75ZT CommunityA social community of enthusiasts, owners, appreciators and collectors. With expert knowledge of all things from MG to Rover and beyond.2012-02-10T15:30:24+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/feed.php?f=9&t=4828&mode2012-02-10T15:30:24+00:002012-02-10T15:30:24+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4828&p=45158#p45158
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]]>2012-01-20T10:54:57+00:002012-01-20T10:54:57+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4828&p=43741#p43741 I might turn the driver seat into a gaming chair for my son!
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]]>2012-01-20T09:28:30+00:002012-01-20T09:28:30+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4828&p=43736#p43736 I have decided to break the car myself as there are alot of nice bits on it being a Highline model - I think I will be able to recover more of what I paid for car that way.
]]>2012-01-19T09:26:53+00:002012-01-19T09:26:53+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4828&p=43673#p43673 Yesterday I had problems starting the car after I had just nipped into the shops. Checked the coolant, it had stopped disappearing but the oil had turned chocolate milkshake brown.
I kept my appointment with the garage this morning (thankfully it started ok and ran perfectly fine to get me there) - the guy in there said that he had only ever fitted a HG to a diesel 10 years ago on an engine where the factory had not seated the head properly. Looks like the rush to make a judgement was made by the person answering the phone, not the mechanic himself.
The garage are going to pressure test the engine this morning and let me know this afternoon.
Just to keep him on his toes, I mentioned that this forum is eagerly awaiting the diagnostics.
Let you all know later.
PS. thanks for all the support.
]]>2012-01-19T08:56:57+00:002012-01-19T08:56:57+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4828&p=43669#p43669 Many years ago my Triumph Spitfire IV was losing coolant. I could not find the source of the leak until I checked the bottom radiator hose with the engine running.
The movement of the engine was causing a small split in the bottom radiator hose to open up, when the engine stopped running the split did not lose coolant.
Could the same thing be happening with Michael's car I wonder?
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