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Nice one, glad you have someone you can trust to work on your car, pleased it turned out fine !!!

Well didn't get a great deal done today because of the weather, but i did try a few things, first i started the car reversed it out of the garage in between the heavy rain showers, Let it warm up then released the hand brake, as i live on a slight gradient, but the car just stood still, all 4 brakes were slightly binding, and, as usual when i put my foot under the pedal and pulled it up, the car slowly started to move forward. Now i have read about the spring in the servo becoming week and the air pressure over rides the spring pressure, hence applying the brakes, so to check that it is not the servo, i put a couple of wood chocks about 6 inches in front of the wheels and removed the vacuum pipe from the servo with the engine running, the air was released and ------ nothing happened. So i know it is not the air pressure in the servo that is giving me the problem, i even pressed the brake a few times just in case there was any air somewhere in the servo that had not escaped, but no movement of the car, until i again pulled up on the pedal. Well thats one thing eliminated from my long list of possible causes, just bought a Master cylinder today , going to fit this tomorrow, will update with results in the next exiting episode of "The brakes from hell "

That does help, thanks! I'm from an engineering background and for my sins I did a few years in the motor trade, so while not a professional mechanic, there's nothing / very little I can't do myself, especially after researching and seeking advice from the forums. This makes a big difference to running costs, but can eat into my weekends! There's nothing I've heard so far which has scared me off, I'll check all the usual stuff, inc rust, which I think can be a problem. Hopefully the right one will turn up when I need it, the Mrs has persuaded me I should get one for my 50th which is 18 months away, hopefully the prices don't rise too much between now and then! I'll keep an eye on it and may buy one before time if the right one comes up. The only thing that held me back is I still have a fair bit of work to do on the S-Type, and I want to recommission my MGF in the spring, and I was in danger of having lots of unfinished projects with nothing competed. Whereas, when I get the XKR, I want to be free to devote my full attention to it, and have the other vehicles to use without a ton of maintenance .

I managed to sort my cloudy headlights out with some metallic T-cut and some elbow grease, certainly don't need to spend a load on specialist kits or detailers