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Old 26th June 2019, 18:04   #1
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I've just taken my long loved MG ZT-T for mot and the prognosis is not good, corrosion on both front brake pipes, ceased rear brake calipers and brake pipes perished, drop links. All of this I can cope with, but the last was the rear sub-frame corroded to excess, this is beyond my expertise. I got the car when it was only 2 years old and it has never let me down and it still has only done 66,000 miles, so it's with a heavy heart that I am deciding to let it go the great scrap yard in the sky.
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Old 26th June 2019, 18:30   #2
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Why not put it for sale on here for the scrap value?

Someone may be looking for a project and save it.
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Old 26th June 2019, 18:30   #3
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It is the same story for any old creaker.

The repair costs not just in time and monies, its the emotional toll it takes too.

Its funny seeing people on youtube, one guy called Hoovies Garage who keeps buying these old knackers to "rescue" as such, (he loves his cars) and ends up pouring thousands into them! You never get a return, unless you are shrewd and are restoring properly sought after classics.

I probably sunk £1500 odd into refurbishing most of my car, and that was with me doing all the work, lord knows what a garage would have charged.

Problem for is is that the estate car I want is £24k at the moment, and that is silly money to throw at a flaming Passat DIESEL estate, so the ZT will be my motoring companion for some time yet.
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Old 26th June 2019, 18:32   #4
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Yeah probably best to let someone at least try and save it first, although I dont mind lots of these motors being scrapped, more easy parts for us to get our mitts on.

Got 6 sets of perfect condition rear waistrail trims out the scrappies the other week. All 53 plate cars, so there must have been a time when the supplier did actually make them properly.
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Old 26th June 2019, 18:42   #5
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You can get a complete rear subframe from scrap dealers sent to your home, for under £200. I needed rear suspension arms, but it was just as cheap to get the whole subframe, complete with calipers etc. One day I'll get round to scraping off the rust and resurrecting the rest of the subframe, but probably not until I get an MOT result like yours. 66,000 miles is nothing! Save it!
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Old 26th June 2019, 20:35   #6
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Could well see the road again, worth giving it a chance surely. With that kind of milage I'm sure someone will be willing. Sounds better than mine, with considerably less miles too, but that's going back on the road in the not too distant future.
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Old 27th June 2019, 07:53   #7
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Thank you for all your comments and suggestions. Can anyone tell me if there is a How To on changing the rear sub frame?
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Old 27th June 2019, 08:43   #8
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Thank you for all your comments and suggestions. Can anyone tell me if there is a How To on changing the rear sub frame?
Hi Neil.
Your car sounds well worth saving, the link below by Jim Jamieson may help Arctic.

https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...d.php?t=113394
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Have a look here:
https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...d.php?t=113394

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Old 27th June 2019, 09:14   #10
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Christ that's some amount of work

Buster you don't say how old it is or petrol or diesel but at 66000 it's burger all. Mine's an 05 and dam near 200000 (183) but come mot time depending what it needs it might get scrapped as I only paid 350.
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