What I did with my Rover 75/MG ZT today? - Page 1092

Arctic · 7th March 2020, 19:52

I trimmed down 5 sets of the rawlplugs used for the Tourer rear lights ready for the Nano meet after sorting out a local members rear light which had the brittle clip syndrome

Then washed the FL2 tourer turn tomorrow.

trikey · 7th March 2020, 19:54

Turned on the fuel burner, defrosted it.. Then did nothing else!

Steve42 · 7th March 2020, 20:20

Filled up the tank to find the zt wouldn't start after .
After turning over for what felt like 20 min it fired up.
Got 200 yards and packed in again at traffic lights in the middle of the town.
Again turned it over and over and it finally started. Lights turn green and it stops again. As I'm at the lights a chap knocked on the window to say I was leaking fuel all over the road.
Got it started again this time had to rev it up to 4 thou to keep it running. Got it home turned it off. Said some very nice words and started it up again.
Started first turn and ran fine. Did this five times and every time started and run fine. Not looked at it yet to see what's going on .
But I now know
Battery is a good one after the amount I had to turn the engine over to start it.
Zt don't like green traffic lights as it would cut out every time on green.
And it's going to be cheap to run as I can't fill the tank up now.
And sounds good on hi revs

kelvo · 8th March 2020, 14:58

Trial fitted my new painted dashboard in the ZT, only when removing the 'technical grey' dashboard did I realise just how flimsy the plastic dashboard is and a couple of the pillars for the vent screws had already broken.

Having got the dashboard out in the sunlight I can see a few patches where it looks like I was a bit thin with the basecoat and looks a bit translucent so think I will have to repaint one section.

Just waiting for some self adhesive foam to replace around the vents before I put the whole lot back together.

roverbarmy · 8th March 2020, 15:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by trikey

Turned on the fuel burner, defrosted it.. Then did nothing else!

Sounds perfick!

75driver · 8th March 2020, 15:47

Noticed that that one of the exhaust straps had corroded through, and that it was pretty much in a poor state, even though it wasn’t blowing. The entire outer skin was more or less self-disintegrating.
So decided to get a new stainless rear box put on.
£100 for a workshop made rear box...no difference to noise as far as I can tell.
Nice and understated.

Still, it want the cause of the “rubbing” noise that sometimes occurs when doing heavy left hand turns, which prompted me to look under the car in the first place.🙄

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bl52krz · 8th March 2020, 16:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve42

Filled up the tank to find the zt wouldn't start after .
After turning over for what felt like 20 min it fired up.
Got 200 yards and packed in again at traffic lights in the middle of the town.
Again turned it over and over and it finally started. Lights turn green and it stops again. As I'm at the lights a chap knocked on the window to say I was leaking fuel all over the road.
Got it started again this time had to rev it up to 4 thou to keep it running. Got it home turned it off. Said some very nice words and started it up again.
Started first turn and ran fine. Did this five times and every time started and run fine. Not looked at it yet to see what's going on .
But I now know
Battery is a good one after the amount I had to turn the engine over to start it.
Zt don't like green traffic lights as it would cut out every time on green.
And it's going to be cheap to run as I can't fill the tank up now.
And sounds good on hi revs

So......... why was there ‘fuel all over the road’?

mbonwick · 8th March 2020, 17:00

Sloshed a load of thinned Bonda rust primer around the inside of my new rear arms.
Probably haven't got great coverage but better than nothing!

Now to leave it to dry for a week before I spray the waxoyl in...not sure I can be bothered sloshing chassis black around as well.

sewerman · 8th March 2020, 17:05

Drove it after 5 wks faffing about with the rear caliper and giving up the mechanic did it in two hrs.

Still nice to be back the ZTs nice but the road's on 18 tyres and stouter springs aren't

trikey · 8th March 2020, 17:15

Had a look at the soggy board in the boot, decided I will have to replace it with something a little more substantial.

