DBMGTF

This year was my first POL - loved it, took my ZT, my son took his ZS (saved our TFs for MGs in the Park in June with the nice weather!)
Will definitely be going again if the weather is good.

Great to see so many of the cars are still in great condition. Although mine are not quite so good now after bumping my TF with my ZT during car washing maneuvers.....gutted!

Liking the Cyberster now I've seen it (in Goodwood videos).

If I had an extra £65k in the bank I would order one...
Still amazes me when people describe it as affordable though.....my TF at £2.5k was affordable, and that's the high end of my typical car budget!

Well the TF passed it's 2nd MoT attempt an hour ago, after having SS pipes fitted and two new wishbones - glad that's out of the way.

The horn stopped working immediately afterwards...but hopefully shouldn't be a big problem to sort.

Hi, Welcome - Looking forward to seeing the photos - love a good MG or two...or five!I have a TF and a ZT myself. My son had a TF till recently and bought a V8 ZT to help empty his wallet. His girlfriend now drives an MG3 and today her dad has ordered an MG3 too....we are spreading the word!

Well, after what seems like an eternity, I finally got the Stainless pipes and wishbones fitted today (by a local garage).
MoT re-booked for this Monday - lets hope that's the end of my problems!

I want to get a few sunny (if a bit short) drives in before the summer weather departs and I jet off to Greece, wasting 2 weeks of potential TF driving weather

Hi,

It's definitely the pipes that have gone - the MoT guy confirmed they were not SS pipes - turns out that the guy that sold me the car has been sacked by the company for various 'problems' - including not transferring ownership of cars, as with mine - so I think bending the truth may have been one of his many 'qualities'!

Well the TF went in for an MoT today - first since I've owned it.

Failed on corroded wishbones, and rusty, weeping coolant pipes (which was a shock as I was told it had stainless pipes when I bought it...).

Annoyingly it was booked in to be a display car at Gaydon this weekend...oh well just the ZTs will be going now....shame as it looks like great top-down weather on Sunday

Parts on order - may have a go fitting them myself if I'm up to it - I'll get a few swear words ready in advance, just in case..

Oh MG wrote:

I had a similar issue, you need a ratchet and a torx bit to fit the striker plate (which the latch locks onto, attached to the door frame), if you loosen it you can tap it until it moves in a bit then tighten it and try shutting the door, small movements are best, make sure that you wind the two rubber ‘stops’ in on the edge of the door first, as these might have been wound out to compensate! You can wind them out to suit once the door fits better! Also, before I start I draw round the striker with a marker, it gives you a reference as you can move it in any direction so it’s good to see just how much and where you’re going
Lastly, if you move the door a lot, you may need to adjust your windows when you’ve finished, there’s a decent guide to it on here, however, make a note of how your window sits in the seal before you start.. and it WILL be frustrating.. but it’s amazing once it works, which it will!


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Thanks for the info! Very helpful.

I'll give it a go on the next dry day that I'm off work. My windows sit against the seals, and water can get in, mostly when washing and not in the rain luckily. Hopefully when I adjust things I'll have a better seal....then I have to try and seal the hard top - it lets more water in at the front than the soft top...

All part of the fun of F/TF ownership!

Cheers
Darren