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Post by studabear on Feb 23, 2015 21:11:12 GMT 1
Gotta chuck a clutch in my pals 25 in the next week or so, I've not done a 25 before, just had a quick look online, looks very straight forward, a guide on a mg/rover forum suggests removing battery tray and the front tie arm that attaches bottom arm to the front crossmember on the nearside, is this essential?
Need to decide if I'm gonna get it on a 2 post ramp or do it on the floor at home.
Edit to add its a 1.6 2003
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Post by jeoff82 on Feb 23, 2015 23:04:50 GMT 1
i would imagine doing a clutch on the deck on any car would be a proper pain in the ar*e and if anyone asked me to do it id try and get out of it! whenever i have done a clutch before on every car I think I have taken the battery tray out for access to the top of the gearbox, linkage etc, i would imagine its the same for a 25.
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Post by studabear on Feb 23, 2015 23:06:32 GMT 1
He's a good mate, he normally lifts the engines in and out of my escort whenever I've needed a hand so its the least i can do, on a ramp or the floor.
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Post by rhyds on Feb 23, 2015 23:14:16 GMT 1
Just double check which transmission it has. 2003 was a changeover year between the original R65 gearbox (Peugueot unit) and the Getrag/Ford IB5. I'm not sure if the clutch itself is different between the two.
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Post by studabear on Feb 23, 2015 23:31:02 GMT 1
Just double check which transmission it has. 2003 was a changeover year between the original R65 gearbox (Peugueot unit) and the Getrag/Ford IB5. I'm not sure if the clutch itself is different between the two. Cheers, if there is any doubt my supplier will get me both options in, don't want it in bits on a Sunday and have the wrong parts lol. |
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Post by valhalla on Feb 24, 2015 0:04:02 GMT 1
a guide on a mg/rover forum suggests removing battery tray and the front tie arm that attaches bottom arm to the front crossmember on the nearside, is this essential? Need to decide if I'm gonna get it on a 2 post ramp Good advise about dropping the link out of the suspension. The 25 is too tight (if it's the R65) to wiggle the 'box through the gap any other way. Definitely drop the battery tray right out of the way - you need to get to the gearbox mounting underneath it.....and also don't discount removing all the loose hardware on the nearside inner wing to give yourself some room. You can do the job on the floor, but given the choice, I'd put it up on a 2-poster. There's just too much floor in the way of getting the 'box through the wheelarch, unless you jack the front of the car right up in the air by a couple of feet - and that is a nuisance if you have to move it all again whilst the sump is supported on the floor (unless you are using a bonnet-gutter support beam, it all gets a whole lot easier again!) |
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Post by studabear on Mar 1, 2015 12:19:33 GMT 1
Just done this today, 7am start in my pals workshop. 2 hours done and out the door with 2 of us on it. It was a IB5 type box, my mate didn't want to remove the suspension tie arm but I convinced him, made it a lot easier, had to leave the battery tray in as the bolt heads were none existent. 1 of the gearbox mount bolts was under it so the battery tray now has a access hole.  Starter main feed was mega rusty so left that connected and wedged the starter out the way. Pretty easy job where nothing went wrong, shame they aint all that easy. |
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Post by rhyds on Mar 1, 2015 19:05:14 GMT 1
That's the big plus on Rover 25s and 45s. They're basically mid 90s cars underneath, so you can get at everything pretty easily and there's no chunky subframes to bother with (unlike the 75).
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Post by Monkey on Mar 1, 2015 20:29:23 GMT 1
I remove both tie rod arms and the front crossmember together for ultimate room in 10 mins flat  |
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Post by Karl on Mar 1, 2015 20:42:13 GMT 1
Don't think I've ever worked on a rover
Do you guys still see them much ? Must be 10 years since they went bust
Can't be that many left on the roads
And I can't say I've seen any of those Chinese mg's around either
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Post by Noberator on Mar 1, 2015 21:15:32 GMT 1
Don't think I've ever worked on a rover Do you guys still see them much ? Must be 10 years since they went bust And I can't say I've seen any of those Chinese mg's around either There's quite a few left running round 25's 45's and 75's.  Saw an old Rover 827 fastback the other day with the Honda engine look in fair nick for it's age.  |
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Post by rhyds on Mar 1, 2015 21:39:03 GMT 1
Still plenty about around here (one of the local traders has two 25s on his pitch). Apart from the head and older ones getting tinworm there's very little else that kills them. You can still get all the bits via Xpart (Caterpillar Logistics) or from specialists like Rimmer Bros in Lincoln.
As for the "new" Chinese MGs, the problem is that there's not a lot of dealers (especially outside the midlands), and the MG6 (the big hatch/saloon based on the 75) sold horrendously badly. The cheap new MG3 hatch however is selling reasonably well.
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Post by oli on Mar 1, 2015 21:57:19 GMT 1
There seem to be loads of Rovers, where I used to work, in Reddich still and they seem to be quite popular with a certain group of people. It seems to be a local hotspot for them. With good reason really - they are cheap, simple to maintain and a lot of them are fairly quick.
If you don't have much cash and want something a bit quick, but you are reasonably skilled with your hands - as a lot of people are in a an area that is still a hub of light industry are - you could do far worse.
Oli
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Post by rhyds on Mar 1, 2015 22:00:50 GMT 1
Also, there's probably still a history of many peoples in that area who worked, or had family working at Longbridge.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2015 22:07:56 GMT 1
Has anyone seen the van version lately ?
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Starter main feed was mega rusty so left that connected and wedged the starter out the way.
