Hello from an excitable new V8 Owner

[colintf]

Hi Fraser and welcome.

I hope that you get it all sorted out soon!

[greeners]

Fraser

MKI V8 Instrument Pack

I'm assuming your car has a message centre already.......Indicator stalk will have a button in the end if you have.
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[Keith]

A brand new cluster is silly money from X part, Rimmers etc. SMC on Ebay can sell you one at a much better price.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MG-ZT-V8-Instr...item2ea9701c87

I think the car will fail the MOT if the milometer is faulty so you need to establish if the 99999 is the actual mileage or a fault!

Do your homework on your key, proper ones each have three parts, blade, mobiliser chip and remote fob for your car to run you need blade and imobiliser chip, if the chip is missing then somebody has done something nasty to the cars security system and you may have extreme problems insuring it without the oem system working as they ask the question on the forms

Here's an idea, you have a standard CDT, do you have two keys and if so do you have the bar codes in the owners manual for those keys then one can be coded to your car, ideal as a temp measure

[Italianstallion]

A brand new cluster is silly money from X part, Rimmers etc. SMC on Ebay can sell you one at a much better price.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MG-ZT-V8-Instr...item2ea9701c87

I think the car will fail the MOT if the milometer is faulty so you need to establish if the 99999 is the actual mileage or a fault!

Do your homework on your key, proper ones each have three parts, blade, mobiliser chip and remote fob for your car to run you need blade and imobiliser chip, if the chip is missing then somebody has done something nasty to the cars security system and you may have extreme problems insuring it without the oem system working as they ask the question on the forms

Here's an idea, you have a standard CDT, do you have two keys and if so do you have the bar codes in the owners manual for those keys then one can be coded to your car, ideal as a temp measure

Milage is definitely a fault, is more like 9999999. Seems like only option maybe to do as you say Keith. I'll check if I can MOT the car with the present 9's situation. Be nice to know the actual milage though, I'm hoping much lower now.

Well the battery reset hack didn't seem to work? I might not have left it long enough though, does it have to be 30 mins exactly?

[Italianstallion]

Just an update.

I've been in touch with Bigruss from the 75 ZT forum, and he's going to give me a hand with the IPK issue when he's feeling better. He'll check the car with his T4 for any other faults, and install the IPK for me. I'll get in touch with Les from SMC if he has any V8 IPKs in stock. Messengers sending me a lock in the post, and stocktake is coming round at some-point to help me fix it.

By the time I have these two problems sorted, I'll probably have a V5, and be in a position to tax, mot, and insure the car. Hope to be on the road in a couple of weeks. TBH I didn't factor in the repair costs into the purchase, so next months pay can't come soon enough. At least I own the car.

I'll keep you posted when I have some further news, and post some pics of the car soom.

Thanks for your help so far. Italianstallion

[AndyG]

Good Luck

[colintf]

as Andy says, good luck!!