Now the MGF Bob the builder thread

[chompy_snake]

1 hour ago, They_all_do_that_sir said:

Just noticed the number plate, almost says SEX and I'd be checking the timing belt too......

 

It's just had timing belt done with receipts to prove and water pump and other stuff .... You wouldn't waste cash like that if it was displaying omghgf .... And it's 63k not 69k as I thought 

[bub2006]

Them fucking brakes though ?

[chompy_snake]

Just now, bub2006 said:

Them fucking brakes though ?

You mean playdough ?

[bub2006]

They were rather tough but I had the little hammer that could to assist. 

[Agila]

Hope this serves you well for at least a year possibly more.

Looks a cracking little thing for possibly what a pcp new mx5 costs per month. 

Just do basic maintenance and enjoy it.

[Cavcraft]

20 hours ago, chompy_snake said:

And our winner is . ....

the perfect winter transport ?

 

An unreliable, badly made over-rated hairdresser's car. And your MG. 

[bub2006]

I've told him I'm buying him an online hairdressers course.

[djoptix]

Hurray! Race? 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

41 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

 

An unreliable, badly made over-rated hairdresser's car. And your MG. 

One of my mates sold his MGF to buy a BAM mk1 TT floppytop.

I'd have kept the MG.

 

[Agila]

10 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

One of my mates sold his MGF to buy a BAM mk1 TT floppytop.

I'd have kept the MG.

 

My list would be.

1.MGF

2.This beauty that only cost a £1

3.TT

 

[chompy_snake]

38 minutes ago, djoptix said:

Hurray! Race? 

Is that to see who's explodes first?? ?

[bub2006]

I'll race your mg with my 90bhp hdi Peugeot 406 with only one condition and that is only if we can do a fuel economy race because I sure as fuck wont win anywhere else

[bub2006]

Oh and let's not forget the white van man en route back from picking the brakes up.

[chompy_snake]

14 hours ago, bub2006 said:

Oh and let's not forget the white van man en route back from picking the brakes up.

GAYS!!! ?

[chompy_snake]

Note to all .... These are really sensitive to tyre sizes.

185/55/15V front 205/50/15V rear 

Not like the all round 205/50/15's with a backwards fitted directional that was perished ?

I fitted budgets on the front but they are still rated and have good grip ratings

Here's a before and after of the front brakes...

[bub2006]

Funny you mentioned tyres because I'm sure there were signs of occasional rubbing on front arch liner. 

[chompy_snake]

1 hour ago, bub2006 said:

Funny you mentioned tyres because I'm sure there were signs of occasional rubbing on front arch liner. 

Didn't pay much attention past being amused by you bending the discs due to rust and hammer action

[2flags]

Top purchase that man. Always had a soft spot for these. As my youngest daughter has just gone off to uni in 'my' Renault Megane convertable, I find I have space for something topless on the drive. Whether or not it will ever happen though is another question. 

[chompy_snake]

5 minutes ago, 2flags said:

Top purchase that man. Always had a soft spot for these. As my youngest daughter has just gone off to uni in 'my' Renault Megane convertable, I find I have space for something topless on the drive. Whether or not it will ever happen though is another question. 

I would say do it before they all disappear and you end up regretting it.

Just try and find one with comprehensive service .... Not comprehensively fucked and rusty 

[bub2006]

18 hours ago, chompy_snake said:

Didn't pay much attention past being amused by you bending the discs due to rust and hammer action

I still have a decent swing in my right arm,its my left that's knackered. And the little hammer that could helped. 

[Markeh]

Looks very smart, that colour really suits it as well IMO.

I remember my dad bringing home a silver one for the weekend when they were new/I was a small boy - at the time he worked for an MG Rover dealer, they were trying to get an intermittent fault to show up, not sure they ever did. Pretty much begged him to go out in it with the top down.

[paulplom]

I had a silver y reg one a couple of years back. Paid a grand for it with 20k on the clock. Lovely car but the vvc  was mech was rattling like a bastard. Spent a few hundred quid sorting it and buying a hard top. 

I sold it two years later for the same price via ebay. I do need a proper kicking at times. I still think an mx5 has the edge on them though ?

[chompy_snake]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

I had a silver y reg one a couple of years back. Paid a grand for it with 20k on the clock. Lovely car but the vvc  was mech was rattling like a bastard. Spent a few hundred quid sorting it and buying a hard top. 

I sold it two years later for the same price via ebay. I do need a proper kicking at times. I still think an mx5 has the edge on them though ?

I don't like the MX-5, I find them cramped and to hard to get in and out of .... And they rot for fun, worse so than the MG F 

[chompy_snake]

 

Beautiful weather for going out topless in Derbyshire ??

[bub2006]

I go out topless in Derbyshire on a regular basis. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

[chompy_snake]

Car dead, needs a top end 😆

We thought at first that it was a lifter, it isn't!

Spend a bit on oil and and engine flushing oil (sae20w) and while it's shifted lots of crap.... It's also highlighted that there's glitter in the sump 🙄

It's still merrily ticking away but it does run and drive. Who knows how long before a camshaft falls out 🤷

I have no inclination to swap the engine but it would make a solid project shell for someone..... Offers on a postage stamp as it's as desirable as herpes I reckon with needing an engine 

[bunglebus]

Just keep driving it, might as well enjoy the weather

[SiC]

I wouldn't use flushing oil on anything that hasn't long been rebuilt or new personally. 

If it's running happily and the next option is scrap, why not just carry on running it?

[chompy_snake]

7 minutes ago, SiC said:

I wouldn't use flushing oil on anything that hasn't long been rebuilt or new personally. 

If it's running happily and the next option is scrap, why not just carry on running it?

Due to the fact that total engine failure is on the cards and knowing that I wouldn't want to put myself in a situation where the motor seizes on a bypass or other fast road. 

I would call that more lunacy than buying an mgf in the first place 

Plus I would rather part it than scrap it for others benefit tbh