 years old & a bit past it's sell by date. this is a great improvement & come with an attachment that can be fastened to the battery permanently so I dont have to keep taking the battery cover off. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAYPOLE-74...wAAOSwAYtWKg6o

Next time your'e at Whitby call into Harrisons and tell them how to do it ;)