When I lock my 2004 (Pektron) TF with the fob there is a big click and lots of flashing from the indicator lights. I assume this is superlocking enabled in some kind of automatic mode. AFAIK, you can't turn this off with pscan. I've got enough trouble with my locks as it is: the EKA doesn't work, the interior lights sometimes take 30-40 seconds before coming on etc...
We really do need a supplier of reconditioned RHD driver's side locks!
That brown and pink wire is getting snipped at the first opportunity!
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On my 2004 TF 135, before I got a pscan, I had mixed success with cheap ELM 327 OBD2 readers from eBay costing around a fiver. I have one that works with the TF and one that doesn't. The latter isn't faulty though because it works fine with my MB VIto.
These readers communicate with the phone, via bluetooth, running an app called Torque. Bluetooth is the problem here for iPhone users. My understanding is that Apple, in their wisdom, chose not to implement bluetooth in the same way as others.
One solution would be to pick up a cheap second-hand Android phone specifically for use with Torque and your chosen OBD2 reader. You wouldn't need a sim card, just download Torque via WiFi and away you go.
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I might be a bit late joining in with this post. I'll be catching up over the holibobs 
I have yet to take the plunge with a remap but I fitted a non-standard exhaust and daytime running lights a few years ago. My insurer at the time declined to renew my policy on account of the mods. However, I had no problem at all getting perfectly reasonable quotes from other companies through a comparison site having entered details of the modifications in the comparison. I ended up paying about the same as before.
So, the tip that worked for me was to make the changes shortly before renewal. Then, get on a comparison site once, or even before, the mods are completed.
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The thing is, a remap from KMaps is appealing but, having bought pscan, the SAWS remap is an even more attractive proposition being £100 less expensive. Plus, for us southerners with a pscan, we don't have to drive halfway up the country to get the job done.
I have also looked on the SAWS website. There seems to be little information about the pscan map. If you click on the 'buy online' button, it takes you straight to PayPal. No option to choose the vehicle appears. Given the talk here of poor communication, I'm not about to make the payment.
On the subject of remaps, both SAWS and KMaps show dyno graphs for the TF but, being unfamiliar with this witchcraft, I have no idea what they mean. The SAWS graph shows 2 lines. Presumably one is bhp and the other is torque but it is not clear which is which or how they compare with the standard. The Kmaps graph shows 6 lines but this isn't clear either. Presumably, it is trying to show an approximate power increase of 10% and torque increase of about 50%. But why are there 6 lines on the graph?
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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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