can I come play now guys?

[MG Man]

Corsa when my parents get bored with it, maybe I'll cage it and hit the gravel
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[Plex]

MG i never heard any pug owner camber their cars, i could be wrong but i never did my..Correct me, the rear suspension of these cars is it a torsion bar or shock and springs?

[MG Man]

not sure
I haven't looked yet
belly prevents it
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[Red Dawg]

Torsion beam I believe, not adjustable if memory serves me correctly.
If the alignment is truly out, then it means that something is bent.
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[MG Man]

I know something is wromg because there is some serious knocking around when I go over bumps
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[LionTamer]

that can be a few things like shocks bottom out, the torsion bar has serviceable parts in their that needs to be changed after a while, cant remember exactly what but i did service to mine about 1 year ago. But it wont be camber on the rear unless something is bent, but if only when going over bumps if the car is lowered, how low? cause the bump stops could be hitting on the chasis also.

[MG Man]

car is stock ride height
it's not bottoming out...........I get clonks and noises over bumpy roads too
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[LionTamer]

Seems that you may have to do some scraping of the rear suspension to find out, why dont you check Curtis & those guys in El Socorro to do a test drive, they running a what i call a Peugeot bamboo, they may very well be able to tell you whats the problem as they working on these cars every day now for years.

[MG Man]

cool
Plan is to go by Hobbes on Saturday tho
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[LionTamer]

well that should definitely let you know whats going on, let us know what the issue is when you get it diagnosed correctly.

[MG Man]

ok so here's the deal:
he's going to rebuild the rear end; remove it, send it to the machine shop to rebuild the torsion bar (more details when I fully understand the process), including new wheel bearings, but we'll do that in January.

For now, main priority is to replace the timing belt as a precautionary measure, and replace the solenoid in the transmission that is causing the BANG when upshifting from 2nd to 3rd
He said the slip in the tranny isn't to bad, so might not require a rebuild, just a valve replacement and some piston oil seals, which we'll do in January along with the rear end.......all told, maybe 5-6k in parts and labour, which is not bad on a car we paid 20k for, and considering it's otherwise like new. Hobbes commented that the car felt and handled pretty good, and expects it to drive like new with the rear end sorted!

I'll see if I can get pics of the work as it progresses
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[Plex]

I had a feeling the tranny issues were the solenoid. We change a pair in the 307 and it working good 3yrs now.

[MG Man]

good info
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[uttamj]

david hobbes is the go to man
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[MG Man]

so................car sat 4 months by hobbes....got it back with a rebuil tranny and working worse than before, so back for another check....he said the reconditioned bands were not working properly so he gonna buy some aftermarket ones.......sigh
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