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Baytown wrote: wrote:

Finally fitted the HEL braided stainless brake lines and ended up having to bleed the system three times after each road test due to my lack of familiarity with the cars system. I didn't realise the AP front callipers had an inside bleed nipple!
Live and learn.
Best wishes all.

Ken

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Hi Ken,

The link pipe is only at the bottom of the front callipers so air gets trapped in both sides, also in the UK if no rubber dust caps are fitted to the bleed nipples the salts and road crap can block them solid.

I had the better half in sat in the drivers seat helping me bleed the brakes, after 20 minutes of nothing happening I ended up removing all the bleed nipples and running a drill down the center hole as they were blocked solid.

Nice image, but was obviously taken OZ !

Brian.

Fixed the photo.

No you haven't

Oh yes I have!

Thanks fellas.
Hi Brian, thanks as well. Its great to have access to decent work shops at work even if the military mechanics can be a bit ham fisted!
Its been so warm lately and Im so over the drone of the TT muffler on the highway each day that I put the hard top back on. Good to have options.
Re having to drill the callipers, Im not surprised. Ive often been amazed with the condition of the undersides of the MGs in the UK due to salt and constant wet roads when people post photos. That being said, I'm heading off tomorrow to Mt Koziosko in New South Wales for a week of Extreme cold weather survival. No idea why I take these things on!
Best wishes fellas.
Ken


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Ken will be having a great time as some dirty weather has moved in. It will be real extreme at Mount Kosciuszko.

Apart from having a new headgsket fitted by Russell, I have just had two new tyres fitted.
I got a couple of brand new budget tyres for next to nothing, so I thought I would trial them. It didn't take long to realise that although they were fine in the dry they were a little lacking in the grip department on wet roads!
The are Event WL905.

In comparison to the Nexen 6000 tyres I have on the back they were abysmal in the wet. My car became very understeery in wet conditions!

I have fancied trying Uniroyal rain sport 2 for a while so opted for a pair of them.

So far they have performed very well and my car has stopped being an understeer monster

Ahhhh David,

The wheels I recently bought have those Event tyres fitted and at the moment a pair are on the back of "Elsie" my VVC. I did get wheel spin up an incline in heavy rain onto a round about coming off an industrail estate in Newark the other week. It was in that torrential rain and we had to go an pick up a Rover 75 Club 2.5L.

They have been on her now for a few weeks and so far apart from that horrendous wind and rain have not had any problems. Am hoping to get my other LE MUltispokes re-furbished and ten new tyres on them but that will take a little while due to the costs involved. Of course my "Elsie" is an MGF running standard ride height and I don't know if this makes any difference.

It's what you're used to I suppose.
In comparison to the Nexen 6000, the Event tyres were lacking.
Interestingly now that I've had a good play with the car on wet roads the Nexen 6000 on the rear seem to be likely to give up before the Uniroyals on the front!

Just to add that all this activity was in preparation for the MOT today. Passed with flying colours!

Having fitted a quality catalytic converter after last year's MOT struggles, I am happy to report that the emissions were perfect. Without an Italian tune up or any other special preparation. Last year we really struggled to get it through with the relatively new cheap cat. That proves to me that cheap cats are not worth fitting.

Last year

Ist fast idle - fail

CO 0.61%
HC 42ppm
lambda 1.004

2nd fast idle - pass
CO 0.1%
HC 19PPM
lambda 1.031

Natural idle
CO 0.5%

Scraped through, basically..

This Year

Fast Idle - pass
CO 0.01%
HC 12ppm
lambda 1.004

Natural Idle - pass
0.00%

I think those figures speak for themselves really.

David Aiketgate wrote: wrote:

It's what you're used to I suppose.
In comparison to the Nexen 6000, the Event tyres were lacking.
Interestingly now that I've had a good play with the car on wet roads the Nexen 6000 on the rear seem to be likely to give up before the Uniroyals on the front!

David,

The Events are on the rear fronts are Runway Enduro 916's that were one the project VVC when I bought her. I am running the 16" LE Multispoke wheels (75th Anni/Freestyle type) so have never had her on "Good" tyres and I don't hang about when the chance comes.. Once we gett the rest sorted out and one set of these wheels refurbished then we shall be on the hunt for new tyres.

"Event Tyres" a poor choice of name for tyres, I'd prefer not to have an "event" caused by my tyres.