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Old 29-07-13, 10:51 PM   #1
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LHD MG ZS 180 MK2 has arrived

Hi,

As some of you know i've been looking at the only MK2 180 for sale in Spain and most probs in europe at this moment in time.

Well i picked it up today , took a 9 hour drive , overnight hotel and 9 hours of driving back. Nackard is a understatement. Our hotel was 10 seconds walk from the car which was ideal.

Met the guy at 10:30 and took a look at the car. Bodywork is in mint condition which is very surprising for a Spanish car ( Bumper cars ).Interior was in good condition with no mods , seats are also in good condition. Popped the bonnet to find that the engine had been removed , no surprise as the guy said it had been dismantled.

I asked him wheres the engine and he pointed to a pile of mixed engine parts to the side of the car. At this time my hand hit my forehead.

Not only had he stripped every single part of the engine down , he also stripped the gearbox down to the gears. Finally found all of the engine and various other parts and filled the boot and rear seats.....

Winched it onto the recovery truck , went to sign over names and set off home.

So ,

Having a quick look when i arrived home , i need the follow:

Driveshafts
Radiator
Gearbox

This is what i've noticed so far. I'm not a mechanic and nor have i changed an engine before so this is a big project for me. i've already got an engine on the way from Zred

I hope i can ask dumb questions along the way into this build.

Pictures shall follow tomorrow !

Thanks

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Old 29-07-13, 11:01 PM   #2
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Ask away, I'm sure the members on the forum will be able to provide all the answers to your questions.

Why on earth did he strip the engine and gearbox so much, did you get any information about the original problem
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Old 29-07-13, 11:53 PM   #3
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My only concern now is the parts needed to swap the 75's kv6 ive sold you, into the ZS is fairly straightforward with both sitting next to each other. Now this is completely stripped could make it a ballache mate! Ill help as much as i can from here.
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Old 30-07-13, 12:18 AM   #4
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Original problem is he drove through deep water and ingested a fair amount of water.

Ill post a pic of the amount of peices I have from the engine.

I'm not going to rush this build , I have all the time in the world to complete it . Well until the head gasket on my Astra fails completely lol

Parts are near impossible to get in Spain for the 180 so most of them will need to come from the uk.
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Old 30-07-13, 08:03 AM   #5
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Here I go again but Dan1971 is breaking a 180 so you'll get what you need from him I'm sure. Can't see why he stripped the box though, daft. Hopefully you got it for a good price.
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I hope i can ask dumb questions along the way into this build.

Pictures shall follow tomorrow !

Thanks
Hi sounds a right pig to sort out.

No such thing as a daft question, if you dont know, you dont know.

So ask away.

Good luck with it.

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Old 30-07-13, 12:13 PM   #7
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I got the car for 800 euros ( £700 ) which is bargin to say Diesels go for 4500 euros.

Cars hold there value here , i got my 1998 Astra 1.6 8v for £1700 2 years go.. i could pick one up for £200 odd quid in the UK.

The strap is to keep the garage door closed as its too big for the drive lol. I have already started de-chav'in the car. Removed the lexus lights and put the originals back in, removed amp and sub from the boot. Next to go are the alloys as i'm wanting the standard 17" in black.


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White leather door cards


Leather and suede seats:


Scrap yard of parts:


Looking through i found the reason for the engine being stripped:

Smashed piston and conrod...

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Old 30-07-13, 12:52 PM   #8
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I like the leather trim on the door cards, someone must have spent a fair chunk of money on it in the past, was it White originally or has been repainted.
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Old 30-07-13, 12:55 PM   #9
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Been sprayed and very badly at that.It was green, the guy didn't remove any plastic trim so its starting to crack in places.

It's going to need a full re-spray in the future
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Shame, it looks good in white, you've got yourself quite a project there.
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