And yet more reading for you from MG-Rover.org in this
thread.
And another non electrical option, this is a quote from Andy
'Scarlet Fever' Phillips - "If you only want it as an emergency
access type thing, you could pop down to Halfrauds, buy a pushbike rear
brake cable for sick squid and install a manual boot release. Hide the
end of the cable somewhere only you know about and bingo you never need
worry about your keys and the boot again - works for me!"
....fit a coolant level alarm
Tony Thompson has
this article giving fitting instructions.
part of the cost cutting exercise that MG made on the TF was to delete the
light from under the bonnet. Retro fitting one is a fairly easy task and
certainly DIY-able.
First of all, get yourself a light, it is exactly the same as the
boot light, so a breakers yard would be a good start. I fitted mine by
using the earth plunger switch at the back left of the bonnet. This is
used for the alarm system, but also doubles as a light switch. I took a
live from the under bonnet fuse box with an in line fuse, and the earth
from the plunger switch, running it behind the plastic cowl at the rear
of the bonnet, I fitted a piggy back connector to take both the alarm
and light earth connectors. There is already a cut out in the bonnet for
a light and I fed both wires up to this. I used the appropriate crimped
end connectors and tided the wiring up by wrapping it with black
insulating tape.
...fit a starter button
Broon has a section on fitting the Demon Tweeks starter button
here. No doubt it could be adapted for other kits.
The good Dr Bell has
this how to on fitting a S2000 starter button
...fit Rover 800 stalks
Chris 'cjmillsnun' Mills over on the MG-Rover.org forum, has put
together these great
instructions on how to fit Rover 800 instrument stalks, to give
adjustable intermittent wipe. NOTE - this project is on-going with
regard to the intermittent wipe, the clever sparky bods are trying to
come up with a solution. Still worth fitting the stalks though.
...fit heated screen jets
For those cold and frosty mornings, Tony Thompson has the answer
here.
Chris T on the MG-Rover.org forum fitted the
Webasto kit.
...get your cigarette lighter to illuminate
Although the MGF cigar lighter has an illumination ring around it
(even the bulb is fitted!) this never comes on.
This
page tells you how to get it to illuminate.
...fit
T-Bar speakers
the pre- MY2000 MGF and MGTF 115 came without rear T-Bar speakers,
Rob Bell shows how to retro fit them on his web site
here.
Dieter also covers fitment in
this page of his web site.
Garvin has this page on how he fitted rear T-Bar speakers.
...increase the range of the remote handset
(blipper / fob / zapper)
the easy way is to hold the remote under your chin then press the
lock/unlock button.
the less easy way is to follow
these instructions from the MGF FAQ web site. It involves finding
and straightening out the yellow receiver wire.
another possibility is to re-synchronise the handset. Have a look
near the bottom of this page.
