Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

The engine bay has now had two coats of Rust-oleum, and the mouse home looks more presentable now.

 
 

I managed to get a coat of paint on the galv subframe, so that is now ready to start the assembly process
 

The rear crash cans had severely corroded and parts of them were left behind on the bumper when i removed it.
 

The rear panel was quite rusty, i had expected this, but didnt expect it to be this bad.
 
 

30 minutes with a rotary wire brush and some Kurust, and it is starting to look a lot better.

 
 

I will paint this panel with the same Rusyoleum green, as it is pretty much all covered up by the bumper.

I also started on the re-assembly of the engine bay, i refitted the fuel lines, along with the sound deadening pad, and heat shield, 
 

There was some rust at the back of the rear wings, the offside wasn't too bad and cleaned up ok, however, the near side was bad, and had to be replaced.

 
 






 

I made up new rear brake pipes, and then on a whim made a new front to back pipe, and on doing so I managed to cross thread it where into went into the tee. Next time I will loosen the tee to make things easier.

i don’t relish doing this job when the engine is in situ.

i also made a double phone holder to replace the ashtray, and swapped out the cigarette lighter for a USB PowerPoint.

 

Digging the phone holder and USB port.
Would only need one phone holder in mine as the wife wont get in the car!

Now that the TF is back to good health I was itching to get my hands on the brg F.
Permission for this involved much haggling but I was given the green light. 
The previous owner had given up after he got the cam timing out while he was trying to change the belt. 
I got that sorted and gave it a proper service, all new filters and belts.
Hopes were high but I wouldn't fire up...no fuel. I checked for power at the pump and that was good so a new pump was required. 
Never seen one this bad.
Luckily I had a spare, after I had drained the tank, I added some fresh petrol and it started on the first turn of the key. 
A good start to the weekend. 

Result!
it's always nice having spares lying around. I'm slowly starting to build up a few for my own car.

I spent the morning going through boxes in stores & selecting items for their final journey. With everything neatly packed back in the boxes, I found I’d one empty & a space for it & so I put all the condemned items in that & put it back on the shelf.
Some poly bags & cardboard were dispensed with.
Hey ho.
M

A bit to warm to work outside this weekend, so I went out early and fitted the brake tee piece and the replaced the square nutserts, running a tap through all the others. I put some new gasket on and refitted the blanking plate, then the air box bracket, which has turned out to be something else to bang my head on.

Then I finally got round to setting up my plating kit.
The results are not bad, obviously when the parts are pitted before plating they will still be pitted after, but I am hoping it helps to keep the rust at bay.


 

Have you nickel plated those items or zinc. I’ve nickel plated several parts & found the voltage / current balance quite tricky. The first few experiments ended with an almost perfect collection of dendrites, it looked like a miniature nickel hedgehog.
Time & effort improved matters, as did experimentation with the plating solution; a nice mid green & 2 volts, going from memory.
It’s good to see there are others prepared to experiment, if only for their personal satisfaction.
M

This is Zinc plating. I bought a 9-litre kit from  eplating  after watching  this video

The hardest part is calculating the amperage required, which is 100 milliamps per square inch of surface, but once you have calculated a few, you can guess fairly well.

It's only one week since I became an MGF owner, and fortunately the previous owner did all the hard work mechanically, so I'm mainly left with cosmetic jobs and upgrades to do. Was great to find this place as well as several other sites with stacks of info about these cars. 

I've got a bunch of bits on order (single DIN wireless Carplay/Android Auto head unit, new speakers, windstop, phone mount, touch up paint in the correct paint code) so week one was attending to some basic tasks - cut and polish, interior clean, soft top maintenance, new wiper blades. And reading up on everything possible to get to know my MGF.

When I said the previous owner did all the hard work, I wasn't joking - the car comes with receipts for all this work done in the past 3 years -

Replacement engine (donor engine 70,000km) with a brand new head with 135 hp inlet & exhaust cams
Headgasket, Waterpump, Oilpump, Timing belt and Tensioner
Upgraded headbolts & oil ladder
Leads, coil, dizzy cap, rotor & sparkplugs
Cooling hoses, new stainless steel pipes and new radiator
PRT coolant thermostat system and coolant level alarm
Engine Temp Watchdog alarm
Clutch and slave cylinder, pressure plate, thrust bearing, flywheel machined
Refurbished gear shifter and new gear shift gaiter
Larger front and rear ventilated discs & pads
Stainless braided brake hoses
Adjustable Gaz Coilover suspension system
Upgraded engine compartment cross brace
52mm Throttle body
Cabin fan speed control resistor pack
Headlight refurbishment - newly metalized reflectors
New Falken tyres x5 (matching 15" alloy for the spare)
New rear window 

So my next job will be installing the new head unit and speakers once they arrive. And then installing the windstop. 

What head unit have you ordered?

steeeviej wrote:

What head unit have you ordered?

I didn't want to overspend and get a Pioneer or Sony (given the risk of fairly easy theft), and wasn't keen on a head unit that has a larger fold out screen. Just wanted something fairly inexpensive I can use to connect via Android Auto for navigation, Spotify, podcasts etc. This one gets decent reviews. Comes with a "free" reversing camera, but not sure if I want to go to the trouble of routing cables from the rear bumper to the head unit ....

https://www.eonon.com/linux/car-radios/eonon-single-din-car-radio-with-linux-system-wireless-apple-carplay-android-auto-support.html