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I took it out for a nice country lane drive this morning all over Shropshire then got some breakfast :) The rev limiter seems to kick in at 5500 at the moment and I checked for codes with odb scanner which says something about powertrain will take a screenshot. From a bit of googling it either sound...

So it got through it's MOT last week with a few suspension bits needing doing which came to only £200 at the usual garage I use. The guy reckoned the rocker cover gasket oil leak is so minor that I may as well just keep an eye on the oil level rather than pay the labour to resolve it. The driveshaft...

Yeah I'd rather not have that uncertainty to be honest!
Where would you recommend buying a battery from?

I've got one of the modern ones that are meant to adjust charge but it just says error on the LCD which according to the manual indicates battery is faulty. Does anywhere sell older style ones that you mentioned?

It charged back up fine but would drain if not used for a week or so back down to 9v-ish

Went away for Xmas and the car was standing for like 2 weeks and the battery has drained completely won't even charge. Does that indicate that perhaps the battery needs replacing anyway?

The battery read 9.9v so currently got it on charge.

The bolt for the clamp is rusted to hell so I'm charging it in the car on the drive using an extension lead

I gave mobile mechanics an email the other week and they reckon around £650 to resolve all my major issues based on what I've listed in this thread earlier on. Fast forward to today my other car Suzuki Swift is in the garage for a new clutch and I'd not driven the TF for about a week. It refused to ...

Does this look like a rocker cover gasket oil leak?


More pics here https://imgur.com/a/a6LRX

A 10mm ratchet spanner is useful for undoing the 3 bolts under the t bar. Don't forget to throw these 3 bolts away & never refit them again. :lol: Funnily enough the 3 bolts under the T-bar were missing in mine! Took off the engine cover yesterday to check out that top end oil leak and it seems to ...

I hear what you’re saying. If you’re willing to take it to a garage and pay them to do what needs doing then that will be easier, but I think it will be cheaper to just sell it and guy a really good one, but then you still have to actually find a really good one... I’d get some prices and make a de...

Will get back with a proper reply later but here are the images including the rear subframe corrosion, front n/s wishbone, and front o/s subframe mount https://imgur.com/gallery/P7yWO

I don't want to say I told you so, but if you look back at my first response on your old thread I said... "I would say spend as much as you can afford on the best example you can find, as if you buy a cheap one it'll probably only end up costing you in the long term, so it can be a false economy" I...

FYI I've just got the report through from the health check and made a new thread rather than keep stretching this one out viewtopic.php?t=23812

'Got my eye on an F & a TF' (http://www.mgfregister.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23629&start=100#p183037) was my original thread, figured it would be worth starting a new one about this rather than continuing to stretch that one out. I bought the car back in late August/beginning of September for £...

That's good news about the sump oil leak probably not being a major issue. The rear sub-frame if it isn't just a case of cleaning and painting it, what kind of cost would I be looking at for a reconditioned one? I think the rear offside shock was showing a bit more play that it's meant to as well. W...

I'm based near Telford so Burton is not that far but far enough to be potentially a bit of a bugger to organise with work - will keep them in mind. One of the front sub-frame mounts is very rotten looking whereas the other was replaced very recently so I'm thinking in addition to the engine stuff th...

Yeah I was aware that even with the big checklist it was a roll of the dice with a used car of the age. I think the oil leak was coming from the sump but not 100%. The coolant is not leaking a great deal but looks to be coming from above the head gasket. Looking at the receipt the place that did the...

https://i.imgur.com/vwh045ut.jpg This happened thursday when I was out for a drive in Stafford - old tyres! Was planning on getting a set of Falkens soon but... see below So payday came and I finally took it over to the MGFCentre today for a health check and it has a lot of problems so tyres are th...

I might just stick a small self-adhesive piece of draught-seal in there... Used the AutoGlym soft top clean and waterproofing kit at the weekend which seems to have made the water bead off the top a lot better rather than being absorbed by the fabric. There are some feint but persistent green marks ...

Noticed there's a small gap in between the hood and the chassis nothing appears to be ripped or damaged though, any idea what the best way to readjust this would be if there is a way to do so?