Why am I telling you this?.....
My mates son actually IS a hairdresser!
Cheers
Fred W B
[Edited on 21/11/07 by Fred W B]
A mate of mine turned up at my house over the weekend in an MGF his son had just bought. As I’ve never driven a rear engined car before, I took up the
offer of a drive and found it very pleasant, at least at the gentle cruising you can do in an urban environment.
Why am I telling you this?.....
My mates son actually IS a hairdresser!
Cheers
Fred W B
[Edited on 21/11/07 by Fred W B]
I've had 2. Much prefer front engine rear drive. The MGF is evil in the wet and once the back starts to go all you can do is hold tight and hope for the best.
It is a well engineered and superbly thought out car; if you are ever caught in a shower whilst driving, all you need to do to dry your hair is to
lean back 
Is the Sat Nav in a MGF sponsored by Toni & Guy??????
My wife had one.
It is certainly not well engineered. Two head gaskets, two radiators, rust on the offside wing, new clutch and when we sold it it had only about
60,000 miles on the clock
Great fun to drive I admit, but I did have it swap ends in the wet.
Never ever will by a rover product again
a car that sarted out as 2 metro front ends nailed together
it didn't even get real springs untill the TF
[Edited on 21/11/07 by mcerd1]
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My mates son actually IS a hairdresser!
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Originally posted by andyharding
I've had 2. Much prefer front engine rear drive. The MGF is evil in the wet and once the back starts to go all you can do is hold tight and hope for the best.
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Originally posted by britishtrident
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Originally posted by brynhamlet
My wife had one.
It is certainly not well engineered. Two head gaskets, two radiators, rust on the offside wing, new clutch and when we sold it it had only about 60,000 miles on the clock
Great fun to drive I admit, but I did have it swap ends in the wet.
Never ever will by a rover product again
Very important not to automatically blame any water loss on these engines on the head gasket, always always always pressure test the complete cooling system when cold to find where the water loss is really from.
Unless the engine has already been been cooked nine times out of ten water loss is caused by inlet manifold or radiator leaks.
The remaining one time out of ten head gasket failure is caused by over revving the engine from a cold start before the thermostat opens, Rover introduced two modifications to eliminate this problem,
A clutch problem at low mileage is rare unless caused by driver misuse.
The MGF & MGTF the clutch is either 200mm dia in the 1600 or 215mm in the 1.8.
The 1.8 clutch is the same as that used in the Rover 800 Turbo.
[Edited on 21/11/07 by britishtrident]
speedyxjs - 21/11/07 at 03:15 PMquote:
Originally posted by andyharding
I've had 2. Much prefer front engine rear drive. The MGF is evil in the wet and once the back starts to go all you can do is hold tight and hope for the best.
Same with my jag and that has FR setup. Loads of fun though
Marcus - 21/11/07 at 04:03 PMBought the wife a TF in September - within a week we had a clutch problem. The car had covered 37000 miles.
Turned out the release arm had siezed in the bellhousing - you could just disengage the clutch - then it slipped as if badly worn. We were due to go on hols in it 4 days later and ended up changing the clutch and release arm on my drive after work. Hours of fun and swearing!!
Still we got it done and drove it to the South of France for 2 weeks.
The car handles really well, is reasonably swift, looks good in black, and I really enjoyed driving it for 3000 miles.
BTW, I'm not gay or 'owt!!
big_wasa - 21/11/07 at 06:40 PMMate of mine had one and I loved it
and will have one one day.
locoR1 - 21/11/07 at 07:29 PMGot my wife one in march this year, one week later I'm putting a headgasket on it and its only done 32000 miles!
Nice car to drive with the roof down but dose your head in at anything over 60mph with the roof up! she loves it though so if shes happy.
Dave.....
britishtrident - 22/11/07 at 08:25 AMquote:
Originally posted by Marcus
Bought the wife a TF in September - within a week we had a clutch problem. The car had covered 37000 miles.
Turned out the release arm had siezed in the bellhousing - you could just disengage the clutch - then it slipped as if badly worn. We were due to go on hols in it 4 days later and ended up changing the clutch and release arm on my drive after work. Hours of fun and swearing!!
Still we got it done and drove it to the South of France for 2 weeks.
The car handles really well, is reasonably swift, looks good in black, and I really enjoyed driving it for 3000 miles.
BTW, I'm not gay or 'owt!!
A known problem on any car with the PG1 gearbox, usually caused by pressure washs/steam cleaning the engine bay.
It is generally very easy to fix without removing the gearbox --- all thats required is a bottle of coke and a 2 lb hammer. Afterwards lube the pivot shaft generously.
britishtrident - 22/11/07 at 08:33 AMquote:
Originally posted by locoR1
Got my wife one in march this year, one week later I'm putting a headgasket on it and its only done 32000 miles!
Nice car to drive with the roof down but dose your head in at anything over 60mph with the roof up! she loves it though so if shes happy.
Dave.....
Always Pressure test before you strip it down !
I have seen a very large number of K16 engines with misdiagnosed coolant loss.
One RAC man diagnosed a head gasket on a 75 Turbo when the problem was a blown up turbo unit.
Usual suspects are the inlet manifold gasket at the cam belt end of the engine, the rad or the cheap hose clips Rover were using.
If the head gasket is blown pressure test it after you build it back up and bleed the system. You must find why it lost coolant in the first place.
Always use a new inlet manifold gasket.
If it hasn't got the external PVR thermostat fit one.
[Edited on 22/11/07 by britishtrident]