i seem to have bought a yellow 180...LOL

[Ritchy]

bought the yellow 180 off goldie, saved it...for now, looks alright enough needs some brake pads, and theres a few codes stored in it and a random misfire that came up after an hour of running, but see if i can get to the bottom of it, do a bit of tidying up ect and go from there, got a few rubbish photos below
got reciepts for a new clutch last year too, says clutch servo too but looks like a new slave to me, il get a better look when its dry and light

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/302927_328445137172832_100000220463430_1490665_269 606504_n.jpg
http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/374639_328443913839621_100000220463430_1490663_848 741195_n.jpg
http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/375458_328446680506011_100000220463430_1490675_944 999325_n.jpg

[coreygraham180]

looks really good ritchy and a bit weird about the misfire but love the colour :D

[BUCKYDEVIL]

And so Ritchy's MG collection grows.. Nice addition.

[Ritchy]

stainless cat back on it too, custom made one. think the misfire is possible hego related, possible, soon see

[talkingcars]

Nice one, almost as good looking as mine :)

What codes did it come up with?

[Ritchy]

few relating to the upstream exhaust sensors and then after it got hot was saying lean bank one, and it wasnt a gradual fault just suddenly started doing it, but it seemed to be overfuelling so think it thinks its running lean then adding more fuel, started it up there and its running fine again, actually looks like its been well looked after tbh, although its got a new front bumper on it, but the slam panel is original and looks straight enough to me,
already fixed the heater controls in the car, so one fault fixed haha, interiors not bad either, small rip on the bolster and thats it
some after market alarm fitted to it too, might remove it though dependant how it looks to be installed

[daytona365]

Great colour:yay:

[peterzs]

Best colour, at least saved it from breaking, well done Ritchy.

:yay::yay:

[talkingcars]

My first port of call would be the O2 sensor on that bank, sounds like it is breaking down.

[Dan1971]

Oh no .....

[peterzs]

Yellow Rules Dan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[welshone]

Turning more common :laugh:

But it's still another ZS so :punk:

[Ritchy]

tbh i i had the choice i would either get a yellow or black mk1, think the yellow looks really smart

[peterzs]

Pity you had the silver respray Ritchy, would have had a full set.

Yellow ZR

Yellow 120

Yellow 180

:yay::yay::yay:

[Ritchy]

nah mk2 suits silver all to well;) have to say got a soft spot for this 180, lets hope it plays game

[peterzs]

Someone else on here is having misfire probs, on a 180, think they are after thottle position sensor and idle control valve, off a breaker.

Be interesting to see if you can solve this one, might help them.

Thought your silver one looked doggies bolxx, trouble is if it were mine I wouldnt want to use it. Wife always moans when we have a hike from the furthest part of the supermarket car park. Lucky we have her Punto and that usually ends up doing the shopping run, but I get caught out sometimes in the ZS.

Usually come back and have a 4 x 4 or People Carrier full of kids parked 6" away from the ZS, think they do it on purpose!!!!!!

:ohmy::ohmy:

[Ritchy]

il get the big scanner on it during the week, my small scanner usually tells me about half the story

[Stephen]

Looks good mate! :D

[Smokey]

Looks awesome, shame you couldn't swap the relevant parts to make your 120 into a 180!

[Ritchy]

ive got a 110:P and i could but i wouldnt want to, i like my underpowered car:P haha

[pheelay]

Nice one ritchy. Glad to see this one getting saved :)

[Ritchy]

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/391680_328946487122697_100000220463430_1492414_683 530957_n.jpg

[Dan1971]

My eyes .... my eyes .... :deadhorse:

[peterzs]

Think we are trying to ware you down Dan.

[fordie2]

It's amazing how even from the factory they can't get trophy yellow to match!

[Ritchy]

i know haha

[Ritchy]

tiny update, been too cold and dark to do too much, gave it half a wash the other week(literally a wipe ove)r, body work isnt too bad bar the front bumper, which i may replace, and the car seems to be the same colour all over which is fairly rare for a trophy yellow car, its a weird colour, looks completely different wet to dry, then as you can see in the last pic, a shodow makes it a completely different shade, the rear bumpers the same colour but in that pic one sides orange an ones yellow

so small update today, made a new set of plates for it at work to get rid of the "keep up if you can" MG ones which i detested, amazing how much a difference a set of plates can make to a car i think, anyway couple of pics of the new plates, nothing too exiting

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/2011-12-10123855.jpg
http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/2011-12-10123837.jpg

[Smokey]

looking good mate. I'd love a yellow ZS, may just be my next choice!

[Ritchy]

sell ye it:P

[peterzs]

Going it a bit far to spray the kayak, yellow as well Ritchy.

My front and rear bumpers are more lemon than yellow, tried to cover some stone chips with the correct colour for TY, paint touch up kit. So far off, looked better as a chip!!!!

;);):wizard::wizard::wizard:

[daytona365]

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/391680_328946487122697_100000220463430_1492414_683 530957_n.jpg

Is that a even bigger extreme spoiler on the roof?

[Ritchy]

well not much has been happening with this for a while, i moved the car up the back of the garden before we had all the wind and it had been sitting for a month or so, so i had a peak the other day, and to my disapointment...mould...seems the aerial base is leaking,
anyway after a bit of jumpstarting it fired straight up yesterday and i managed to get it out the garden,

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/2012-02-11144132.jpg

and set about stripping out the interior, only done the back seats, the floor mats and the boot carpet so far, but i took them into work and gave the seats a proper vax out in the valet bay, then i steam cleaned the mats and boot carpet and vaxed the, too, seats have come up great, nice and clean look new

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/2012-02-12135045.jpg

so just going to leave them out just now, strip the front seats and floor carpet out do the same, amazing how much dirt comes out of seemingly clean interiors, so this will be a treat for whoever the new owner is

i charged the battery up last night on trickle charge, and today i refitted the new front bumper, and removed the latches, cleaned and greased them so they work properly now,
starteing to look a bit more together

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/2012-02-12132015.jpg

[peterzs]

Bet it will be a good buy for someone!!!

[talkingcars]

When I worked at the local garage I used to borrow the carpet cleaner and do the house every 6 months or so.

I once even took the living room rug in and jet washed it, come up a treat.
(this was after the ex decided it would be a good idea to take a nap and leave the 2 under 5s to "make a cake" using all the cleaning fluids from under the sink - and people wonder why she is an ex!)

[Ritchy]

Hope so=) probably will just break even when all done though lol, ah well, yeah theyre great james, might actually buy one

[talkingcars]

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae176/ritchyp/2012-02-11144132.jpg

Do you think the kids have grown up dear?

:group: