Andyrew

The frenchy has a known lazy lifter. I thought id give some snake oil a try. Its been sold for years and id heard good feedback on it on older crocks at work so lets give it a go. It did indeed shut the tapping up! Given it states that it treats up to 6 litres of oil and the big baguette takes 7 litres i happy with the result.

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The frenchy has a known lazy lifter. I thought id give some snake oil a try. Its been sold for years and id heard good feedback on it on older crocks at work so lets give it a go. It did indeed shut the tapping up! Given it states that it treats up to 6 litres of oil and the big baguette takes 7 litres i happy with the result.

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The frenchy has a known lazy lifter. I thought id give some snake oil a try. Its been sold for years and id heard good feedback on it on older crocks at work so lets give it a go. It did indeed shut the tapping up! Given it states that it treats up to 6 litres of oil and the big baguette takes 7 litres i happy with the result.

Pulling out the centre console and flipping it over i could see that there should be a little spring fitted like the other flap that functions okay. Even this one was broken but the spring remained in place due to the side of the console. 

Ah ha!

The pods were removed and i could see how the spring was held in place.  This one just about to break. 

I popped the spring out, and pulled the lids off. Grim!

Scrubbed

Wizzy woo with an abrasive disc got rid of the lobe the spring tucked behind. I the drilled the hole a bit deeper and  two washers with a oring inbetween were self tappered in place to put a light tension on the spring

 

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I'm in Dunstable but I will be popping  to godstone at some point after things ease up so that gets them further south if you wanted to meet somewhere?
My favorit was rather cosmetically modified and is stored/abandoned having been off the road about 10 years. Maybe one day I'll do something with it but for now it's bottom of the list.
It's not what I'd do with a favorit now as my tastes have changed but I was 19 at the time circa 2006 and into the then modified scene and didn't care for the norm, alot of people liked it, alot of memories with that car. 
Having no door handles or locks can create some unique stories! Note the untinted quarter glass. 

It's fine, although I don't enjoy the balls of hot metal landing on me and burning through my coat though. 🤣
I need to keep playing with the settings on the welder, it's fine laying a weld on a flat clean piece of steel on the ground, but sideway or upside down on the car it's either blowing holes or spattering balls of weld everywhere.
But as said, metal is stuck to other metal, an there's no longer crunchy bits.
That's a win in my book. Just need to figure out how to get the bloody thing started and running next. 🤣
 

Today see the mx5 on the lift for a bit of a brake check over and a rotation and check of the tyres. I drive this little car fairly spirited / like a bastard sometime so like to whip the wheels off for a check over fairly regular. 

Everything checked out okay. The front brakes got a quick strip down. Deglaze the pads and some fresh lube on the pads and sliders. 
Dropped down , wheels torqued up and fluids checked. 
 

I think this is how it's done ... 🤷
 

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@Floatylight progress has slowed for the moment, which isnt a bad thing when its a car that seems to love tedious leaks! The legend that is @Schaefft is arranging getting the calipers over from germany to get the brakes sorted, they will arrive sometime in the future so for now the saf has be shoved futher into the workshop as it was in the way at the front. I want to  complete some cheap / no cost simple jobs and complete the brakes before tackling the welding and the auto box, plus two front wheel bearings.

Tonight i wanted to pop the aux belts off and see if i could replace the bearings in the noisey tensioners. 
With the car in the air, i was greeted with this. Having hoped this was sorted after another repair the other day the car got told to fuck off. 

id previously replaced an O ring and put some PTFE on this little plug which was leaking under pressure. 
Its now not leaking from what i can see but the mounts below looked like so

The bracketry above does have some "pockets" to it which id previously seen full of PSF so im hoping it the remains of that but for now im going to ignore it.
 
 
 
 

No problem dude there is no urgency,  ill drop you a PM.

@Floatylight progress has slowed for the moment, which isnt a bad thing when its a car that seems to love tedious leaks! The legend that is @Schaefft is arranging getting the calipers over from germany to get the brakes sorted, they will arrive sometime in the future so for now the saf has be shoved futher into the workshop as it was in the way at the front. I want to  complete some cheap / no cost simple jobs and complete the brakes before tackling the welding and the auto box, plus two front wheel bearings.

Tonight i wanted to pop the aux belts off and see if i could replace the bearings in the noisey tensioners. 
With the car in the air, i was greeted with this. Having hoped this was sorted after another repair the other day the car got told to fuck off. 

id previously replaced an O ring and put some PTFE on this little plug which was leaking under pressure. 
Its now not leaking from what i can see but the mounts below looked like so

The bracketry above does have some "pockets" to it which id previously seen full of PSF so im hoping it the remains of that but for now im going to ignore it.
 
 
 
 

I can feel the tension. The saf has a noisey tensioner or two. A bit squeaky, a squirt of oil has shut one up temporarily, with them either being hard to find or expensive. I thought id see if a bearing or two could be swapped out.


With the tensioners off , the bearing on the plastic one is molded in place and the metal one is mounted on a shaft that is pressed home into the bracket 


The pulley itself was a bit worn and had some gummed up crud on it. 

The tensioners didnt seem too bad, dry and a bit noisey.  Given the car that they are from and as mentioned replacements are costly (in comparison with the vehicle value) they will do for now.
i could make other cheaper tensioners work but for now, they are low on the to do list and have some life left in them.  So i de gummed the metal one with the emory paper, i then popped the side covers on the bearings out. Flushed them with brake cleaer then forced in some sticky land rover bearing grease. 
It was then lobbed back together.  Will fire it up tomorrow and see how it sounds. 
 

Going back to the subject of neighbours, an older lady who lives in the flats opposite was walking into the car park while I was erecting the tarpaulin, so she stopped for a chat.
I explained what I was doing and then I told her about some of the concerns earlier in this tread. She laughed and said, 'You're fine, nobody is bothered, you don't make a mess and it's away from the flats. It's good to have a hobby' Then she wished me luck and said 'Try not to set yourself on fire or anything'
🤣
 

@Six-cylinder has spice hut. I have my photogenic tree. First farm yard driveway drive complete.  With the rear caliper pipe clamped off. 

I can feel the tension. The saf has a noisey tensioner or two. A bit squeaky, a squirt of oil has shut one up temporarily, with them either being hard to find or expensive. I thought id see if a bearing or two could be swapped out.


With the tensioners off , the bearing on the plastic one is molded in place and the metal one is mounted on a shaft that is pressed home into the bracket 


The pulley itself was a bit worn and had some gummed up crud on it. 

The tensioners didnt seem too bad, dry and a bit noisey.  Given the car that they are from and as mentioned replacements are costly (in comparison with the vehicle value) they will do for now.
i could make other cheaper tensioners work but for now, they are low on the to do list and have some life left in them.  So i de gummed the metal one with the emory paper, i then popped the side covers on the bearings out. Flushed them with brake cleaer then forced in some sticky land rover bearing grease. 
It was then lobbed back together.  Will fire it up tomorrow and see how it sounds. 
 

Just look at this glorious pair of scrap yard dodgers. 

Bonnet release bolted back up and trim panel back on. 

Has a wee speaker 

Which means 

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Some good news for a change, the  new n.s caliper arrived and today i lobbed that on. I also decided to repair the wear lead wires. These had be extended with a length of wire and scotch locks. I found some orange wire and soldered it on and a female connector some heatshrink sees that job jobbed. 

New bleed nipple effort leaks worse than battered one on the drilled caliper.  Replacement caliper time then. 
 the engine sump drain plug is also weeping. That explains the ptfe that was on it. 
Cars Like bloody a sieve it seems.! 
Tried to strip the shagged rear caliper down and thats got a seize retaining grub screw. 
Double bollocks