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That's great, cheers Scott. I'm on the hunt.

No joy at my local MG factors - they've turned into a Moss, so they only really do 'historic' MGs, sadly.

I think I'm correct in saying that the only genuinely critical element that needs to match up is the number of hydraulic connections, and the bore size of the master cylinder. Everything else could theoretically be adapted (eg connection threads, reservoir locations). Doesn't answer your question th...

Yeah, cheers Dave. I'm already scouring the net for SJC10007.

There's an MG specialist not too far from me, so I'm planning on dropping in on Thurs and seeing what they know.

Unbelievable. Just been out for the weekly shop, took the Vitesse to see if I could still hear a knock. Gave up knock hunting when the brake pedal started sinking to the floor when waiting at a junction! It's too wet, cold and dark to do any serious looking for a few days, but obviously I suspect ma...

Interesting re: the powersteering from dead-ahead. My Vitesse is similar. It had a new PS pump last year, and I am hyper sensitive to any issues with it as it was the old steering pump that ultimately killed my headgasket (the powersteering pump drives the water pump via a drive key on the rear, whi...

Ha! Nice.

Excellent work! Get yourself a manual boost controller once you've got a few miles under your belt and ironed out any wrinkles - it massively improves driveability in the real world.

When you say the imperial measurement is important, that relates to the cut length of the crush tube, right? The ID/OD measurements were metric - 12mm and 16mm, so a 2mm wall?

Cheers Dave, read that thread and meant to inspect mine. Will have to be a brave man one day soon.

I've already grabbed a couple of pairs :) Figured whilst you're proving yours and seeing how they pan out, it's not going to do any harm getting some in stock. I actually replaced mine about 2 weeks ago, but it's not got rid of my clonk. As a result, I'm investigating Powerflex purple bushes seeing ...

Aha Gordon! I did think it was you, but couldn't for the life of me remember your username.

PM-ed already

Thanks

I think this is the keyring fob from my original Vitesse, replacing an identical but broken one that came with my current car.

I actually bought a pair of those ones you linked to above yesterday, but that doesn't mean I won't be interested in some PU version, as I'm not confident they'll last a long time

HI Dave,

I'm pretty sure the one you've linked as right hose above is actually a rear hose!

I think I've found one on ebay, but I would rather have bought a matched pair tbh.

Are front brake hoses handed? I'm looking at Rimmers because I need a right front (or at least, I think I might - I'm getting some random binding, but the pads move freely, as does the caliper on the slide pins), and they seem to list different numbers for LH and RH. Can't work out why though. If I'...