What I did with my Rover 75/MG ZT today? - Page 429

freck · 22nd November 2015, 07:11

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Originally Posted by marinabrian

Nice, I prefer the Forester personally, but they are capable 4WD cars, even the little Justy I worked on for a friend many moons ago was a good little car.

Best of luck with it

Brian

We had a Forester before getting the X3, worst car for faults I've ever owned

The dash was forever lighting up with faults and I was forever underneath it or under the bonnet fixing it
I will concede though, it was fun to drive as it was Prodrive tuned. 270bhp on tap with a tiptronic box, it couldn't half get away from the lights quick

Kennyeth · 22nd November 2015, 07:32

Used Phil`s program

to write digital mph on the IPK in the tourer, checked for fault codes with my Pscan diagnostic (Nice bit of kit but but a T4 it`s not) ....non present, put £30 of diesel in.
Watched it get it`s first snow and frosted up windows of this Winter.
Ken.

steve-45 · 22nd November 2015, 07:39

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Originally Posted by FrazzleTC

A Subaru Legacy Tourer 2.0RE. It's got leather, heated seats, panoramic sunroof, and everything works. Cambelt and water pump done, as well as clutch and DMF in the last 25,000 miles. Massive amount of service history, and unlike every 75 Tourer I've viewed in the last couple of weeks, has no nasty knocks or bangs. Never smoked in, and has never carried a dog either.
Namely this one:

It'll be ideal for moving Rover parts around, and hopefully, if we have a bad winter, it'll be brilliant. Has the high-low ratio gearbox, heated front windscreen, and lots of other winter-beating things.

It's a shame the 75 never got a heated front screen, maybe one day they will be available.

freck · 22nd November 2015, 08:43

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Originally Posted by steve-45

It's a shame the 75 never got a heated front screen, maybe one day they will be available.

Yep they're a godsend on frosty mornings

barney bear · 22nd November 2015, 16:25

Finally got around to fitting my new front pads and discs

We had a sticking caliper on the drivers side.

Passenger side, more than double the amount left

Plenum a checked while I was out there as well, nice and dry again

iandux · 22nd November 2015, 17:42

Well, as you've done the fronts, I did the rears! New discs, pads and shoes went really well on the left hand side, but one of the shoe retaining pins decided to pull through the backplate.

Luckily, a small bolt and nylon nut saved the day��

until I can get the backplate sorted out.

Also glad to see that I'm not the only one to use the wheely bin workbench��

muggerbee · 22nd November 2015, 18:19

FItted a gold resistor to the tourer, was going to do a 2 horn upgrade then realised that the loom runs through the slam panel and not enough daylight to get that busy this time of year. rodded the plenums on both cars, good job as the Turbo has been sitting for a couple of weeks with the wife's poorly leg and it had acquired a small swimming pool that the ECU was about to dive into !!!! and did the neighbours plenum and scuttle drains while i had the kit out

freck · 23rd November 2015, 14:51

Had a 160bhp remap today which is a superb upgrade, much better drive

A huge thanks to BigRuss for doing it for me and also for coding my cruise control that I retrofitted last weekend.

He even reset my clutch switch which wasn't making and preventing the cruise from engaging. Such a nice helpful guy, highly recommended to anyone needing T4 work in the North, or any Rover advice at all, very knowledgeable chap

Phil-Hex · 23rd November 2015, 15:46

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Originally Posted by steve-45

It's a shame the 75 never got a heated front screen, maybe one day they will be available.

It is possible to get heated screens produced in small quantities, we were part of a group buy of 10 heated screens custom made for the TF

I think the cost was around £240 for those so the 75 would be a bit more i would imagine

steve-45 · 23rd November 2015, 15:58

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Originally Posted by Phil-Hex

It is possible to get heated screens produced in small quantities, we were part of a group buy of 10 heated screens custom made for the TF

I think the cost was around £240 for those so the 75 would be a bit more i would imagine

Yes, I was part of the group buy for the ZS / 45, think that was about the price too.

Its the thing I miss most about the 45 now its cold and frosty

22nd November 2015, 07:32	#4282
Kennyeth This is my second home No more Rover Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Posts: 5,881 Thanks: 1,625 Thanked 1,308 Times in 998 Posts	This Week Used Phil`s program to write digital mph on the IPK in the tourer, checked for fault codes with my Pscan diagnostic (Nice bit of kit but but a T4 it`s not) ....non present, put £30 of diesel in. Watched it get it`s first snow and frosted up windows of this Winter. Ken.

22nd November 2015, 16:25	#4285
barney bear This is my second home rover 75 Connoiseur diesel called Rosey Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Preston Posts: 8,096 Thanks: 1,878 Thanked 2,001 Times in 1,424 Posts	Finally got around to fitting my new front pads and discs We had a sticking caliper on the drivers side. Passenger side, more than double the amount left Plenum a checked while I was out there as well, nice and dry again __________________ It is NEVER your fault, do not believe her when she says it is Real name Tony http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5l6mhpix.jpg

22nd November 2015, 17:42	#4286
iandux Loves to post At last....75 Facelift Connie Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Longridge Posts: 443 Thanks: 199 Thanked 117 Times in 70 Posts	Me too! Well, as you've done the fronts, I did the rears! New discs, pads and shoes went really well on the left hand side, but one of the shoe retaining pins decided to pull through the backplate. Luckily, a small bolt and nylon nut saved the day�� until I can get the backplate sorted out. Also glad to see that I'm not the only one to use the wheely bin workbench�� __________________ A man is not a failure if he falls.....only if he refuses to get up again. This vehicle was the 96,129th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 2,123rd 75 CDT Connoisseur SE (135) to be made out of 4,744 This vehicle was the 394th 75 in Firefrost Red (code: CEV) to be made out of 2,089 Firefrost Red 75s

22nd November 2015, 18:19	#4287
muggerbee Gets stuck in 75 Tourer (04),75 Saloon (04) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: wigan Posts: 616 Thanks: 45 Thanked 109 Times in 83 Posts	FItted a gold resistor to the tourer, was going to do a 2 horn upgrade then realised that the loom runs through the slam panel and not enough daylight to get that busy this time of year. rodded the plenums on both cars, good job as the Turbo has been sitting for a couple of weeks with the wife's poorly leg and it had acquired a small swimming pool that the ECU was about to dive into !!!! and did the neighbours plenum and scuttle drains while i had the kit out __________________ 2004 1.8T Connie 2004 Connie SE Tourer Cdti Last edited by muggerbee; 22nd November 2015 at 18:40..

23rd November 2015, 14:51	#4288
freck Posted a thing or two Rover 75 CDT Connie Tourer Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Preston Posts: 1,051 Thanks: 142 Thanked 274 Times in 226 Posts	Had a 160bhp remap today which is a superb upgrade, much better drive A huge thanks to BigRuss for doing it for me and also for coding my cruise control that I retrofitted last weekend. He even reset my clutch switch which wasn't making and preventing the cruise from engaging. Such a nice helpful guy, highly recommended to anyone needing T4 work in the North, or any Rover advice at all, very knowledgeable chap __________________ Steve Teamwork makes the dream work! Mods planned - Cruise retrofit - Done, ZT front bumper - Done, 160 remap - Done...and probably one or two more This vehicle was the 15,751st 75 Tourer to run off the production line, out of 27,407 This vehicle was the 3,726th 75 Tourer CDT Connoisseur to be made out of 4,100 This vehicle was the 732nd 75 Tourer in Starlight Silver (code: MBB) to be made out of 4,100 Starlight Silver 75 Tourers