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Two last must do's :
1. First mount the door handle, and the last job to do is to push in the lock barrel, working from the inside of the door. Is a bit fiddly, and the rod can play tricks on you to get in the wrong angle. So before mounting the handle in the door, through the hole pre-position the barrel so it is in the right position. Next mount the door handle, fix the screws, and finally pusth in the barrel. Doing it in a different manner makes fixing the screws much more difficult.
2. The u shaped spring that holds the barrel must of course be mounted in the door handle before mounting the handle, so the barrel can snap in. But from the factory this spring is positioned with the legs downward, so the top of the spring is in a position that makes it very difficult to remove for dis-assembly whenever needed. You can hardly pull the sping out. So better is to turn the sping around 180 degrees, so the legs are pointing upward. This way the U shape is facing downward, and is easy to remove from the inside of the door, whenever de barrel needs to be removed.
I also know why MG engineers thought the tedious way was better : in my way the end of one of the legs is in the way of the mounting screws, so the mod is to cut a little bit from the end of one of the legs so it is no obstruction to the mounting screws. Not too much, just a few mm. See the pics for understanding if this last instruction. THe red arrow shows the spring to be turned around. The red line shows where to cut a few mm off the spring.
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I have this. A good read in detail, especially the Phoenix and then the rest. Interested to know what you think of the book you are buying.
And the K-series engine book is really worth buying. Well written and very, very detailed. I would say a must for anyone who will get under the car and in the engine bay.
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I concur with my learned colleague, the #1 priority without a shadow of doubt, must be the low water alarm!
You are hereby sentenced to fit your low water alarm at the earliest opportunity and then to be put on a 12 month bad behavior bond requiring you to hoon about in your MG and in doing so annoy the neighbors as much as hoonanly possible!
I'm on a roll today this makes two new words I've coined today "Hoonanly" to drive with the characteristic manner of a hoon .....and the other new word (used elsewhere) is "Scrotesque" to resemble a wrinkly old ball bag you're probably rolling you eyes and thinking here he goes again....this bloke is the Bard of Bullshit.... I don't blame you! Oh shit there's the perfect new nickname for a old mate of mine "the Bard of Bullshit" describes him to a 'T'
I better go before I drown you poor bastards in verbal diarrhoea
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It doesn't sound as if tbere is much practical diy info in there. More about the production...
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When it shows up I'll give it a review, though I don't know how much he could further enlighten us with little pearls of wisdom regarding our cars.
The collective wisdom of this forum is probably the premier reference source of information on our cars as it not only has many mental data bases, but also many takes and angles on a given situation and is constantly evolving and updating.
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DescriptionLaunched in 1995, the MGF marked the rebirth of the classic British MG two-seater sports car. In this book, MGF enthusiast Tim Morris tells the full inside story of the development of the MGF and TF against the background of the seismic changes that were taking place in the British car industry. After the demise of the bestselling MGB and the closure of the Abingdon factory in 1980, it seemed as if the classic MG sports car had come to an end. An upgraded version of the MGB, the RV8, was introduced in the 1990s, but meanwhile designers and engineers were busy with an all-new car, which was unveiled in 1995. Developed under British Aerospace and launched under BMW ownership of the Rover Group, the MGF came under MG-Rover ownership after BMW divided the company in 2000. At this time the TF was developed and produced until the company went into administration in 2005. Here design features such as the mid-engine format and Hydragas suspension system are described, as well as the various model changes and re-designs and how the car fared against strong competition from cars such as the Mazda MX5. Including information for owners and potential buyers and with a wide selection of illustrations, this is an essential guide to the MGF and TF sports cars.
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That’s a grand list & there’s little to add from your high point of the rebuild, however I would place the low coolant alarm at the top.
These days you can buy a quite cleaver battery tester for under twenty quid off eBay. These can accurately assess a battery’s condition & with having an “occasional car” & with me more than one. I’ve saved by taking a battery out of service for a full conditioning, when having done an assessment have found a sound battery hiding in a “duffer”.
Everyone wants a hard top, it goes with the set & if bought we’ll that’s fair enough, but where does it go in summer & they can be a right fag putting it on & taking it off.
I had more pleasure designing & making a hoist to lift the bloody thing on & off than I ever had out of driving with it on
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Ok there is some decidedly odd stuff going on with the site.
1st I noticed the size format of the display is suddenly presenting much larger.
So I put up a thread asking about it and the noticed that when I come across one of my own posts, it displays a giant gender symbol and a giant birthday cake symbol within my post.
(Probably only I see it)
Next thing is the whole thread disappears without trace
it's happening on my Macbook Pro and ipad both running up to date OS and using Fire fox browser.
I fired up an old Windows POS also running fire fox and it's not doing it on that
Below are some screenshots to show what I'm talking about:
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Whatever it is, I don't like it.
Way to bloody trippy for my taste..............NO SIR I don't like it!
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I dunno if I've accidentally triggered some hidden display function, but the forum is showing in a much larger format today on my Macbook, I checked it on my iPad and it's the same???
This is how it displays
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