KruJoe Posted July 19, 2014 Posted July 19, 2014 Cut your losses and weigh the fucker in You don't know Edd very well, do you?!Believe me, enough of us have told him to do the same, but he has it bad. I mean really bad.Such a special boy. Jim Bell, mat_the_cat and SambaS 3
Parky Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 I understand Samba. Economically it makes no sense whatsoever but it gets under your skin and you can't just throw in the towel, as if you have a sense of responsibility for it, like a pet. If its fixable I am sure you'll find a way SambaS 1
twosmoke300 Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 For me it would be pure stubbornness not to let the pos beat me. Good on you. SambaS and alf892 2
SambaS Posted October 9, 2014 Author Posted October 9, 2014 Q. Does SambaS need another excuse to scrap his MG ZR? A. Definitely not. Q. Will SambaS be scrapping his MG ZR then? A. Naaaaaa 155V6, Grundig, mat_the_cat and 5 others 8
Bren Posted October 9, 2014 Posted October 9, 2014 You have the same kind of affliction that I had with my SD1 Vitesse. An unreliable money pit that took me to bankruptcy - and it was still a shit example. Make sure you don't end up like me - I never recovered. I bought two more of the bastard things. MarvinsMom, Pete-M and xtriple 3
SambaS Posted December 2, 2015 Author Posted December 2, 2015 My current WBOD. All other cars SORNed MarvinsMom, Sloth in a bowl and Lacquer Peel 3
Station Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 You don't know Edd very well, do you?!Believe me, enough of us have told him to do the same, but he has it bad. I mean really bad.Such a special boy. YEP! SambaS, UltraWomble, MarvinsMom and 3 others 6
MarvinsMom Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 yep, i too am special.... waste shed loads of good money on a car that i love even though plenty of other folks would describe it as crap... you hang on in there if you like the ZR, then stick with it!
mrbenn Posted December 4, 2015 Posted December 4, 2015 It'll be the gauge that's broken, these engines aren't known for issues like this. KruJoe, dugong, CGSB and 5 others 8
SambaS Posted December 4, 2015 Author Posted December 4, 2015 No water flow whatsoever. Suspect the new water pump. Hope haven't cooked headgasket
SambaS Posted December 6, 2015 Author Posted December 6, 2015 Saturday lunchtime Dave had the over heating problem sorted. I was trialling the car out using water no coolant Saturday night and went up the flooded Yorkshire Dales. By Hawes I had a serious missfire and turned back only to completely cut out near Bainbridge. Jack and I braved the wind, only just being able to move forward against it and made the pub where I had reception, and called the AA. Sheoes and socks drying on the fire, pints in they called and were only in Hawes. So back to the car against the weather. We got recovered to the scrapyard this car was sourced. Sunday I went and removed some of the water from the plug recesses, sprayed some WD40 on the connectors and with a jump start it fired up and ran sweet. Success. Drove towards the pez station missfire started again, I pressed on aiming to get to my barn and it was really struggling with forward motion by now, then smoke started coming through the vents and center console, I pulled over and the car was on fire. Flung all me stuff on hard shoulder and considered letting it burn ! Seriously but then sense came over me as I was next to the A1, moved the gas bottle way away and took the sub out, checked if it was still alight yep... 999, fire men came six or seven, fired resolved. no gears, no handbrake fire has permanently applied handbrake some how, I think I put it on and the fire melted it on permanent. So AA man had trouble getting me back to the scrapyard. After having a quick look maybe the gear link came off and set fire on the catalyst or something. Assuming the link is plastic. otherwise I've no idea, but its a totally different area to the last near miss when the headgasket went.
dollywobbler Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 This car just doesn't want to live does it? Crikey.
trigger Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 Fuck your luck Edd! Also how come you selling all your cars? explosive-cabbage 1
SambaS Posted December 6, 2015 Author Posted December 6, 2015 Oh I'm fine now the cars are staying, was a bit pissed off earlyer trigger, explosive-cabbage and Simcat 3
eddyramrod Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 That's the sight none of us want to see, smoke pouring in! Bloody hell. As long as you're ok yourself, that's what matters. explosive-cabbage 1
SambaS Posted December 6, 2015 Author Posted December 6, 2015 Hmm I see no combustible materials that could have got on exhaust
hairnet Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 YEP!still insane still mental still edd 143.6./12
SambaS Posted December 7, 2015 Author Posted December 7, 2015 This one is in for summit else so will yield a decent engine if needed.. the alarm was faithfully flashing away in the dash. Local lad, not dead. Dick Cheeseburger 1
SambaS Posted December 7, 2015 Author Posted December 7, 2015 Monday Afternoon. Pushed the MG into the garage, used compressed air and fire to dry out the plug recesses: Stated it up - missfiring like hell. Swapped the colil packs and HT leads from the red car and it seemed happy. Then to see what the fire was. Gear link plastic inserts burned and rod had detached hence loss of gears, exhaust hangars burned, gear link bushes burned, handbrake cable burned some wiring burned, haven't checked under the center console yet. All three Rovers in the scrappy had different links so Dave chopped the bad end off and welded on one he had lying around. So I have gears now. The hand brake still wont work and if I touch it, it will stick on. So a new cable will have to be ordered, as well as aforementioned hangars and bushes and wiring, and whatever else I find. I have a new light on permanent to join the ABS and EML - hand brake light YAY Good news though the smell off my mates dog has gone! Just smells like fire. This car really is on it's last chance. [EDIT] Oh and exhaust heat shields are there for a reason! UltraWomble, philibusmo, beko1987 and 5 others 8
dollywobbler Posted December 8, 2015 Posted December 8, 2015 Ah! That'd do it. Otherwise, I'm remembering when my Disco decided to use the handbrake cable as the engine earth. Ballsed it up a treat that did.
Faker Posted December 8, 2015 Posted December 8, 2015 Ah! That'd do it. Otherwise, I'm remembering when my Disco decided to use the handbrake cable as the engine earth. Ballsed it up a treat that did.Same thing happened to me on an 87 SR Nova. Car was reasonably fresh at the time too('95ish). Strap at the gearbox to chassis leg went brittle and ceased to work. So it set fire to the clutch cable sheath! Some damage to the loom too, but easily sorted. Was a great wee car.
SambaS Posted December 20, 2015 Author Posted December 20, 2015 THIS IS THE END> BEAUTIFUL FRIEND THE END https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/mg-zr-105-2002-spares-or-repair/1147156512 KruJoe 1
Lacquer Peel Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Why does it keep binning head gaskets?
SambaS Posted December 20, 2015 Author Posted December 20, 2015 Probably wanted a new radiator or something.
Station Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Because the aluminium head and block warps and the liners move I reckon.I 'fixed' mine several times and ended up binning the block and putting a new engine in. I think the sentence 'head gasket failure' is wrong as the head gasket didn't fail on mine, it was the most reliable thing on the whole car. Taff, SambaS and dugong 3
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Why does it keep binning head gaskets? Because it's K Series junk. Felly Magic 1
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