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- Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:05 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Battery went flat while driving - what's the problem?
- Replies: 14
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Re: Battery went flat while driving - what's the problem?
Just an up-date on this thread - just in case this is of any use to someone in the future. The problem re-emerged - the charge light once again came on and failed to go out. This took some while to get around to repairing, but when I got down to it, I found yet more problems. Perhaps the most signif...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:20 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Dipped beam behaviour
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3505
Re: Dipped beam behaviour
I've not encountered this one either - but may also be a sticky headlight relay? The column switches do seem to be extremely reliable in my experience.
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:18 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: New Owner- Tyres
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2606
Re: New Owner- Tyres
Keep with the standard tyre pressures (I typically run 28psi front and rear on an MGF - the TF is quite different). For tyres, the answer is what is your budget. I'd typically replace all four at the same time, and go for the best performance tyres you can find in the correct sizes. 185/55 R15 has b...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:11 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Very strange issue, am I the only one?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5780
Re: Very strange issue, am I the only one?
I bet this is something simple - like a sticking idle air control valve. Intermittent misfires have to be very frequent for it to be registered as a "Malfunction Indication Lamp" activation - even with faulty coils (a really common cause for misfires and uneven engine running), it is almost impossib...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: External ambient temperature.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6726
Re: External ambient temperature.
Probably makes more sense in the German market, where snow is much more likely than here in the UK... Of course, practically all new cars have this feature as standard...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:04 pm
- Forum: Members Classifieds
- Topic: MGF STYLING
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3042
Re: MGF STYLING
Try Anglia composites in that case Stew - they're still very much in business and may be able to help if it is the RPS style body kit that you are looking for...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:02 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: External ambient temperature.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6726
Re: External ambient temperature.
Yes, I think this was a dealer-fit option only.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:36 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Brake Servo Change
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1104
Re: Brake Servo Change
Yes, definitely possible to do this - the master cylinder bolts to the servo, and the actuator rod from the pedal passes through the centre of the servo that needs disconnecting. The servo then bolts to the bulkhead via a bracket with four threaded bars. Thus, the hydraulic components are all separa...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:31 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Misshapen Hard top
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3013
Re: Misshapen Hard top
Careful use of a hot air gun?
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Wiper motor
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9461
Re: Wiper motor
Yes, it just stops rain from dropping directly on the motor, getting inside and flooding and corroding it.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:29 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: 1996 Fuel Pump Relay location
- Replies: 2
- Views: 678
Re: 1996 Fuel Pump Relay location
Good result. The relay is in the relay block on the early cars, mounted on the back of the MEMS ECU bracket.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:26 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: MG TF Fails to start
- Replies: 5
- Views: 940
Re: MG TF Fails to start
Fingers crossed Dave!
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:25 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: External ambient temperature.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6726
Re: External ambient temperature.
Nice! Have you got any pictures to share? It was just a pair of rectangular LED in a circular plastic fitting, that was attached to a switch blank from memory...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Board
- Topic: TF Race Car Build
- Replies: 456
- Views: 5562982
Re: TF Race Car Build
I like the exhaust - and the boot lid air control 'gates'
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:18 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Temperature gauge not working - diagnosis
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8396
Re: Temperature gauge not working - diagnosis
Changing the gauge in the instrument cluster isn't too difficult either, if it comes down to that... Actually, another potential problem could be the loose printed circuit on the back of the instrument pack. If the instrument pack has been removed previously, it is possible to damage one of the copp...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:14 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Dicky dipstick
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1159
Re: Dicky dipstick
The remote filler and dipstick are in two parts, there is a normal pipe coming from the engine block and this is connected into the plastic filler. It is quite possible that the parts have come adrift. with a screwdriver it is possible to remove the top of the filler and shine a light into it to se...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:12 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: Wiper motor
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9461
Re: Wiper motor
Never too late Rob
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:11 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: NSF ride height low post pothole
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4244
Re: NSF ride height low post pothole
Hi Mike, As standard, the MGF suspension units are interconnected front to rear. If there is insufficient fluid, the whole side will drop. A single wheel being at a different ride height to the other three units does, to me at least, suggest an internal failure of the NSF hydragas unit - as Charles ...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:04 pm
- Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
- Topic: MG TF Fails to start
- Replies: 5
- Views: 940
Re: MG TF Fails to start
I've not come across the engine temperature sender causing a hot start problem on an MGF/TF before. A bit odd - a temperature sender issue usually gives a high idle when the engine is warm along with excess fuel consumption, as the ECU "thinks" the engine is still cold, and it essentially doing the ...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:20 am
- Forum: In Car Entertainment and Car Security
- Topic: CD43 Enters the 21st Centuary
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1702
Re: CD43 Enters the 21st Centuary
Late to this thread, but love this - particularly as it retains the standard head unit for original looks!