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Hi all. I finally changed the stat yesterday and bought some new coolant. What was interesting was the rubber seal in the stat was broken and was no longer sealing that well . I can't test the car as it's sorned, but went through all the bleeding and got her warm enough for the new stat to open.. al...

thanks all. I did a headgasket about 10K ago, and 3 years.. I did try to flush the system at the time and there does seem to be rad flow .. The car always heated up quickly, both the gauge and the matrix.. but now neither heats up unless you are stationary. I bought a new thermostat anyway and will ...

hi all, the TF no longer gets warm on a drive, unless I put it under load or get stuck in traffic.. basically, 5-10 miles now before I get much heat inside, and before the gauge gets to 'normal' This is a partially stuck-open PRT thermostat I think? just had a look underneath after a couple of mins ...

Apie. maybe it look worse than it is? get a wire brush on, make a judgement and cover in underseal?

as an aside.. I rebuilt my first alternator this week.. and it works now !

£11.24 !

was a Valeo thing for my camper

hi Julie, to be honest, removing the access cover and checking the plug on the gearbox is well within the capabilities of an indy garage.. a friendly local place should be able to get that far fairly quickly..

I would do it but too far unfortunately.

John

fitted yesterday, and drove around 30 miles.. the upshot is the car is now many times safer.. the rear no longer wants to swap places with the front.. the car now has mild understeer, becoming 4 wheel drift.. these are not characteristics I had with the old mixed tyres, where the car just felt sharp...

I have bought (Malay) Toyos for the front as per the technical bulletin.. (http://www.mgcc.co.uk/mgf-register/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2014/03/Attachment-1.png) these have a different load index to the owners manual..(80 not 82) someone please tell me I have done right !> :) If ok with the choice...

yes thanks Nigel..

it's too high for the rear of the TF..

and 80 is too low for the front, Illegal I would think

all, I need to sort my tyres out, so I am looking at getting Toyo TR-1's for the front wheels.. I cant find any! handbook states 195/45/R16 84V I can't find TR-1 except with 80 sidewall on the back I now have 215/40/R16 86W TR-1's (just noticed handbook states 82W)have I got the wrong tyres for the ...

I realise different wheel size and car, but same issue with my TF in March, Barney.. car handled very well until the minute the rears were changed for Toyo's .. from then on its been quite scary.. may change my fronts to toyos and just live with that until all four have worn out.. looking forward to...

I wont be there folks.. after 30 slippy miles just now in Silvy, i cant face anymore.. a lot of water about

sorry, John

many thanks from us too Paul, was a good day out despite the rather sudden hailstorm at the end of lunch!
We continued down to the coast and then back from there along one of my fave biking roads, the A272..

J and N

I would have attended this but for the other event Paul mentioned! grr..

Many thanks Paul, just had an email from MGCC! so yes, would love to pop along

John

the big bolts, I used a socket and (I think a short extension) and a 1/2 " bar to be able to hold them while undoing the easy to get to nyloc nuts.
or possibly I used a deep socket only.. either way you need a few cm but not too much.. you will see what i mean

when I got home after the fitting I went to this thread 'http://www.mgfregister.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20030' which is a can of worms :) but Slippy's experiences do tally with mine.. car has 16" wheels and the correct load index.. anyway.. I will probably fir new toyos to the front, try that and ...

thanks all, sorry I probably went on a bit in my post.. in essence the day i changed the two rear tyres the handling changed instantly and became unpredictable and scary.. I then read about others changing to Toyos from Malaysia and it all made sense.. I have the same symptoms.. i just dont know whe...

Jim my fronts are looking suspect too.. I take note of the difficulty with the plusgas application the rears.. I did one last month and the other last year, they seemed straightforward.. I could remove the smaller bolts ok (with care and prayer) and the large bolt was removable without much fuss.. (...

I would like to go but I dont know if i am an MGCC member lol !
I do get a magazine through the post called saftey fast? is that MGCC?

how silly do i feel