What I did with my Rover 75/MG ZT today? - Page 1179

ADO282 · 1st August 2020, 16:04

Vacuumed the interior, polished the glass inside, then washed the grime from the outside.

The latter there was lots of, as I've spent two days cleaning and derusting the rear inner wheelarches after removing the liners.

Who on earth thought the idea of running pipes and cables through a metal duct inside the wheelarch was a good one, needs their head read.......

Yuk, is all I can say.

Chris

Rogue · 1st August 2020, 16:09

Shout out to Trikey for changing my suspension leg and hub this morning especially as the old fought tooth and nail not to come out and it was more than a little warm.

Cheers Andy it's solved all the issues

simondhopkins · 1st August 2020, 16:12

Well Molly the connie has had a fresh glob of oil, new filters all round (including pcv) and fuel filter. Flushed out washer bottle and line, removed washers and cleaned out as one was not working properly.

Primed diesel pump and POP fuel inlet shot of off the fuel filter and showered the engine bay.

Seems ok now.

So whole engine bay got a nice wash too

trikey · 1st August 2020, 18:51

Didn’t do a lot today except refit the aircon pipes and engine mount.

ADO282 · 1st August 2020, 19:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by trikey

Didn’t do a lot today except refit the aircon pipes and engine mount.

I'm sure there is a lot more going on under my bonnet than that, but I like the shiny paintwork !

It seems a little extreme simply to fit a new brake pipe though.

Chris

trikey · 1st August 2020, 20:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADO282

I'm sure there is a lot more going on under my bonnet than that, but I like the shiny paintwork !

It seems a little extreme simply to fit a new brake pipe though.

Chris

The paintwork and the other bits are being done while the replacement engine is being fettled before fitting.

Our local MG Rover garage did lots of bad things to the original engine hence why it was removed.

Billyuk1 · 2nd August 2020, 20:39

Did the clutch on my zt today. Myself and a friend 5 hours on my drive.
Didn’t remove the subframe just removed passenger side bolts and loosened drivers side slid the gearbox to passenger side and supported on a Jack.
3 piece genuine clutch kit from rimmer bros £147 delivered
Now got a nice light Pedal

ryszard · 2nd August 2020, 22:55

Hi,fitted new a/c condenser,piped in,fan assembly fitted,also slam panel and front bumper assembly.Closed the bonnet to check alignment,and immediately remembered I had disconnected the bonnet pull assembly,two hours later got the bonnet open again!Small shakedown run and ready to be regassed tomorrow,hopefully no problems.Left undertray off for the time being just in case.Regards Ry...

Blink · 3rd August 2020, 12:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billyuk1

Did the clutch on my zt today. Myself and a friend 5 hours on my drive.
Didn’t remove the subframe just removed passenger side bolts and loosened drivers side slid the gearbox to passenger side and supported on a Jack.
3 piece genuine clutch kit from rimmer bros £147 delivered
Now got a nice light Pedal

Have you got the part number for the 3 piece Rimmer kit Billy?

Rover 75 Tourer · 3rd August 2020, 21:20

Fitted refurbished rear subframe and both upper arms, saw more things which require attention, both heat shields to re attatch to body and some derusting of some body parts, then put on new springs,found O/S one burst at bottom coil, how come I've replaced at least six springs on my bunch of 75's but never had one break on any one of my four R8's

Designers of springs go back to the future.

1st August 2020, 16:09	#11782
Rogue I really should get out more....... 75 CDT SE 160 Saloon Join Date: May 2017 Location: Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich Posts: 2,645 Thanks: 1,386 Thanked 1,096 Times in 774 Posts	Shout out to Trikey for changing my suspension leg and hub this morning especially as the old fought tooth and nail not to come out and it was more than a little warm. Cheers Andy it's solved all the issues __________________ Glutton for punishment --- Previously ... 2.6 SD1 x 2, 3.5 SD1, 820S, 820Si x2, 216 Gsi, 220T saloon, 414, 45 1.4 x2 and now a Cowley 75 CDT

1st August 2020, 16:12	#11783
simondhopkins Loves to post Vauxhall Vectra C Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Burnley Posts: 445 Thanks: 179 Thanked 88 Times in 62 Posts	Serviced molly Well Molly the connie has had a fresh glob of oil, new filters all round (including pcv) and fuel filter. Flushed out washer bottle and line, removed washers and cleaned out as one was not working properly. Primed diesel pump and POP fuel inlet shot of off the fuel filter and showered the engine bay. Seems ok now. So whole engine bay got a nice wash too

1st August 2020, 18:51	#11784
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,763 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Didn’t do a lot today except refit the aircon pipes and engine mount. __________________ Lest we forget..

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Billyuk1 Avid contributor zt saloon 1800cc Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: in my car Posts: 234 Thanks: 277 Thanked 63 Times in 48 Posts	Did the clutch on my zt today. Myself and a friend 5 hours on my drive. Didn’t remove the subframe just removed passenger side bolts and loosened drivers side slid the gearbox to passenger side and supported on a Jack. 3 piece genuine clutch kit from rimmer bros £147 delivered Now got a nice light Pedal __________________ 15,577th ZT to run off the production line, out of 18,894 703rd ZT 120 to be made out of 921 66th ZT in Aquamarine (Goodwood) (code: HQM) to be made out of 189 Aquamarine (Goodwood) ZTs

3rd August 2020, 21:20	#11790
Rover 75 Tourer Avid contributor Rover 75 tourers(4)400turs(3 Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Largs Posts: 217 Thanks: 3 Thanked 67 Times in 56 Posts	Fitted refurbished rear subframe and both upper arms, saw more things which require attention, both heat shields to re attatch to body and some derusting of some body parts, then put on new springs,found O/S one burst at bottom coil, how come I've replaced at least six springs on my bunch of 75's but never had one break on any one of my four R8'sDesigners of springs go back to the future.

1st August 2020, 16:04	#11781
ADO282 Banned ROVER 75 Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: BRACKNELL Posts: 270 Thanks: 125 Thanked 130 Times in 92 Posts	Vacuumed the interior, polished the glass inside, then washed the grime from the outside. The latter there was lots of, as I've spent two days cleaning and derusting the rear inner wheelarches after removing the liners. Who on earth thought the idea of running pipes and cables through a metal duct inside the wheelarch was a good one, needs their head read....... Yuk, is all I can say. Chris

2nd August 2020, 22:55	#11788
ryszard Gets stuck in Moonstone diesel,X351 Jaguar and now MG ZT 260 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Northampton Posts: 682 Thanks: 288 Thanked 118 Times in 96 Posts	Hi,fitted new a/c condenser,piped in,fan assembly fitted,also slam panel and front bumper assembly.Closed the bonnet to check alignment,and immediately remembered I had disconnected the bonnet pull assembly,two hours later got the bonnet open again!Small shakedown run and ready to be regassed tomorrow,hopefully no problems.Left undertray off for the time being just in case.Regards Ry...