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Greetings all - haven't been about for a while - but I felt inspired to share! My dear old F has just clocked up its 166,000th mile, and is still running really rather well!

Kiss of death? I hope not!!

Complete waste of time. Some numpty has lost one of the inspection panel bolts, and replaced it with one that is too small for my smallest spanner, and is so soft that I've squashed it trying to get it off. Can't do a damn thing now so am resorting to coffee and angry tears..

I'm feeling more of a weak and feeble woman as this thread progresses! I'm going to start with the cheapest possible option and bleed and refill the system this afternoon, then start really panicking. My mechanical competence, whilst fairly impressive for a girl, is limited to stuff I have done befo...

This sounds more like a problem with clutch clearance. On a hydraulic system there's no cable to adjust and if the hydraulics aren't giving of their best the pressure doesn't move the clutch actuating arm enough to fully disengage the clutch, hence the problems with selecting a gear when the engine...

I would start with the slave cylinder. It's probably the rubber internal seal that's gone. That prevents you from being able to generate the full hydraulic pressure and results in reduced movement of the piston and actuating arm. Not the easiest of things to access but simple to fix. Goddammit - if...

Does the clutch pedal feel any different? Another possible problem is the clutch damper which is adjacent to the master cylinder, these do fail.. Clutch pedal doesn't feel any different - although a friend of mine drove it while ago and has said he thought at the time that it felt a bit odd. I gues...

Tried that!

You're not the first to mention master/slave cylinders! Guess I'd better start saving my pocket money!

Basically - I can't get it in gear when it's cold! I can put it in gear with the engine turned off, but as soon as the engine goes on - not a hope in hell. Once it's in gear and moving, I can change gear - but only just, and had to turn it off twice at traffic lights to get it into first to pull off...

Like a pack of slavering hyenas comes to mind.. I wish it had been crushed in its entirety months ago. It was like watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang being stripped.. may not have been my choice of car, but I still didn't like to see it happening to a historic F.

I could've been harsher - could've mentioned you running round like a crazy man trying to work out who the missing person on the signing in sheet was!

You absolutely sure it was the M27 John?

As it worked so well last year, I'll liaise with the other starting points. As Keith says, we estimate to leave Thurrock at 22.00 (last year we postponed the start due to the M25 either closed or badly held up in three places). For those first there, please park up away from the main building as it...

Just to confirm that I will be on the run - have decided that a squeaky alternator belt isn't life threatening, so am back in the game..

I may have be a last minute drop out - my car has started squealing like a stuck pig when I turn it on(alternator belt?). I'm not going to be able to get it sorted out this week, and am a bit worried about what could potentially go wrong.

As per Keiths post - it seems that someone has been doing my job for me!! Whilst well meaning, I would respectfully request that if anyone has a particular radio station/newspaper/0other media source in mind, that you contact me, rather than doing it yourself. There is a media plan in place, and we ...

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Mine isn't happy, and despite my weekly attempts to cheer it up, it only works for a few days, then it gradually gets all depressed again! I made it a little rubber hat so that my brake lights don't stay on, but suspect that's not going to be a permanent fix (says the woman who once stuck her wing m...

Yay!! Two journalists have expressed an interest in joining us - Simon Goldsworthy from MG Enthusiast (who is sticking a mention in the next issue, out Dec 18th, and Stuart Pritchard from Smartlife International. Simon is going to try and borrow an F, and Stuart has bagged my passenger seat (brave m...

James Curgenven wrote:

Ally wrote:Apologies - I am going to have to uninvite myself now.

Oh, so now you're appearing in magazines you're too good for the likes of us eh?

Yes

Apologies - I am going to have to uninvite myself now.