What I did with my Rover 75/MG ZT today? - Page 452

Mike Noc · 22nd January 2016, 21:21

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Originally Posted by bl52krz

For every gallon of petrol, when it's 'burnt', it produces a gallon of water.

To put this into perspective, although it varies with conditions, the expansion ratio of water to steam is around 1:1700.

So for one bucket of water you can get 1700 buckets of steam. Again depending on the atmospheric conditions, you can see a fair amount of water vapour coming out of the exhaust pipe.

johnnyb44 · 22nd January 2016, 21:48

Tomorrow ( Saturday ) the weather forecast looks quite promising so it's going to be an oil, air and fuel filter change and if the car is nice and dry it may also have a polish as well. I'm quite looking forward to it ,because the last few weekends have been dreadful.
I hate this time of the year as for cars are concerned, Its frustrating when you can't keep your your car looking good because of all the salt / mud on the roads.

trikey · 22nd January 2016, 21:53

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Originally Posted by marinabrian

Like the sound of that, what about biscuits?

Plenty of those were ate too Brian 😎

Lancpudn · 23rd January 2016, 10:59

I changed the 17" serpent alloys with the low profile tyres for the set of 15" Contour alloys I bought the other day this morning & WOW! what a difference in ride comfort. It feels so much smoother & the steering is a lot lighter too.

The car sits noticeably higher now, It was bottoming out on the speed bumps around my area

& scraping the exhaust.

The only fly in the ointment is I found a small patch around the rear N/S jacking point that's going to need welding

clf · 23rd January 2016, 11:06

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Originally Posted by Lancpudn

I changed the 17" serpent alloys with the low profile tyres for the set of 15" Contour alloys I bought the other day this morning & WOW! what a difference in ride comfort. It feels so much smoother & the steering is a lot lighter too.

The car sits noticeably higher now, It was bottoming out on the speed bumps around my area

& scraping the exhaust.

The only fly in the ointment is I found a small patch around the rear N/S jacking point that's going to need welding

Love the red carpet

Lancpudn · 23rd January 2016, 11:11

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Originally Posted by clf

Love the red carpet

LOL Royalty....dont you know

marinabrian · 23rd January 2016, 16:21

Well I assembled the ZT strut after cleaning and regreasing the strut top bearing.

Everything went nice and smoothly, so after refitting the drop link, I proceeded to refit the new leg to the car.

All went nicely until it came to torquing up the pinch bolt, I wasn't happy with the "feel" of things, ie the bolt felt as if it was being pulled into yield.

So as I don't have a spare bolt to hand, I shall have to wait until Monday to get a couple of replacements.

The car does look much better than it did on Sunday however with it's three part nearside spring, and at least I know when I fit the new offside spring, nothing will be seized as the temporary spring I fitted to that side has only been in place for four weeks

Brian

Monty Hotspur · 23rd January 2016, 16:23

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Originally Posted by Lancpudn

I changed the 17" serpent alloys with the low profile tyres for the set of 15" Contour alloys I bought the other day this morning & WOW! what a difference in ride comfort. It feels so much smoother & the steering is a lot lighter too.

The car sits noticeably higher now, It was bottoming out on the speed bumps around my area

& scraping the exhaust.

The only fly in the ointment is I found a small patch around the rear N/S jacking point that's going to need welding

I like my Crowns but the Serpents do look lovely. I've seen some on a 75 being scrapped funnily enough.

sitch76 · 23rd January 2016, 17:05

Fitted a new regulator and done the bonnet release mod today as well.

Avora · 23rd January 2016, 17:18

Gave up on my 75, and bought a ZT-T 190! Let the fun begin.

22nd January 2016, 21:48	#4512
johnnyb44 I really should get out more....... Rover 75 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: north wales Posts: 2,707 Thanks: 1,774 Thanked 902 Times in 507 Posts	Tomorrow ( Saturday ) the weather forecast looks quite promising so it's going to be an oil, air and fuel filter change and if the car is nice and dry it may also have a polish as well. I'm quite looking forward to it ,because the last few weekends have been dreadful. I hate this time of the year as for cars are concerned, Its frustrating when you can't keep your your car looking good because of all the salt / mud on the roads. __________________ Replaced pcv filter, springs, plenum spy hole mod,Bonnet cable divider mod. Wax oiled.Air con recharged. Auto box oil changed , Jules plenum guard fitted .Smoked wind deflectors fitted.S/S Compensator.Club Grill Badge kindly donated by Andyg2011..

23rd January 2016, 10:59	#4514
Lancpudn This is my second home MG ZS EV Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 15,594 Thanks: 4,591 Thanked 3,427 Times in 2,565 Posts	I changed the 17" serpent alloys with the low profile tyres for the set of 15" Contour alloys I bought the other day this morning & WOW! what a difference in ride comfort. It feels so much smoother & the steering is a lot lighter too. The car sits noticeably higher now, It was bottoming out on the speed bumps around my area & scraping the exhaust. The only fly in the ointment is I found a small patch around the rear N/S jacking point that's going to need welding __________________ Blessed are the tea makers. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3b...auto-2000_auto

23rd January 2016, 17:18	#4520
Avora Loves to post MG ZT-T 190 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Penrith Posts: 441 Thanks: 89 Thanked 69 Times in 56 Posts	Gave up on my 75, and bought a ZT-T 190! Let the fun begin. __________________ ZT-T 190

23rd January 2016, 16:21	#4517
marinabrian MG ZT Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 20,151 Thanks: 3,565 Thanked 10,837 Times in 5,718 Posts	Well I assembled the ZT strut after cleaning and regreasing the strut top bearing. Everything went nice and smoothly, so after refitting the drop link, I proceeded to refit the new leg to the car. All went nicely until it came to torquing up the pinch bolt, I wasn't happy with the "feel" of things, ie the bolt felt as if it was being pulled into yield. So as I don't have a spare bolt to hand, I shall have to wait until Monday to get a couple of replacements. The car does look much better than it did on Sunday however with it's three part nearside spring, and at least I know when I fit the new offside spring, nothing will be seized as the temporary spring I fitted to that side has only been in place for four weeks Brian

23rd January 2016, 17:05	#4519
sitch76 Regular poster None at the moment Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Rickmansworth Posts: 85 Thanks: 19 Thanked 16 Times in 12 Posts	Fitted a new regulator and done the bonnet release mod today as well.