MK2 Firefrost Red V6 Saloon

[LukeZS96]

This is a great thread. Giving me plentey of motivation to get mine started, just have to get the funds up first.

[Big-Jay]

Originally Posted by LukeZS96

This is a great thread. Giving me plentey of motivation to get mine started, just have to get the funds up first.

Cheers,

Glad it motivates you !

[Big-Jay]

Been back at it today.

I took the hubs down to a garage on Friday and had them push the old bearing's and ball joints out. £20 all in which I thought was reasonable. Will be the same again to put the new ones in.

Here are the bare hubs -



Degreased, wire brushed and then primed -



And painted satin black -







Ive ordered all the new bits I need to get those rebuilt so they'll be here by the weekend hopefully.

The engine's been sitting on a pallet since I removed it from the car but I've also made a start on that today too. Here it is -



Various bits removed ready to be refurbished -



Drive shafts have been marked up so they go back together as they came apart.

As the engine stands now, belts exposed ready to be changed -





The guy I bought the car from said the belts had been changed pretty recently and upon closer inspection this appears to be true as they are aftermarket belts. Although they look in good condition it would be unthinkable not to change them and all the other serviceable items whilst I have the engine in this state.

Should be nice and easy to change the belts now it's out too.

There's still a lot more that I want to take off and refurb and the engine needs a damn good degreasing too, but won't be touching this again now until the cars rolling.

Jay.

[Lukeus101]

Awesome progress mate

[Big-Jay]

Bit of a milestone reached today, she's back on all four wheels for the first time in almost four months ! Won't be for long though as I'm going to make a start on the rear tomorrow.

Anyway, here's a few pictures of the process. New bearings and ball joints -



Took them down to my local garage and had those pressed into the hubs -



N/S fitted back to the car -



Same for the O/S -



Popped the wheels and discs back on and rolled her outside into the daylight -







I knocked the knackered outer CV joints off the drive shafts and have pushed those into the drive flanges and nipped up the hub nuts just to keep the bearings together whilst I rolled her about.

Surprising just how little these cars weigh without the engine in. Really noticed it when I tried the wing on, sitting like a monster truck at the front even on the Moto-Build springs.

I had a tidy up/organise of the parts that were lying around, a good sweep round with the broom and then turned her around and pushed her back in ready for me to make a start tomorrow -



Finally, I purchased this little VIS tester machine from a guy over on the ZT & ZTT Owners Club page on Facebook -



Can't say I'm a Hugh fan of the MG Facebook pages for various reasons but it does pay to have a scroll through it from time to time.

I'm seriously impressed with this, it's good to know there are people out there in the MG/Rover scene making things like this to such a good quality for our cars.

I've tested both my VIS motors today and both are dead unfortunately, can I get these refurbished or will I have to replace with new ones ?

Jay.

[peterzs]

Proper Job.


Dont know if Discounted MG spares do them, might be woth contacting them https://www.themgzs.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=25197

[Dan1971]

Most guys have tried to refurb the vis motors and as you are clearly a "do it myself" guy, I'm sure you'll manage.

They come up new from time to time, but not often.

[Maxfly]

Beautiful work Jay, I believe there is a guide here or possibly on xpf on how to refurb vis motors. As Dan says, sure you will manage to resurrect them if possible. Usually soldering or motors inside that's go.

[Big-Jay]

Originally Posted by Lukeus101

Awesome progress mate

Cheers bud.

Originally Posted by peterzs

Proper Job.

Dont know if Discounted MG spares do them, might be woth contacting them https://www.themgzs.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=25197

Originally Posted by Dan1971

Most guys have tried to refurb the vis motors and as you are clearly a "do it myself" guy, I'm sure you'll manage.

They come up new from time to time, but not often.

Originally Posted by Maxfly

Beautiful work Jay, I believe there is a guide here or possibly on xpf on how to refurb vis motors. As Dan says, sure you will manage to resurrect them if possible. Usually soldering or motors inside that's go.

Cheers guys,

Been browsing the net and found a really good guide on YouTube on how to repair the VIS Motors.

Link - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_4NNxnxKugI

Looks like it's a case of oil ingression that ultimately kills them. Simple strip down, clean up of connectors and a bit of fresh solder should see them working again. Will have a crack at this over the next few weeks.

Had a look on dmgrs and found they sell both motors new for £130. Will try and repair mine but if it all goes tits up I may have to bite the bullet .

[stamford]

Unfortunately our Pete was the one who would refurb the vis motors for us. I have done them a few times. Normally a bad motor or dry joints on the v3 switches is the cause. soldering iron, solder sucker and an eye glass would suffice.