Roffle MGFfle! £9 tickets - AnthonyG wins...

[djoptix]

Thank you @TheDoctor, updated...

[mitsisigma01]

6 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

I'll take one to help it along, being as I have no use for a 2 seater car! 

I've got no friends so you could make it a 1 seater car and I still wouldn't drop out ?

[The Moog]

Sod it - give me 4 tickets again.

[83C]

Ah go on, random me a 2nd ticket. 

[Minimad5]

Yikes.

One random

[busmansholiday]

Can I withdraw please, apologies. Won the ex JohnK Merc (still to collect ), space (to keep it) and money (if I win, tax, insurance etc) currently at a premium.

Soz.

[Sealtainn]

I’ll take another random if available please 

[angle]

I'll have another random and then I think there's one left? 

[loserone]

18 hours ago, loserone said:

I'll keep mine, I've just filled out the V5 for Ken's old one.

Really sorry, can I drop out? Just had to tax the 205 for six months and buy a new V5..

[barefoot]

I need to drop out as well please.

[Timewaster]

I'm temporarily financially embarrassed at the moment. Sorry.

(I know it's only £9 but what if I win?! Tax, insurance, trains etc.)

If it goes on past payday, I'll be back.

[Dan_ZTT]

What's the current MoT status? If it's got one for more than a handful of weeks I'll stay in

[angle]

It's got one until March next year. 

[Dan_ZTT]

5 hours ago, angle said:

It's got one until March next year. 

Result. Yeah I'm up for keeping my ticket. 

[djoptix]

No problem at all for anyone who wants to drop out, no hard feelings. I will try and work out the list...

[Alan_Green]

Random pse, if available.

[Floatylight]

Might help to repost some pics, for me they display in v low Res as they were posted before the forum upgrade.

 

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[Broadsword]

Still hoping this gets over the line and we can do a roffle. I'm quite enthusiastic about the prospect of winning this even though it's a very long way from me.

[New POD]

If my name isn t on the list put it on. 53 ? 

[djoptix]

Here are a couple of pictures taken yesterday morning.

The eagle eyed amongst you will notice the bonnet. Red MGFs seem to suffer from nasty lacquer peel. The original bonnet had a bit, and the bonnet off the spares car was worse, but it was all at the bottom of the bonnet. I swapped the bonnets over and sanded down the peeled lacquer - it had had a funny reaction in places, which meant I had to go down to bare metal - and sprayed it over with zinc galvanising spray. It's very much a 10 foot job - I might still satin black it instead which I think would look better. The winner can have the original bonnet too/instead, which has a patch of lacquer peel too, but is at least all red.

Wheel change; I put the VVC alloys (as shown) back on it, and then some fucker stole the 6-spoke TF alloys from my driveway anyway, so it will come on the 5-spoke wheels shown.

There's still some lacquer peel on the rear bumper, as you can see. I'm planning on swapping on the one from the spares car, which is in better nick.

[djoptix]

Up to date roffle list.

One left - but I think there may still be a few dropouts as people see this thread has been resurrected. Tentatively we could be on for a draw next week.

[djoptix]

Meanwhile I have been getting on with other pre-roffle jobs.

I did the NS balljoints top and bottom in March. The OS top one was nice and easy thanks to my magnificent impact driver. The OS bottom one was an absolute bastard. At the factory the balljoints were riveted into the wishbones and the rivets are hard as a coffin nail. To replace the balljoint you need to drill the ends off the rivets (no access from either side to get a grinder in) and then knock them out with a cold chisel. These took two lengthy twat-it-with-a-hammer sessions and an overnight Plusgas soak to shift them. Done now though, and the new part comes with throughbolts and Nyloc nuts which are much more civilised.

There was very slight, but definitely there, play in the top OS balljoint, so I'm glad I did it. The bottom one was actually OK but I'd bought all the parts so I thought I might as well use them...

[Tam]

I'll take a random if available. 

[djoptix]

It is sir - meaning at present this is SOLD OOT!!

However, I'm going to give it until the end of the weekend before starting the process, in case any other early-sign-uppers want to drop out. If we have a full list on Sunday evening then I'll get going.

[djoptix]

So meanwhile, next job was to tighten the alternator belt, as it has been squeaking for a while.

The alternator is retained by two bolts, with the bottom one being in a slot so that you can adjust the position (2) attached to a plate which bolts to the block (1). Unfortunately the adjusty nut (2) is completely inaccessible.

I had a go at it with various implements but there isn't even one click of swing on a socket ratchet and an open spanner just looked like it would round it off.  The only thing to do was to remove the alternator and bracket from the car entirely, then free off the bolt.

It came off easily once off the car and I reassembled it with copper grease.

Looks like the genuine original alternator too!

Refitting is the reverse etc etc.

[DialATune]

You're doing the Lord's work dj. You'll get your reward in heaven

[83C]

I'm genuinely looking forward to the prospect of this roffle actually going ahead. I guess the plan is payment requests sent out Sunday night and then hopefully draw Wednesday?

Never owned an F before but it's been on the 'to own' list for a long time. 

[Broadsword]

Hooray, looking forward to this one going through! Sterling work with the alternator!

[djoptix]

OK, it's a go! I imagine this will take until the weekend, but you never know...

PMs incoming.

 

[djoptix]

PMs all sent; now to go and work out why the alternator is still squeaking