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MG MGF Technical - Good MG-F technical manual

G'Day All,

Recently I've been having some work done on my MG-F (99 model). Some of the work I understand, and some I don't.

I'd like to become a little more educated in the technical maintenance side of the MG-F, so, I'm looking for a good technical manual of sorts.

Something that has sme good DIY maintenance and explains to workings of the car.

Any good recommendations where I can buy in-lone line since I live in the "colonies" all the way out here in Australia.

Cheers

Sonny
Sonny Foster

Hi Sonny,

Ebay, search for "Workshop Manual MGF"

CD has heaps of info.
cheers.

Branko

Hi,
You can download the workshop here (in french or in english):
http://kidlogis.com/mgpassion/mgpassion/documentation.php
see you
Jibé

Brilliant site there Jibé, do you have the TF manual in english? Seen the French language version, but not the English one :o/
Rob Bell

Is it me?

Tried (twice)to download/open the english version PDF file(MGF workshop manual) and keep getting an error message

- 'the file is damaged and could not be repaired'

Anyone else having this problem?

Can anyone advise on what I might be doing wrong?

Regards,

Bob
R Thompson

Hi :) i have not a problem to open the english version PDF file(MGF workshop manual)

You have Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or 7.0 ?

I have download and i can read...you must have a problem with the released of Adobe acrobat.

Good day...bye :)

Jeremy
Jerem23

Can't open it on mine either - it just "freezes" to a stop.
Adobe 4.0 on mine, latest I can get on an automatic update.
John Mac

Thanks Jeremy

I have AA Reader 5.0. I looked at AA 7.0 but can't use it because it requires Windows 2000 and later - I have Windows 98SE.

I'm surprised that version 5.0 will not open the file.

Shame, the site looked excellent.

Bob
R Thompson

I'm still running AARDR6 because I can't be bothered to change. I also cannot open the UK version of Manual - or at least I can't wait for 880 pages to open.

I have the manual on cd and even get fed up waiting for it to open and now keep the whole thing on hdd where access is almost instant. I can understand problems with file size over www.
JohnP

Thanks Jibe, Able to view with no problems using acrabat 6.0
Dave Smyth 1

You should try GhostScript and GSView.
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
:)
Dieter K.

I downloaded it and opens OK in Acrobat Reader v4 & v7.

Always use "save target as" and download a file of this size before you open it.

Bob, sounds like your download may have dropped a few packets from the file and the EOF (End OF File) may be corrupted. Try again?


Branko

Thanks Branko

Followed your "save target as" tip - worked fine.

Jibé - excellent site.

Many Thanks,

Bob
R Thompson

Bob, Glad I could help. :-)

Also the site has some good videos. Fun to watch.
(again, download first, then watch. That way you have a local copy of the file in your PC.)

Branko

Hi all,
Just for your information.
It's was me that i reply to the forum about how to find the workshop for mg and give you the adress on the french web page, i don't know why my computer put the "Jibé, Paris, jbsimon@club-internet.fr" as my account, and now every time i want to reply on the forum i have this account"Jibé, Paris, jbsimon@club-internet.fr", i don't know how to remove it, it's perhaps in my cookies, so now i'm writting from an other computer, like this i can have my own account.
see you on the forum your are all great
pascandrea
pascandrea

Hi Pascandrea,
:)
this happens IMO if someone posts a link with _his_ (Jibe) anywhere.
Unwanted including _his_ Member ID (14 figurs behind thread&access)
http://www2.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgbbs&mode=thread&access=&subject=69&source=T&thread=200503030051251345

(IDIDID.. is the location where your individual figure code is)

If anyone (you in this case) keys on that link, he gets to the BBS _logged in_ as the other.
No problem so far, unless you stay in that browser window and post a new BBS message.
Personality changed, voila, faked post.

I'm afraid, but have no idea how to find the right (fake) cookie.

HTH
Dieter
PS. thank you for that link, though :)
Dieter K.

Doohhh, Mike (webmaster) heavyly improved the BBS.
All figures behind the &access get eaten until =subject.

Didn't know that until now. I think that feature for security was included a longer time ago.

However, now sure.
Jibe posted any link of a BBS Thread with his ID to any other Forum or webside. You keyed that link and changed personality
:)

Would be great if you could remember the Forum where you came from and send a message to that Moderator due to removing the ID of Jibe.

Regards
Dieter
Dieter K.

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