7th March 2020, 19:52	#10911
Arctic Give to Learn Freelander 2 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: West Midlands Posts: 18,700 Thanks: 1,155 Thanked 6,407 Times in 3,874 Posts	Tourer Rear Lights I trimmed down 5 sets of the rawlplugs used for the Tourer rear lights ready for the Nano meet after sorting out a local members rear light which had the brittle clip syndrome Then washed the FL2 tourer turn tomorrow. __________________ Arctic Givology Learn to Give Everything is Achievable ad altiora tendo. Check out our Nano meet dates http://www.midlandsnanomeets.co.uk/ http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/index.php?thepage=howto " You do the work , we supply the expertise "

7th March 2020, 19:54	#10912
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,764 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Turned on the fuel burner, defrosted it.. Then did nothing else! __________________ Lest we forget..

7th March 2020, 20:20	#10913
Steve42 I really should get out more....... mg 190+ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Bedworth Posts: 2,267 Thanks: 191 Thanked 368 Times in 248 Posts	My mg today thanked me with Filled up the tank to find the zt wouldn't start after . After turning over for what felt like 20 min it fired up. Got 200 yards and packed in again at traffic lights in the middle of the town. Again turned it over and over and it finally started. Lights turn green and it stops again. As I'm at the lights a chap knocked on the window to say I was leaking fuel all over the road. Got it started again this time had to rev it up to 4 thou to keep it running. Got it home turned it off. Said some very nice words and started it up again. Started first turn and ran fine. Did this five times and every time started and run fine. Not looked at it yet to see what's going on . But I now know Battery is a good one after the amount I had to turn the engine over to start it. Zt don't like green traffic lights as it would cut out every time on green. And it's going to be cheap to run as I can't fill the tank up now. And sounds good on hi revs

8th March 2020, 15:47	#10916
75driver Posted a thing or two Rover 75 saloon, manual. Rover 75 Tourer, Auto. Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Newry Posts: 1,781 Thanks: 574 Thanked 443 Times in 371 Posts	Noticed that that one of the exhaust straps had corroded through, and that it was pretty much in a poor state, even though it wasn’t blowing. The entire outer skin was more or less self-disintegrating. So decided to get a new stainless rear box put on. £100 for a workshop made rear box...no difference to noise as far as I can tell. Nice and understated. Still, it want the cause of the “rubbing” noise that sometimes occurs when doing heavy left hand turns, which prompted me to look under the car in the first place.🙄 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ 2006 75 Contemporary SE diesel manual (#1) 2003 75T Connoisseur SE diesel auto (For Comfort) 2005 75 Connoisseur SE diesel auto (Marmite duotone ) 2006 75 Connoisseur SE diesel auto (The last one?) 2009 E220 (For a change) 2018 L200 (For Big & Heavy Things) 1976 W114 250 Manual (For Sundays)

8th March 2020, 17:15	#10920
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,764 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Had a look at the soggy board in the boot, decided I will have to replace it with something a little more substantial. __________________ Lest we forget..

8th March 2020, 14:58	#10914
kelvo Gets stuck in MG ZT 190 SE Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Chatham, Kent Posts: 569 Thanks: 22 Thanked 163 Times in 135 Posts	Trial fitted my new painted dashboard in the ZT, only when removing the 'technical grey' dashboard did I realise just how flimsy the plastic dashboard is and a couple of the pillars for the vent screws had already broken. Having got the dashboard out in the sunlight I can see a few patches where it looks like I was a bit thin with the basecoat and looks a bit translucent so think I will have to repaint one section. Just waiting for some self adhesive foam to replace around the vents before I put the whole lot back together.

8th March 2020, 17:00	#10918
mbonwick Gets stuck in Connoisseur SE 1.8 Auto Saloon Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Kendal Posts: 633 Thanks: 129 Thanked 176 Times in 147 Posts	Sloshed a load of thinned Bonda rust primer around the inside of my new rear arms. Probably haven't got great coverage but better than nothing! Now to leave it to dry for a week before I spray the waxoyl in...not sure I can be bothered sloshing chassis black around as well.

8th March 2020, 17:05	#10919
sewerman Gets stuck in MG ZT+ CDTi Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 632 Thanks: 166 Thanked 264 Times in 154 Posts	Drove it after 5 wks faffing about with the rear caliper and giving up the mechanic did it in two hrs. Still nice to be back the ZTs nice but the road's on 18 tyres and stouter springs aren't