Thanks Ian, it's update time!!
Please excuse the photos, I know, they aren't up to my usual standard. My camera battery has run out and I need to get a new phone after my son decided my old one needed to be flushed down the loo!
I finally have the V5 for the Rover for the DVLA, this now means that I can 'transfer' the engine over to the MG. I have spoken to a really nice welsh woman (I love women with welsh accents!) and all I need to do is amend the MG's V5 and send a copy of the Rover's V5 with a covering letter and it will be updated. I need the Rovers as once I have everything it will be scrapped.
The engine is out of the Rover. I have to say this must be the best built Rover that came out of Longbridge! It came apart like a dream!!
This is what you are going to need from your donor car:
Engine
Alternator
Engine loom,
Cooling temp sensor,
Crank sensor,
Air temp sensor, haven't found that yet!
I am retaining the Rover ECU for now so I need the ECU, immobiliser and crank sensor from the same engine as they are a paired unit. I have a post 2001 engine, the ECU is different from the early ones running a wasted spark rather than the dizzy, in my opinion this is the one to go for.
With regard to the loom I have decided just to remove everything, so remember the ring around the ignition switch and they remote fob and keys.
It depends on your bellhousing but as I am using the Frontline one I will need to get a 1.4-1.6 flywheel which is slightly smaller than the 1.8, not a bad thing as it will have the same sort of effect as lightning the 1.8 flywheel.
Your donor car will end up looking like this!
After a bit of sourcing and phoning around numerous scrap yards (find someone who banger races fords, they'll know someone who has a 2.8 type 9. Banger racers want the 2.0 type 9 due to the gearing. If you're lucky like me you'll find one who had one 'mis sold' to him!) I have an XR4, apparently recently refurbished Ford Type 9 long shaft gearbox in a beautiful shade of white!
I took the top off and the fluid is nice and fresh, it looks good, not filthy. However, it will still be stripped and the seals and bearings replaced.
A word on tail shafts. I believe if you put one of these in a dolly then the lever sits too far back. You can 'cut and shut' the tail housing to move the gear leaver. I won't go into this because I had a sit in the MG and for me the lever will now sit in the perfect position.
All I am waiting for now is the bellhousing, engine mounts, gearbox mounts, water rail and starter to arrive from Frontline so I can get everything mounted and mocked up. This may take a while as I'm on the waiting list for the bellhousing!