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

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by FrazzleTC

Go on then, you forced me. In its natural habitat, earlier this evening.


And, earlier in the year, on Buttertubs pass.


You can even see it driving past very slowly, in this video, when I got stuck in the middle of a load of 2CVs. (video starts just a few seconds before I pass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NJF...youtu.be&t=31s

Nice door handles

Brian

[klarzy]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

Nice door handles

Brian

Looks like they fell off of a Marina to me bud??

[ianbstag]

Originally Posted by bl52krz

Are you filling the coolant up to the proper level in the header tank? It should only be upto the fins in the bottom of the header tank

Yeah, when the coolant drops, the tank seems to be empty, needs about 250ml to bring up to between min and max.

I went on a 150 mile motorway jaunt today, checked the coolant before and after (after it had cooled down), and it seemed to have lost a tiny bit, and there was a very feint smell of warm coolant under the bonnet.

Time to check all the hose connections etc, must be a small leak somewhere.

[klarzy]

Originally Posted by ianbstag

Yeah, when the coolant drops, the tank seems to be empty, needs about 250ml to bring up to between min and max.

I went on a 150 mile motorway jaunt today, checked the coolant before and after (after it had cooled down), and it seemed to have lost a tiny bit, and there was a very feint smell of warm coolant under the bonnet.

Time to check all the hose connections etc, must be a small leak somewhere.

You may find it is starting to sweat through the pipes as opposed to leaking. Thus a smell but no visible leak.

[roverbarmy]

Originally Posted by ianbstag

Yeah, when the coolant drops, the tank seems to be empty, needs about 250ml to bring up to between min and max.

I went on a 150 mile motorway jaunt today, checked the coolant before and after (after it had cooled down), and it seemed to have lost a tiny bit, and there was a very feint smell of warm coolant under the bonnet.

Time to check all the hose connections etc, must be a small leak somewhere.

A new coolant tank cap cured my mystery leak (100ml per week approx).
Mike

[Avora]

Finally got around to fitting my new Chrome gear knob. Thanks to DMGRS.

[Avora]

The screen is a relatively new addition to my car. And a great improvement over the standard 4:3 units found in our cars Highline setup. This one is from an E46 BMW I think. I do like the hidden tape feature, although I was considering disabling it for another Aux audio input. I will no doubt keep a tape or two in the car for ultimate street cred.

And my standard gear knob was cracked around the edges of the plastic, letting the rest of the interior down. When these came up I jumped on one. Much prefer it to the Walnut version, I feel my car has enough wood within (controversial preference I know)

[Dallas]

I cant do anything to my ZT as yet, because I'm waiting for a front bumper, radiator and condenser radiator, and washer bottle to arrive.

But the wife and I did go out this morning to look at another ZT in Gillingham this morning, it was a lovely drive, just ashame about the car.

[DMGRS]

Blimey, I had a scary morning!

Cracked alloy (found when tyre removed) causing loss of pressure...




...which then led to this:

[maxi_crawf]

Finally fitted the replacement (scrappies) scuttle cover and wiper arms, gave the plastic a wipe over with peanut oil, it really does do a good job of faded and discoloured plastic, looks almost like new