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Old 22nd July 2019, 22:58   #241
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Thanks Arctic.

I'll see if I can get Astraeus (Chris at Tayport) or Cossie Dunc (Duncan) to do it, and a few other jobs for me. Gearbox oil change, new gold resistor, intercooler rings, possibly pollen filter as well. Must buy a lottery ticket too!
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Old 22nd July 2019, 23:02   #242
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Thanks Arctic.

I'll see if I can get Astraeus (Chris at Tayport) or Cossie Dunc (Duncan) to do it, and a few other jobs for me. Gearbox oil change, new gold resistor, intercooler rings, possibly pollen filter as well. Must buy a lottery ticket too!
Its a tiny job! Where are you based?

Id do it for free if it was a warm day.
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Old 22nd July 2019, 23:15   #243
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Its a tiny job! Where are you based?

Id do it for free if it was a warm day.
Now that is a hard offer to refuse! I'm based in Alloa, so would be happy to drive up to Dundee to have it done. If you can do the other jobs as well for a reasonable fee, it would be even more worthwhile!

This week is supposed to be warm for the next two or three days...send me a PM if you can fit me in!
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Old 23rd July 2019, 00:22   #244
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This is starting to sound like a Monty Python skit!
Oy, I had t'job dome fifteen minutes before I started. Didnae need a jack, I blocked it up with a matchbox in the middle of the road...…..

Myself, I thought I had the ramp situation sorted. A friend gave me a set of sturdy old ramps and I mounted them on plywood bases with rubber sheeting on the bottom so they wouldn't slide on my smooth garage floor. Marvellous!
Of course they wouldn't clear the front spoiler on my ZT190.
Jack time.....
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Old 23rd July 2019, 00:59   #245
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Now that is a hard offer to refuse! I'm based in Alloa, so would be happy to drive up to Dundee to have it done. If you can do the other jobs as well for a reasonable fee, it would be even more worthwhile!

This week is supposed to be warm for the next two or three days...send me a PM if you can fit me in!
Alloa?! Thats a bit of a trek I thought you were local!

I'd suggest going just up the road to Brian at Dreadnought. Might work out the same price with all the fuel saved over travelling long distance.

If you are around Dundee way anyway, we can sort you out.
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Thanks for the advice.

I was in touch with Dreadnought garage before, but they are no longer MG/ROVER dealers, and I wasn't sure they were still clued up on our cars. For instance, they had never done a fan gold resistor replacement...

There's a good chance I will be going to St. Andrews soon, so a stretch up to Dundee is not so far. I'll let you know if I will be coming. Besides, my car will relish a longer run! I did take her down all the way to Newcastle to see Brian, so Dundee will be a dawdle!
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Thanks for the advice.

I was in touch with Dreadnought garage before, but they are no longer MG/ROVER dealers, and I wasn't sure they were still clued up on our cars. For instance, they had never done a fan gold resistor replacement...

There's a good chance I will be going to St. Andrews soon, so a stretch up to Dundee is not so far. I'll let you know if I will be coming. Besides, my car will relish a longer run! I did take her down all the way to Newcastle to see Brian, so Dundee will be a dawdle!
Just for future reference, you wont find a garage that knows more about ZT's than Dreadnought. It is the only garage I would trust to do any work on any of my cars. They raced a ZT 520, developed the KenneBell supercharger solution with SHM in Canada, and Brian also did work for MGRover over the years, as well as having many contacts in the industry.
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Old 23rd July 2019, 07:48   #248
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Oy, I had t'job done fifteen minutes before I started. Didnae need a jack, I blocked it up with a matchbox in the middle of the road...…..
You were lucky!

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The new MG Rover one is apparently the actual same shore as the old diesel one, but still as an 'M' on the rubber as they lost/threw away the 'T' mould.

I still think that the compound I received was a little softer than the old, but that could be due to the rubbers age. Made in EU by the same company that used to supply MGRover many moons ago.
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Looks like I will be adding some planks to my ramps. If they get much longer I'll need a longer garage!
After being frustrated with the approach angle I went on Amazon and priced out some "Race Ramps" $180.00 EACH! Who buys just one ramp?
(And those were the cheapest ones they listed. Many were in the $6-700. range.)
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