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hi here is my new car after lots of tlc and bad bits

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so far iv had to replace
drivers side headlight dull reflecter
windscreen (broke after 2 weeks of getting the car)
2 alloys badly grazed
rocker cover gasket leaking into pug 2
new plugs as 2 where only hand tight and one was slowly unscrewing its self (luckily thread not damaged)
2 x lamba sensors
rear top ball joint
hand brake cable
front discs took 2hrs to remove the old ones with heat and lump hammer
new caliper seized
passenger window guide on glass missing
rear boot harnes broken at hinge
wind screen wiper connecting arms (broke on m6 at 70mph in heavy rain overtaking a artic new pants where required)
alarm box and sensor (old one did not work at all)

fetteling work so far
adjusted drivers window as not following rubber on wing mirror
6 days of t cut and polishing (paint work scratched and matt in places
new drivers side carpet
new grills
painted sub frames
cleaned all electrical connections in engine compartment as had faults on ecu (mems 3 pages of them no room left to store?)
fitted pioneer stereo with sub ect (sub is 6cm deep and fits behind drivers seat ) only to boos the base not used to anoy

so all in all what was going to be a cheap car for 2 years has cost a small fortune i was going to upgrade to a tf as the wife also has a mgf with air con ect so no ill keep it untill i carnt repair it any more its suposed to have a full sevice history and head gaket changed at 58k but i think it was done on the cheap milage so far 68k
i had a rover sd1 3500 se for 16 years but the rust finaly got to it reg A517JVC , if i buy some thing i lke i usualy keep it till no parts available
my bike GSX600r is 8 years old and you can still eat your dinner of it (puts some 3 year old bikes to shame

if any of you see me on my travels give us a wave
and thanks for the help so far i think im going to need some more

mark
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so far iv had to replace
drivers side headlight dull reflecter
windscreen (broke after 2 weeks of getting the car)
2 alloys badly grazed
rocker cover gasket leaking into pug 2
new plugs as 2 where only hand tight and one was slowly unscrewing its self (luckily thread not damaged)
2 x lamba sensors
rear top ball joint
hand brake cable
front discs took 2hrs to remove the old ones with heat and lump hammer
new caliper seized
passenger window guide on glass missing
rear boot harnes broken at hinge
wind screen wiper connecting arms (broke on m6 at 70mph in heavy rain overtaking a artic new pants where required)
alarm box and sensor (old one did not work at all)

fetteling work so far
adjusted drivers window as not following rubber on wing mirror
6 days of t cut and polishing (paint work scratched and matt in places
new drivers side carpet
new grills
painted sub frames
cleaned all electrical connections in engine compartment as had faults on ecu (mems 3 pages of them no room left to store?)
fitted pioneer stereo with sub ect (sub is 6cm deep and fits behind drivers seat ) only to boos the base not used to anoy


mark
So that was saturday, what did you do on Sunday :)

Nice work Mark.

Steve
Nice work Mark.Another F brought back to her former glory well done!

Bob.
Has the tensioning wire gone in the drivers side of the hood?
my expencive MGF

hi
driving home stoped for fuel and noticed a small pudle on the floor

looked under the front of the car radiator now sprung a leak

even more money Gulp!!!
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