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- Sat May 11, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: Your experience
- Replies: 5
- Views: 568
Re: Your experience
I have a bog standard Mk1 MGF 1.8i which I have owned for 16 years. It has covered 117,000 miles and is perfectly reliable, although I did replace the head gasket several years ago at 80K miles (Land Rover modification multi-layer gasket). I am gearing up for an Italy trip in it at the end of the mo...
- Thu May 02, 2024 11:15 am
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Hydragas
- Replies: 3
- Views: 131
Re: Hydragas
The height correction is only relevant if the hydragas spheres are in good order and haven't lost their nitrogen. If the spheres have gone (and they usually have by 15-20 years) then any amount of pumping won't make a difference to ride quality.
Re: StepSpeed
On the subject of tyres, I have just fitted a new pair of Toyos to the rear of my Mk1. They are Toyo Proxes TR1, not the T1R which I have had on originally and appears to have been discontinued. Haven't been out in the car yet to see if they're any good, but they look good and there's plenty of trea...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: Imported a classic car
- Replies: 5
- Views: 340
Re: Imported a classic car
Plenty of MGFs for sale in France, both left hand & right hand drive. Be aware however that French second hand car prices can be much higher than in the UK, but at the end of the day you get what you pay for. Dependant on the department where the car is/has been used you may find one that is quite c...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: what have you done on your mgf today?
- Replies: 1629
- Views: 3866950
Re: what have you done on your mgf today?
Update on my last post - trip to Italy has been postponed, but because of the weather. We were planning to go a week tomorrow but the local forecast is for heavy rain all the time we're there, which would have made the trip a bit pointless. We've put it off until a bit later. In the meantime I'm get...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: what have you done on your mgf today?
- Replies: 1629
- Views: 3866950
Re: what have you done on your mgf today?
I'm just gearing up for a trip to Italy in the 'F', at the end of next month. Going via the French alps and then the tunnel of Frejus, then to Turin and north to lake Maggiore. It's about time it had a decent run out. Hasn't really been anywhere since before covid.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: what have you done on your mgf today?
- Replies: 1629
- Views: 3866950
Re: what have you done on your mgf today?
I need counselling! I went out with the Mem'Sahib today in the 'F' to have lunch with some friends. During the meal it rained and I had to drive home in the wet... that's the first time I've got it wet in over 5 years!
I hope it hasn't caught a cold.
I hope it hasn't caught a cold.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:52 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: Insurance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 608
Re: Insurance
I'm with a French on-line insurer called "Eurofil" - for 3rd party fire & theft with windscreen cover I pay 193€ (£165)
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:51 am
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: Remote Engine Start
- Replies: 5
- Views: 521
Re: Remote Engine Start
Go to the greengrocer and buy a large King Edward. Place it next to your bed and then you can get a potato clock...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Looking at purchasing a MGF
- Replies: 6
- Views: 622
Re: Looking at purchasing a MGF
Are you looking at buying a car with an already failed head gasket?
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:29 am
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Alarm issues after flat battery
- Replies: 16
- Views: 860
Re: Alarm issues after flat battery
My 'F' still has sporadic issues with the alarm. Sometimes when I lock it, it's fine other times it goes off after a minute or so. I have got to the stage, after messing with the boot lid wiring loom on several occasions that I just don't bother locking the car any more. There's nothing inside it wo...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Air intake identification help
- Replies: 6
- Views: 655
Re: Air intake identification help
Sorry? Couldn't hear what you said!
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Air intake identification help
- Replies: 6
- Views: 655
Re: Air intake identification help
Cheapest option? Buy a one size fits all cone filter from the bay of E. I have one (I'm tighter than a submarine's window)
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Hood & frame cross compatibility
- Replies: 6
- Views: 873
Re: Hood & frame cross compatibility
Yes, but you can't mix the covers and frames. ie Mk1 cover goes with a Mk1 Frame and a Mk2 cover goes with a Mk2 frame.
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: what have you done on your mgf today?
- Replies: 1629
- Views: 3866950
Re: what have you done on your mgf today?
First outing for 2024. Nice and sunny down here today, 18°C so just right for a spot of "roof-down" motoring. The car fired up first flick, as usual. (I keep it on a battery conditioner over the winter). The roads were dry and they don't salt round here, so I had a nice little round robin of about 2...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: Midlands (Heart of England)
- Topic: Advice Needed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 43408
Re: Advice Needed
It's very difficult to give specific advice without seeing the actual vehicle. If it's the subframe mountings that are corroded, they can be fairly easily replaced, given the likely problems to be encountered (as mentioned in the previous post). However if the actual floor pan of the car around wher...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Car unsettled over bumps
- Replies: 10
- Views: 39917
Re: Car unsettled over bumps
Has the car had the hydragas spheres re-gassed? Is the ride height correct at 368mm (front) or has it been fitted with lowering pins?
I personally wouldn't run either make of tyre you mention. Toyo T1Rs are the dogs.
I personally wouldn't run either make of tyre you mention. Toyo T1Rs are the dogs.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: what have you done on your mgf today?
- Replies: 1629
- Views: 3866950
Re: what have you done on your mgf today?
Good subframe that one - the towing eyes are usually battered to death, especially on an 'F' when the hydragas has depleted.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: wiring up TF instrument cluster to check mileage
- Replies: 3
- Views: 30130
Re: wiring up TF instrument cluster to check mileage
I don't know about the MG TF but a friend of mine bought a replacement dash/speedo for his BMW thinking that it would show a lower mileage and when he plugged it in the exact same mileage came up on the new one - so, in that particular case the mileage was stored in the ECU and not in the dash/speed...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: New Battery - FLAT
- Replies: 7
- Views: 63601
Re: New Battery - FLAT
If the battery is less than a year old then it should still be under warranty and Halfords should replace it, providing you still have the original receipt. However when you say you "give it a run" a couple of times a week, do you actually take the car out and run it for 10-15 miles at least, or do ...