AS communal Rover 75 / MG ZT lickers thread

[barefoot]

I'd say just three years max, but I'll check..

[Split_Pin]

18 minutes ago, barefoot said:

I'd say just three years max, but I'll check..

Run the display in diagnostic mode to see the voltage 

[RoverFolkUs]

Joking aside, it looks like they may have the answer for you: 

https://www.mg-rover.org/threads/odometer-dash-light-stays-on-my-rover-75.266215/

Just disconnect the battery and reconnect a few minutes later to reset everything. 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, barefoot said:

That's what I thought. Wanna do me a favour and help me out by buying my Connie SE V6 tourer with 13 months ticket and 90k miles for £35?

How much??? OK, talk to me...

[wuvvum]

Note to Tourer owners - don't break your tail lights.  They are apparently completely unobtainium.  Even Rimming Brothers have sold out of their hideously overpriced units.

[grogee]

3 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Note to Tourer owners - don't break your tail lights.  They are apparently completely unobtainium.  Even Rimming Brothers have sold out of their hideously overpriced units.

But plenty in breakers yards, Shirley? 

I may be joining The Fold soon, watch this OAP giffer shaped space

[wuvvum]

5 minutes ago, grogee said:

But plenty in breakers yards, Shirley? 

They're always one of the first things to go when a Tourer goes for scrap.  I've messaged several breakers on eBay and they've all said "already sold m8".  In fact one has even put "No rear lights left" in the listing title.

[andyberg]

10 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Note to Tourer owners - don't break your tail lights.  They are apparently completely unobtainium.  Even Rimming Brothers have sold out of their hideously overpriced units.

Ooo that's not good. Possibly AliExpress may have something?

[andyberg]

3 minutes ago, andyberg said:

Ooo that's not good. Possibly AliExpress may have something?

Mmmm, it seems only 'modern styled' saloon rear lights for the MG7 ☹️

[Split_Pin]

I'll check upullit next time I'm up. They have 75/ZTs in quite regularly.

[barefoot]

On a cheerier note, guess who just scored a set of four 195/65 X fifteen Michelin Cross Climates for just £298.32. Obviously it’s via a mate of a mate of a mates trade account, but who knew there was such a mark up?

[RoverFolkUs]

6 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Note to Tourer owners - don't break your tail lights.  They are apparently completely unobtainium.  Even Rimming Brothers have sold out of their hideously overpriced units.

That now annoys me even further about that tourer that I tried to save!! I bet it was cubed almost in its entirety 

[Split_Pin]

Other parts to save are rear window sill rubbers, the inner alloy stiffener corrodes and disintegrates and you just can't buy them anywhere.

I also hoover up all the scuttle trim clips and any other plastic studs I can get off as I have never found aftermarket ones that fit correctly. An inner door handle is always on my list too as guess who keeps breaking the clips on the chrome surround when removing the handle for access (which is required quote regularly!)

I need to go up with my rattle gun when there's a 75 and just strip it to fuck to keep mine going. Some parts are quite expensive.

[High Jetter]

9 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Note to Tourer owners - don't break your tail lights.  They are apparently completely unobtainium.  Even Rimming Brothers have sold out of their hideously overpriced units.

Great. My daily van has headlamps of same material. 

[2flags]

21 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Note to Tourer owners - don't break your tail lights.  They are apparently completely unobtainium.  Even Rimming Brothers have sold out of their hideously overpriced units.

Have any of you good people out there have a 3D printer? Could something be made up? I have no idea how these things work, just wondering.

[barefoot]

On 10/12/2023 at 21:31, RoverFolkUs said:

Just disconnect the battery and reconnect a few minutes later to reset everything. 

I can confirm that this worked perfectly and I didn't need to reset the radio codes.

A big thanks for everyone's help.

[Weird Car]

Getting the ZT MOT ready today, it’s going to be nice to have the 75 and ZT legal and usable and maybe it’ll stop me putting so many miles on the Austin, it’s booked in for next Saturday so fingers crossed.

[Split_Pin]

Good luck!

[High Jetter]

It'd fail on that front plate

[Weird Car]

50 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

It'd fail on that front plate

Yeah don’t worry it’s going get changed with one with legal spacing before the mot, it’s only blanked out because MR Weird car didn’t want his private plate visible on a public forum 🤷🏻‍♀️

[High Jetter]

Ah, Mr Bashful!

[Rover414]

I picked one of these up over the summer, 1.8 Turbo - nice enough, high miles but has had loads spent on it. Just need to replace the drivers door window regulator at the moment otherwise running fairly fine.

[wuvvum]

 

[Wilko220]

Just put my lovely 75 saloon in JRG up for sale. 

Thread here: 

 

[wuvvum]

On 10/12/2023 at 14:07, wuvvum said:

They're usually pretty good but they're not infallible.  A few years back I asked why my IPK screen had suddenly started displaying in French and nobody seemed to have come across it before.

(It still displays in French now, and the car's had a new ECU since then so that's not the issue.)

Started the 75 up at lunchtime and the IPK is back to reading in English again.

No, I have no idea either.

[andyberg]

2 hours ago, Wilko220 said:

Just put my lovely 75 saloon in JRG up for sale. 

Thread here: 

 

I hope you have a bit more luck than I had with my tourer, but to be fair I didn't really try very hard! These are great cars, if only rover could have survived.........

[Weird Car]

So the ZT passed the MOT then completely shat itself on the way back, we believe it’s the coil pack, then Mr WC’s 75 dumped all its coolant on its way to come rescue me 🤦‍♀️

[RoverFolkUs]

Look at this beast

Old English white(?) with the aubergine interior

Unfortunately it's a "find another" wanker asking £950 for a sans-MOT 75. And a kippered clutch by the sounds of it..

Worth it to someone maybe.. 

OMG BRAN FIND M9 !!!!

[2flags]

Lovely looking car, but, with no MoT and a suspect clutch, worth maybe £400 tops? More probably than the scrap man would give you, but I feel that is all. 

[Split_Pin]

Yes I saw that one the other day. 

It's surprising how many posts appear on the 75 Facebook pages asking if this 75 they've just bought is worth anything. Usually an example that's been out of MOT for 2 years, bits of broken trim littering the interior and beige cloth seats that are black and shining with body grease.