Try searching for campervan lining 4 way stretch. that stuff is very similar to carpet. There may be some that is quite thick...It may be better to do each side in 3 pieces a strip each side with another panel in the middle overlapping the side bitsas I said I'm still kicking ideas around. I can't sew for shit so that pretty well leaves a cut a sew method out.
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OK. Here is a straightforward answer to your question.Looking to change from sealant and pump to a spare wheel, so my question is what size tyre would be required for it to be used on all wheels
I understand it would also have to be a multidirectional tyre. (16 inch wheel) Thanks Glyn.
My 2004 MG TF has Sport Pack 2 which means that it has ABS, 4 Pot red brakes and 16" 11-spoke wheels. It has the offset sizes: 195/45/16 on the front and 205/40/16 on the back.
The spare, as standard, is a 14" steel wheel with some weird size tyre that brings the total diameter to the same as the other wheels. The problem, as Airportable says, is that if you get a puncture on the front you have to fit a back wheel to the front before fitting the spare to the back. So I ditched the space-saver wheel!
The good news is that since you have no spare wheel you can forget all about the space-saver wheel and seek out a 16" 11-spoke wheel with either a 205/40/16 or 195/45/16 tyre.
I can vouch for the fact that a 16" 11-spoke wheel with a 205/40/16 tyre fits just fine into the spare wheel slot in the front. This is what you need!
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Have you thought of selling them through Mgfntfbitz or Mike Satur. A coolant alarm is conspicuously absent from their sites
Err... Sorry to be slow on the uptake.
It's a good idea - except, I just about make them fast enough to cover the amount I sell now. I only do it as a hobby and I don't really want any more business than I already have.
Thanks for thinking of it, though.
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Thanks for all of the generous comments.
As it happens, I picked up the original idea from a post here on The T Bar. The original poster was never interested in pursuing the idea but I made myself a prototype before refining the alarm into a saleable item. I tested the market with help from 10 members of this very forum who provided some enormously useful feedback before I started selling them on eBay back in 2019.
It was never my intention to make a load of money. I never expected to sell more than a few! It was started more as a hobby and to help out fellow owners of MGF and TF cars. I still make them on my dining room table when I have some free time!
They have found their way to every corner of the UK and Europe. There are quite a few Down Under and even some in the USA and, of all places, Russia!
There have been numerous refinements over the years. Fortunately, they have been very reliable, as I dread the prospect of needing to provide more than the very occasional support I have needed to provide so far.
As for ASDA, if I were to make them any money, I'd need to double the price at least 1.png
Thank you to everyone here who has bought one or recommended them to others 
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As said previously, you don't need to drain down the system to change the expansion vessel, as it is the highest part in the cooling system.I have recently discovered a small crack in the expansion tank...... I have bought a new one but is it possible to change it without having to bleed the system if I clamp the pipes soon as I take them off?
Thanks
- Start by draining, sucking, or syphoning the coolant out of the vessel.
- Undo the two screws that hold the tank in position.
- You can then lift it even higher before removing the two pipes and keeping them held up.
- Fit the new tank and reconnect the pipes.
- Replace the coolant.
- It would be sensible to bleed the 3 points referred to above.
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