Lockdown plays its part or Not ?

So, as mentioned in previous thread, I have bought a few parts to Fit to the MG.

Namely LH door rubber surround,  Under quarter-light sealing rubber ( cheap foam), a bag of shiny 1/4" nuts, screws and washers ( methinks for window winder mech inside door- never used as yet, made do with rusty oddments as found there), Both inner wing splash panels + nuts/washers ( no sealing rubber for over their edges as they are all out of stock) and and and new rubber front brake hoses. This is the saga I mentioned in the previous post.

When I ordered the hoses only one arrived, even though I was charged for two. No bother I thought a quick phone call and its sorted. NO !  about 23 calls to eventually speak to someone, then easily resolved, TFFT.                         NO !  come the day of fitting the bloody things they are too short. The hose is almost stretched at 90 deg when on full lock. Deffo  not right, the hose at the caliper end is really squashed. So after a bit of spilt brake fluid and fitting the wheel to check if the suspension was out of kilter      NO ! The hose was wrong !

Look see

So, after another attempted 23 calls to MGOC trying to speak to a person, I get the happy chappy (not) who informs me " its 14 inches long innit ?  ", "Nah...all MG are 14" long mate". Despite me  informing him the overall length is relatively unimportant, its the distance between the upper and lower nuts that determine the working parameters...........and its shorter than the one I have removed !!!!!

So what shall I do ?   I don't think the "new" replacement is safe. For now I've fitted it and sat quietly fuming. Maybe I should send said photos to them which I feel demonstrates the problem. I'm getting quite pissed off with the MGOC as nearly always,  either the wrong thing turns up or not enough  quantity as ordered or what turns up is sub-standard but shiny and new.  Maybe I should sue them when I crash in a ball of flames !...            ...              ...           Rant over.

So at the end of the last sunny day all I had to do was resolve above and fit splash panels. I did decide to underseal the inner part of the wing hidden behind the panel. This has sort of been under-sealed and red-leaded, and as we speak I can't find the underseal and I have a full tin I've not seen for a year or two. Since its been decided by the family accountant we are having a new shed ( 10x6 ) better than the rotted 7x5 that holds most of the MG and a whole plethora of misc stuff ( including mice that have nibbled the sponge pads on the bike rack into utter nothingness) I found said under-seal and other parts MG wise that's not seen the light of day for years.

I did have a great idea after the half- hearted attempt at emptying the shed, why not use the "old" door seal instead of the out of stock splash pane rubber seal.......to be tried yet though as every day since has seen it pissing down with rain and a little wind.

I'll let you know how I get on with both little conundrums.....promise.