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new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #17643

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hi all 5yrs now since working on these engines and just bought a mg r reg, wow ive worked at longbrige for 16yrs and always bought austin or mg rover cars but not the mg. my car is a 1997 model mostly for sat sun use im in love with it p.s dont tell the wife. i have worked on the maestro and the old a series i.e mini /metro. and all k series, from cam belt to fitting the head. lookiong forward to the spring now get the top down, had a blast in early october and now im hooked:lol: :lol: :lol:
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hi all 5yrs now since working on these engines and just bought a mg r reg, wow ive worked at longbrige for 16yrs and always bought austin or mg rover cars but not the mg. my car is a 1997 model mostly for sat sun use im in love with it p.s dont tell the wife. i have worked on the maestro and the old a series i.e mini /metro. and all k series, from cam belt to fitting the head. lookiong forward to the spring now get the top down, had a blast in early october and now im hooked:lol: :lol: :lol:

hi and welcome to the Tbar, mate. Hope you find it interesting.:cheer:
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Re: new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #17646

hi all 5yrs now since working on these engines and just bought a mg r reg, wow ive worked at longbrige for 16yrs and always bought austin or mg rover cars but not the mg. my car is a 1997 model mostly for sat sun use im in love with it p.s dont tell the wife. i have worked on the maestro and the old a series i.e mini /metro. and all k series, from cam belt to fitting the head. lookiong forward to the spring now get the top down, had a blast in early october and now im hooked:lol: :lol: :lol:


A warm welcome aboard our new flagship, we are a very friendly bunch. Please let us have some details of your "new love" i assume its a MGF. and some pictures, your experience at Longbridge will be invaluable to the forum. :woohoo:

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Re: new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #17654

Hi and welcome

Home to black Alfa Romeo 159 3.2 V6 Q4 ,green MGF VVC and red MG Maestro T16.

MG - the friendly marque.

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Re: new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #17656

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will post some pics soon of my mgf, at the moment just fitting some rear speakers to it as it is a mk1, would like to update the console aswell to the mk2,i would gladly share my experiences i had at rover, just fire away
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Re: new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #17658

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,i would gladly share my experiences i had at rover, just fire away

Are they printable? ;)

Welcome to the forum.

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Re: new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #17669

Welcome to the T Bar, hope you like the new forum :)

Look forward to seeing photo's they are the law round here :P
Angel to Devil in 0.2 seconds...[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

Oi, stop using foul language or I'll give you one!

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Re: new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #17683

Hello Rayb,

Wishing you a very warm welcome aboard the T-Bar.

You'll find it is the friendliest of forums.

Best Regards,

Marc.
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Re: new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #17713

Welcome on board! Great to have someone from the original MGR around for those 'insider' info snippets!

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Re: new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #17714

Hello and welcome
MG TF LE500 27 of 500

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Re: new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #17910

Welcome to the ex rover employee, aren't you the designer of the infamous original gasket??? :angry:
I'm kidding, of course...:P

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Re: new member ex rover employee 13 years 6 months ago #18014

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your nearly close tho i done a spell of fitting the head and gasget, tho this was around 96/97 as they had started using the plastic dowls on the block instead of the steel ones,
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