LHD MG ZS 180 MK2 has arrived - Page 19

Jason04r · 20-10-13, 05:27 PM

Did some work on the car today , installed left side drive shaft , manifolds , gear linkage..

I've come to a problem with the right hand drive shaft ... i can't get the friggin thing in the gearbox. When i insert it , i feel it going into the grooves then stops. I've tried hitting it with a rubber mallet but no joy so i removed all the surface rust with the Dremel to see if that was the cause but still the same. ( Got this from the same guys who sold me the damaged radiator )

Decided to give up on the drive shaft and wanted to start the car..... more problems...

Connected the battery , turned the key expecting a grumpy KV6 to come to life however all i hear is the starter motor spinning??? Thoughts on this!?

Also noticed fuel pissing out of the fuel rail pipe! Noticed it wasn't connected correctly so i tried to push the dam tubing into the rail but couldn't get the rubber o-ring to pop in. The o-rings really hard so i've ordered a couple to fix this issue...

Thoughts ?

petet16 · 20-10-13, 06:10 PM

Not sure about the drive shaft problem.

Is the engine turning over, or not.

Jason04r · 20-10-13, 06:12 PM

No , just hear the starter motor whizzing

petet16 · 20-10-13, 06:40 PM

Not a very technical answer, but try giving the starter motor a whack with a hammer.

Jason04r · 20-10-13, 06:57 PM

R/C term lol

The starter motor runs when i turn the key, can physically hear it spinning.

Got to wait for o-ring to come before i'll try again ...

Jason04r · 27-10-13, 07:42 PM

Well today went well . Managed to get the driveshaft in on the first whack , amazing what a clear head and another day can do . Everything's connected now and after fuel leak from the other side of the fuel rail I started her up ( gave the starter motor a good hit with the hammer). Sounded like a right tractor as I don't have the gasket from manifolds to exhaust haha , ran for about 10 seconds.

Just need a few things now to get it road worthy.

Lack of pictures as everyone's seen a kv6 In a zs haha

petet16 · 27-10-13, 08:35 PM

Great news, another one back on the road.

peterzs · 28-10-13, 08:39 AM

Well done, always a sense of relief when it comes alive.

Once there everything else can be sorted.

Soon be there.

Jason04r · 28-10-13, 11:36 AM

Got a question guys.

I need gasket no 3:
http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-GRID003507

Would i need exhaust paste for this or will the gasket be enough.

petet16 · 28-10-13, 12:48 PM

For me I'd use some paste on it, just to be on the safe side in case of a slight mismatch between the flanges.