What I did with my Rover 75/MG ZT today?

[t5tart]

Originally Posted by FLYING BANANA

Got that fitted to Banana and another one under the bonnet.

where did you wire them in under bonnet ?

[t5tart]

drove very gingerly 20 miles ... tuesday will see the fitting of a gearbox solenoid weather allowing

[Pete]

New discs and pads on the ZT today. Quick easy job although one of the caliper carrier bolts is rounding off and a spring return brake is missing. Looks like I'll be calling the scrapyards tomorrow for some bits.

A quick punt to the bottom of the road and back and they will need to bed in although a good stamp got the ABS kicking in so they're doing a job fine. Pedal could feel a bit better than it currently does though - just a little bit more travel than I would like. Possibly time for a fluid change as the current stuff has likely been in for some time now.

[t5tart]

so having never touched a gearbox before and with the help of ryszard who has also never touched the gearbox before we changed the 2/4 solenoid and while we had the engine cover of and the intercooper pipe off checked the EGR and it wasnt too bad however we ended up stripping it and the manifold and soaking them in dishwasher tabs while doing the gearbox ... didnt drop the gearbox oil just the front plate was careful to catch it all and measure it only 800ml with the car tilted right back so just replaced the 800ml as I intend to get Phil to do a full box oil change very soon as its black

end result a bit pokier and it changed gear nicely again now

so a good day

the offending item



the state of the gear box oil



hey thats not the gearbox you're stripping



somewhere in here is a manifold and EGR



sparkly ..well more so anyway would have spent more time on it but need the car back together

[jonathan63]

Originally Posted by t5tart

so having never touched a gearbox before and with the help of ryszard who has also never touched the gearbox before we changed the 2/4 solenoid and while we had the engine cover of and the intercooper pipe off checked the EGR and it wasnt too bad however we ended up stripping it and the manifold and soaking them in dishwasher tabs while doing the gearbox ... didnt drop the gearbox oil just the front plate was careful to catch it all and measure it only 800ml with the car tilted right back so just replaced the 800ml as I intend to get Phil to do a full box oil change very soon as its black

end result a bit pokier and it changed gear nicely again now

so a good day

the offending item



the state of the gear box oil



hey thats not the gearbox you're stripping



somewhere in here is a manifold and EGR



sparkly ..well more so anyway would have spent more time on it but need the car back together

Did the dishwasher tabs clean all the oily crud from the inside of the manifold without you having to do much physical cleaning?

[t5tart]

Originally Posted by jonathan63

Did the dishwasher tabs clean all the oily crud from the inside of the manifold without you having to do much physical cleaning?

it broke up a lot should have left it in longer really but it did get the worst out without much help gave it a good blast witht he pressure washer after had I had more time i would have got some brushes in there and got the rest out but it wasnt that bad

[cadwellmarkymark]

Sent my PCB from the FBH of to Frenchmike for to his magic

[keithst24]

Got a nice set of Starspokes for my Tourer.....well pleased...collect on Saturday

[t5tart]

Originally Posted by keithst24

Got a nice set of Starspokes for my Tourer.....well pleased...collect on Saturday

did tthey come from Northants by chance ?

[Arctic]

Daz.
When you soaked the EGR did you seal of the diaphragm pipe ? if not you could have trouble with it at a later date maybe perishing, unless dishwasher tablets do not affect rubber.