Thanks mate. I know the asbestos thing in Aus is huge, and once found somewhere the removal blokes in their sperm suites with their asbestos sniffers and the dump sites make an absolute fortune. We dealt with some buried asbestos in a yard a few years ago in QLD, and the cost was horrendous.
Best i start to make a few enquiries and dont leave it until the week before we put it on a boat.
I know the brake Pads are ok, but as you say, references might very well be needed.
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By the way guys, thanks for the welcome, been following this forum ever since i bought the car. Full of excellent information.
Bruce, A big thank you to you for your help. Will message you directly.
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Back to Brisbane, QLD boy from way back. Been jumping across the Tasman more times than i can count, and last move over here was so My wife could be closer to her mother who is 98 this year. Kids and Grandies are in Brisbane, so we will head back there, naturally taking the "f" with us. One question though, Australia are particularly concerned with Asbestos in cars. Now I'm presuming there is none in the MGF. More so the clutch. Never had it out, and all brake pads are new, so none there according to Rimmers, who only sell "green" pads, so i'm told.
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I'm the owner of a 1998 Mgf, Non VVC, BRG, black top, 91,000 km's, first registered in 2000, for the past 4 years, and have visited this site once to twice a week just to keep up to play with the world of the MGF. A couple photo's attached.
A bit of background, i live in the bottom of NZ in Central Otago, and the summers are generally great to put the roof down and go for a bit of a run. However, work keeps me from doing this too often, especially as we work weekends.
The car was a bit of a mess when i got it
A, heater pipes were rusted out, so no heater - since fixed
B. Fan didn't work on one or two, - fixed
C. Head gasket blew, - Fixed
D. Dent in floor plan, with a bit of surface rust - Fixed
E. New front rotors
F. new front wheel bearings
G And lots of other small bits and pieces.
F. Suspension was already converted when i purchased the "F"
Not being a mechanic, you can imagine the cost to have repairs done, but what a great little machine. Did 800km in November last year to attend a Motorama in Te Anau, and did a scenic loop on the way home, and it run like a dream. Local petrol heads don't rate it, but they are not driving it. Big classic car/hot rod/petrol head culture in this part of the world.
Last thing to do is the low coolant alarm, and i jumped on ebay to buy one of BruceTF135's, after all the comments on the posts, but ebay is telling me " no post to NZ"
Can you help me out Bruce. I'm actually and Australian, married to a kiwi girl, and we are heading back to Aus in the near future, year or so, and as Cobber and the other Aussie's comment on, with the heat there, the alarm is a must.
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