MG Montego Turbo goes

[Jeff Turbo]

Had a mate of mine who used to race Turbo's in the 1980-90s look at the car awhile ago and he couldn't find the running problem. Had another look at it today, removed the carb yet again, cleaned, reset, checked timing, checked everything I know and still the same so for the first time ever I'm having to send the car away to get running properly and it's going to Retro Sports so sort as I've now no idea what's wrong with it. On another note, it's been 10 years since I bought this car for my son, where did it all go

[Jeff Turbo]

That's the car on it's way and the transport driver has a barn with various Maestro/Montego parts and cars in so will follow up on that

[Jeff Turbo]

Just a little update. Carb was found to have a fault somewhere as petrol went into it but nothing came out even after another strip down so I delivered my spare, got the car running but won't tick over and the crank sensor is also faulty giving off unstable readings so sent off one of my spare ones. Chris didn't know what the problem was with the original carb, just that it had a fault. So getting there slowly

[Jeff Turbo]

Little update. Chris couldn't find anything wrong with the car after replacing the carb and crank sensor as it didn't improve anything so between us it was agreed that fuel must be completely off, so removed the petrol tank and drained it of all old fuel including the fuel lines, apparently lots of gunge came out of the tank, fresh fuel in and starts on the button. Just needs a carb tweak then hopefully done by next week. I knew the fuel was old but didn't know it caused this problem, will be using a fuel stabiliser in future for the winter.

[Jeff Turbo]

Another update on the car. Dropped by as I was passing, once warm it runs sweet and goes very well but is a pig to start when cold. Stepper motor wasn't stepping out so that was removed again and stripped down. One of the cogs inside was jammed against the body and had broken off, Chris tried to glue it back on but that didn't work. Luckily I have two spare steppers so will drop those off Saturday when passing. Taking awhile but getting there

[Jeff Turbo]

The car was delivered a couple of weeks ago so back working on the car today, door cards finished, other little things all in, tidied up what Chris didn't do in the engine bay, changed the fuel ecu, starts on the button and doesn't show overheating on the temp guage now. But found a leak in the heaterwater pipes connecting to the matrix. Remove two of the bolts but the last one just spins round. 20 mins later the dash is out and the matrix removed

[Jeff Turbo]

Pipes separated from the matrix and had to snap the existing once I'd found my last spare. In the process of de-rusting and painting the pipes atm, they are in good condition though with only surface rust. Found two replacement gaskets but Rimmers only had one 0 ring left and one earlier type which is the same as a Rover SD1, so I bought both. Hoping to put back together over the weekend and carry on.

[Jeff Turbo]

Well lucky me, managed to find another pair of seals after looking at this parts list, arrived this morning so happy days as know doubt my sons other project will need new heater seals and I now have spares

[Jeff Turbo]

Dash back in, couple more things then we can book it for an mot, after a major clean though