Oiling the bores and making the inside acceptable

I came home from work yesterday evening and wanted to take a look at the MG -just to inspect my investment you understand!!

I decided that it couldn't hurt to get the spark plugs out and squirt a little 10w40 into the cylinders - I've not tried to turn the engine over yet so a bit of lubrication in the bores is a good thing before I do.

Having done that I turned my attention to the interior. It's had a set of seat covers on it since the '90s and these had started to decompose. There was also quite a variety of over-mats in the car, as well as two rubber MG mats in the front and also quite an assembled mass of dust, rubbish, debris, decomposed foam etc all over the floor. After removing all of this, a thorough Dysoning brought the floors and seats back to an acceptable standard.

The seats will need further attention - the original covers are a little tatty, faded, stained and loose-fitting but they're fine for now. I'm actually in favour of replacing the lot with a black leather interior but my girlfriend likes the ochre colour so we may compromise on oatmeal leather instead.

I've just got to finish rebuilding my Maestro and work on the MG can start in earnest.