Thanks for the compliments and vote of confidence, but I still think I've got more to learn......only an arrogant fool thinks they know it all, whist I'm defiantly arrogant, and probably an old fool, I try not to be both simultaneously!Notanumber post=209727 userid=17316You really have bought the right car in the right town there! What Cobber doesnt know about these cars, isnt worth knowing.
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The Jag tanks are steel. There is a bit involved in getting them out, But they are a known quantity, though thet have an odd construction in that the joint seam is inn a vertical orientation, so and water tends to want to get trapped in the seam and rust. tere is a solution once out they can be chemically cleaned and a sealing goop can be applied inside that prevents any water that might get in from getting to the seam. Of course the horizontal mounting of the twin fuel filler necks allows for the possibility of water to get in when the drain holes get blocked, but as I been around the old XJ6s and XJ12s for most of my life I know about this, so I keep those drain tubes clear. this horizontal fuel filler problem is also shared with my Triumph TR7.
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I just intend to murder the bastard alarm, once it has been banished, I can open anything I like however I can figure out a way to do it!
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The engine dying in the arse may not have anything to do with the resent head gasket replacement, you need to determine if you are getting fuel when it cuts out, you also need to determine if you re getting spark when it dies and another possibility is a blocked exhaust.
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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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Now that the fuel tank is back is snug back in it's bed, my attention has come to the scrofulous fleabag carpets that never fitted right in the first place.
The cost of getting some sent out from Pomgolia is utterly absurd, it's actually more the the cost of the carpet! all for something that probably doesn't fit much better than the rubbish that was it it!
So I went down to the hardware store and got some black marine carpet, that it pretty thin, which is probably going to be easier to from into a shape that something thicker and stiffer.
Now to kick around some ideas on how I might convince this stuff that it's best interest is to become the shape I need.
I'm thinking steam or heat gun to try and obtain a box like shape around a former.......just kicking ideas about at the moment, I don't really have a plan yet but the worst bit will be the foot wells. most the rest will be hidden by the seats and centre console.
I won't matter much if I make a total balls up of the whole thing.....it would still look better than the crappy factory effort!
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Given that a proper wheel and tyre combination fits the spare tyre space, we can probably safely assume the decision to use a stupid space saver arrangement was down to our old nemesis.......... the cost cutting bean counters at MG-Rover!
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Plastic tanks have been around for a long time now, Ford Australia first started mucking about with them in the late 70's and Ford US were using them in the mid 70's.
The phenomemon of them expanding once fuel was put in them was known about over 20 years before MG-Rover started using them. and there have been no other ill effects from this expansion other than making the tank difficult to remover from a confined space. Something that some idiot at MG-Rover overlooked when designing the tank!
Plastic tanks are fine so long as they're properly designed and constructed, indeed they offer some advantages such as light weight, rust free, good impact resistance, cost etc.
There are some disadvantages too, but these should be accounted for in both the design and manufacturing processes, obviously the expansion can be a problem as can the problem of some owners complaints of fuel smell in the car, this I believe is due to a lack of a critical additive in the molding of the tank.
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In the entire history of the universe there has NEVER been a car alarm worth having! Nothing about car alarms makes any sense, the sooner I can be rid of mine and it's battery killing habits the happier I will be. I've always hated the bastard things, a never ending source of trouble.
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Sometimes it is better to sacrifice a part than waste time money and effort trying to reuse it. Which is what I was getting at when I explored the idea of cutting through the can, it may have been the best way to get the bumper off if the can had already been mangled in the efforts to remove it.
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What do you mean my ute, doesn't look like it would be at all suitable for spotlightingSee, what did I just say, Emgee first post was only a few hours ago. It’ll be more than just cadging a spanner, they’ll be off lamping Roos in their Utes before long!
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