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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #75 on: June 01, 2013, 09:16:16 PM »
Drained the engine-oil that I had in the gearbox & slightly overfilled it with Valvoline 80W90 GL4 proper gear oil.....

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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #76 on: June 01, 2013, 11:18:37 PM »
Today and yesterday the Headgasket was changed along with most of the other gaskets.

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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #77 on: June 02, 2013, 07:42:12 PM »
I'm really not very happy.

Went got two smaller tyres on a couple of spare rims and they STILL rub on the rear, took them off, put them on a couple of times to double check everything and its the ALLOY rim that's rubbing NOT the tyre.

You can see at the top of the picture where it's rubbed...... GGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR........

I don't get it how the same rims fit other 126 Bis but not mine.

If you are using Cinquecento Sporting alloys, you will need spacers for the rear.

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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #78 on: June 02, 2013, 10:42:37 PM »
Hi started the wee beastie up, started on two cylinders then cut down to one.  Check everything out and it looked as if a spark plug wasn't working so replaced with a new one. started up again on two and then cut down to one again, don't know what is going on it is the same cylinder that is cutting out.  I will check compression tomorrow.

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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #79 on: June 03, 2013, 10:12:22 AM »
 This was last weekend. I finally changed the fuel tank on the 126. This is probably the worst one I`ve seen so far. I could see my inline filter was getting dirty really quickly, but didn`t expect this :o
 It had about a dustpan full of rust in the bottom of it.
 The car has only been off the road for couple of years and it even looked like the tank has already been of at some point.
 The new one was a bad fit for some reason, but all done now and car is running sweet.
 Few pics.
 
 
 
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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #80 on: June 07, 2013, 11:00:23 PM »
I've never seen those rear spoilers before, they look pretty awesome! I really must come up to Sittingbourne and see your car!  :$
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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #81 on: June 12, 2013, 07:17:37 PM »
Drove 120 mile round trip to fetch a spare exhaust !

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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #82 on: June 14, 2013, 11:31:56 AM »
Drove 160 mile round trip to buy a new front panel for my '74 aircooled.

Now I need to go back and get some rear arches.

Tom
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Re: What did you do to your 500 today ???
« Reply #83 on: June 15, 2013, 07:11:51 PM »
... a bit more rubbing down, nearly ready for spraying.........splendid. :D
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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #84 on: June 17, 2013, 08:27:00 PM »

Spent the day detailing my blue 126 with stripes and put new number plates and number plate surrounds on looks much better now  ;D

Had a weekend away at MG live Silverstone, watching the racing mostly the ferraris and porsches bit different from the mgs :P

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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #85 on: June 19, 2013, 09:50:45 AM »
Keep looking at it after getting it back from the paintshop. Now its all one colour I have a better idea of how it will look.
"lil rod" is almost ready to be born!
Ohh and fitted my custom dipstick!

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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #86 on: June 19, 2013, 10:00:24 AM »
Hi Mark, so when will it be on the road ?
 Must get down to have a look at it sometime, are you still living at the same place.
 Graham

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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #87 on: June 19, 2013, 10:36:57 AM »
Hi Mark, so when will it be on the road ?
 Must get down to have a look at it sometime, are you still living at the same place.
 Graham

Hi Graham,
I have got to block it down ready for the top coat(work keeps getting in the way!) and finding someone who wants to spray satin black is a f****** nightmare! Then its just put it back together & mot? Sounds simple.......
Yes I still live same place.

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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #88 on: June 21, 2013, 11:03:13 PM »
Today I put some filler and for the next few weeks ill be doing the same-
one resprayed and another arrives- double trouble BIS style!!

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Re: What did you do to your 126 today ???
« Reply #89 on: June 22, 2013, 08:51:36 AM »
Today I put some filler and for the next few weeks ill be doing the same-

I love a bit of prep work! Start my blocking down for top cost today!
Marc