Thanks to those wonderful people at Executive Motoring Services, Gertie is feeling a lot more loved. A nice, thorough Level 2 service, complete with MGOC discount. The bottom tray needs replacing but has been temporarily fixed with cable ties. Excellent… …apart from my suspicions being confirmed. Yes, there are problems with the intake manifold. Yes,… Continue Reading
Category Archives: MG Diaries
Tick rattle, tick rattle, thump thump, tick
Gertie has been ticking and rattling a bit. Probably due a service (time wise, not mileage – still 5k+ to go according to the trip) have it checked then. Until this afternoon. At speed on the dual carriageway, much more noise. Things dropping off, bang, crash. The tray on the bottom of the engine bay… Continue Reading
On the rails
What’s the point of having a Tourer if you don’t go touring? The trouble with an ever expanding family is luggage space, so we need a dreaded roofbox. And for a roofbox, we need roof rails (or coffin rails as I’m sure we used to call them, when Tourers were estates). Before, during… Thanks to… Continue Reading
Indecent Exposure
Or problems with flashing. Midgie’s indicators stopped flashing but they all happily lit up. Relay problem. Replacing the relay is easy. If replacing with the original Lucas “8FL” type then it a tool free job – head under the steering wheel, pop out the old, pop in the new. Why have two terminals… A more… Continue Reading
Rarity
According to http://www.xpower-mg.com/mg_prod.htm, there are only 41 ZT-T 180 2.5 Plus Sport V6 Auto Tourers registered and taxed in the UK. Meg is a little more common, 248 of her original specification. The world just gets smaller every day. JAG Continue Reading
Power to the steering
She’s back, fixed. New pipe, new power steering fluid and Gertie is back on the road. JAG Continue Reading
No sense of direction
Disaster! Phone call from damsel in distress – Mrs JAG. Power steering failure in Gertie. Turns out to be a burst pipe. Awaiting arrival of replacement. JAG Continue Reading
Creature Comforts
Not so much a luxury nowadays, a proper ‘plumbed-in’ hands-free car kit is almost a necessity. I hate bluetooth headsets with a passion! So, instead, a pair of Nokia CK-7W bluetooth hands-free kits for the zeds. I have been through many hands-frees, and have to say that Nokia make the best kits, worth a little… Continue Reading
First outing of 2008
The sun was shining, I was in an MG mood today. So I took Midgie out for her first run of the year. Despite not being used for a while, she started straight away and ran like a dream. A nice run out to warm her through before popping into town. As she tends to… Continue Reading
…breathe out
After a good run out, a purely subjective opinion was that, yes, with the K&N CIS the car does feel a little more responsive. But that was just the start. Today was service and MOT time. The exhaust has been making awful noises so I prepared for this by getting hold of a nice new… Continue Reading
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