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Old 4th March 2022, 19:26   #13411
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Hub arrived from DMGRS with some sweeties and was cheaper than than ECP even with postage and has a 2 year guarantee and with a new cap and nut.

Worked straight out of the box with no ABS issue or noise

Bacon saved yet again by DMGRS
I had a new OSR wheel bearing fitted this week, because the wear was only evident when the wheel was off the car as it was not sufficiently worn to be audible when driving, Gavin at MG Rover Repairs had to order one from Euro Car Parts, and it was there within 30 minutes. But he said it was touch or go whether it would throw up an ABS fault when fitted. Apparently this is common with aftermarket wheel bearings.

Luckily it didn't but I would always get spares from DMGRS in preference to ECP where practicable.

And the sweeties are always a nice touch.
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Old 4th March 2022, 20:13   #13412
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Found a Garage who can do the Crankshaft Pulley on the 75, it's been a bit of a headache trying to find someone to do it, is it because they are offput because it's a Rover!

Sometimes wish I was more practical!
A 20 min job if you know our cars.
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Old 4th March 2022, 20:14   #13413
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Yeah I need to find a specialist or a garage in my area that's happy to work on the car, my last car I used a specialist that worked on Renault's and Nissan's. I am used to having cars serviced by main dealer as most of my cars have been bought from big car dealers.
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Old 4th March 2022, 20:27   #13414
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10 minutes MOT pass for the Moonstone today, what a great car to drive, own and admire.
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Old 5th March 2022, 12:24   #13415
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found the bonnet release pull isn't working so sent a pm to reebs hoping to get instructions on how to open the bonnet....

funnily enough, checking the splitter box was one of the jobs I was hoping to do today once the bonnet was open
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Old 5th March 2022, 12:25   #13416
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found the bonnet release pull isn't working so sent a pm to reebs hoping to get instructions on how to open the bonnet....

funnily enough, that was one of the jobs I was hoping to do today once the bonnet was open

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Old 5th March 2022, 13:41   #13417
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Heard a terrible grinding noise from the rear offside of Farage but luckily was just down the road from my Dad's - inspected the rear wheel on arrival and the pad has worn down to the backplate. Plenty left on the other side? Ordered new discs and pads from EuroCarParts with 45% off so cost £56 pickup Monday will have to use the wife's car to bring my tools down and change them. Couldn't get the hand brake shoes which is a shame. Might find the pins have seized so will clean and lube those up whilst I'm at it.
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Old 5th March 2022, 16:38   #13418
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Taxed the V8
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Old 5th March 2022, 19:53   #13419
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Today I sold my Star Spoke alloys to a forum member and tomorrow I'm off to buy one, maybe two, Union Alloys from another forum member.

One wheel will replace the space saver spare wheel, two will be a bonus as it will give me some flexibility in replacing tyres in the future.
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Old 5th March 2022, 20:20   #13420
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Sprayed some contact cleaner onto most of the electrical plugs in the engine bay on my missus derv, fitted a wheel arch light access cover, greased the bonnet pull box.
Then I pulled the bm unit from the boot to see why the radio wasn't working, I took the cover off only to find it extremely clean and dry, it turns out one or two of the wires in the connector are damaged, a quick fiddle with them had the radio come on, so the next job will be to either splice in another connector block or replace the entire loom with another good one.

After that I put the new battery on the V8 and fired her up, I was surprised at just how little the engine turned over before it burst into life.
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