83 MG Metro 1 Owner from new.

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JPB
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Re: 83 MG Metro 1 Owner from new.

#11 Post by JPB » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:12 pm

Excellent, so really only a task to fill an ad break during your favourite TV show then? :D
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"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:
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MG Mal
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Re: 83 MG Metro 1 Owner from new.

#12 Post by MG Mal » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:28 pm

Old Ball joint was so dry and so shot, that it came apart!

When the base was removed I "poured" fine rust out of the void below the ball!.

New joint fitted, and a new test cert issued!.

The "Little 83 MG" is now tested till end of Nov Next year.

Result!.
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TerryG
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Re: 83 MG Metro 1 Owner from new.

#13 Post by TerryG » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:03 pm

Congratulations! Nothing feels better than a new MOT (even if the new MOT certificates look pants).
Have you taken it for a celebratory drive?
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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arceye
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Re: 83 MG Metro 1 Owner from new.

#14 Post by arceye » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:52 pm

Damn, and I soooooooo wanted that engine for the mini ;)

Brilliant stuff mate, will keep it out of the hands of the devil for the next 12 month at least.
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Re: 83 MG Metro 1 Owner from new.

#15 Post by mach1rob » Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:14 pm

arceye wrote:Damn, and I soooooooo wanted that engine for the mini ;)

BURN HIM!!!! :lol:
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MG Mal
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Re: 83 MG Metro 1 Owner from new.

#16 Post by MG Mal » Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:47 pm

I have already been over Salisbury Plain on the main drag in it, before the test.

The car came woith short T+T , and having done only 15 miles since it's last test, I decided to get in a much "go-kart" fun as I could before the test to "loosen things up".

Suffice to say the car has settled it'self back into regular use!. :mrgreen:

And I am now looking at quotes to sort out the external finish.

Mal.
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