gm's unhealthy obsession with mx5s - must be summer - the toys are back :)

[gm]

Happens a lot, mx5 parts suggest they are different between the two engines 
 

I am unconvinced

still, they get good reviews  

 

[paulplom]

Hahaha

[paulplom]

£15!! I think I'll struggle on.

[DVee8]

Now @gm, that don't look like the Whitehills,but it could be the Red Lion..

[gm]

Well spotted

[gm]

19 hours ago, paulplom said:

How much you after? Have you done a for sale thread yet?

Advert is up

remember, test drives are actively encouraged

 

 

[Tartan58]

Just discovered this thread and following with much interest.

Can't believe it's been 5 years since I got rid of my '5, I do miss it even though it was the soft and squidgy Mk2.5 - it was still great fun to thrash round Knockhill even though I was invariably the slowest thing on the track!

(happy memories of being pulled out of the gravel in your red one too - GM was driving I hasten to add, I'd never have had the balls to go fast enough to be at risk of putting it in the gravel!)

I'm very glad at the price you're selling yours at as it means I can in no way afford to be tempted although it will be worth every penny to someone.

 

[gm]

I thought it was the blue one you had a go in ? That red one certainly got around  great little car, although I don’t recall any of this “going off into the gravel” doesn’t sound like something I would do !??!? 
I’ll certainly miss this one but the exo will hopefully be even more fun, can’t wait to get properly stuck into the build. 

[gm]

enjoying a bit of sun this afternoon in Northumberland
 

[paulplom]

I don't recognise it. Corbridge?

[gm]

You do recognise it - It is indeed Corbridge, never been before but what a lovely little place 

[Tartan58]

12 minutes ago, gm said:

I thought it was the blue one you had a go in ? That red one certainly got around  great little car, although I don’t recall any of this “going off into the gravel” doesn’t sound like something I would do !??!? 
I’ll certainly miss this one but the exo will hopefully be even more fun, can’t wait to get properly stuck into the build. 

Hmm may have been the blue one I drove but definitely had a few passenger rides in the red one. I'm sure it was down at Clark's corner you had that wee off!!

[gm]

Overcooked it coming out of the chicane ? sounds about right - damn good fun though, I do miss Knockhill, my new local track (teeside autodrome) is ok but nowhere near as much fun as Knockers  

[paulplom]

9 minutes ago, gm said:

You do recognise it - It is indeed Corbridge, never been before but what a lovely little place 

There's a pub there called 'the angel'. It does the best bait ever.

[gm]

Oh for fucks sake, not again ! 

Easy remedied with a trolley jack but a little embarrassing in front of the neighbours 

[Tickman]

You need something at the end to stop that happening yet again

[loserone]

Good job it's not for sale

[paulplom]

I had a turn of this, this afternoon. I can confirm it's very well sorted. And not loud in the slightest. It wouldn't bother the neighbours at all.

[loserone]

Especially if you don't have any.

[paulplom]

Point. And unless you hated the ones you did have. ?

[gm]

Subframes and wishbones have all had three coats and are looking good. Hoping for the arrival of polly's bush tomorrow and some assembly can commence. 

not sure what to do with the alloy section of the diff casing - all black might be a bit much but wheel silver might be too bright ? The rest of the build is various shades of black, I might choose a highlight colour for the brake lines and calipers but want to see it sort of built first.

 

 

[Jenson Velcro]

57 minutes ago, gm said:

not sure what to do with the alloy section of the diff casing - all black might be a bit much but wheel silver might be too bright ? The rest of the build is various shades of black, I might choose a highlight colour for the brake lines and calipers but want to see it sort of built first.

 

 

 

How about some shade of grey for the alloy casing. Sort of keeps with the original theme without the bling factor of silver

[camryv6]

4 hours ago, gm said:

Oh for fucks sake, not again ! 

Easy remedied with a trolley jack but a little embarrassing in front of the neighbours 

Use this photo as your first photo on Ebay, but it does prove the sills are solid !

[SiC]

16 hours ago, gm said:

Oh for fucks sake, not again ! 

Easy remedied with a trolley jack but a little embarrassing in front of the neighbours 

I jack the car up nowadays and put the ramps under it. Much easier than trying to drive up it and risk that happening. Can drive back down after or jack up and remove ramps. 

[gm]

I’m just checking the history folder before someone is due to view the mx5 this afternoon and there are quite a few receipts for brake pads :

7 front and 5 rear in four years !

there were probably a couple of sets bought on eBay too  

good service history ftw ! 

[paulplom]

It's a sign it's been hammered! I'd bin half of them.

[gm]

The ones dated three weeks apart ? Mebbes a good idea  

[gm]

Pollys bush has just arrived  

I won't be needing the arb and droplink bushes as mine are upgraded so they will be going straight on eBay 

a big tub of grease and some threaded rod have also been purchased so tomorrow looks like it will be fun 

[gm]

there are still two bushes remaining to be removed, this one is perilously close to my nice new cv joint so some ingenuity was required 

upright in the vice, with a curtain pole supporting the drive shaft

and a bit of scrap metal bent to form a heat sheild

bush be gone !

Again, I chose a windy day to minimise pissing off the neighbours.

and that, hopefully, is the dirty part of the build over with  

[gm]

yesterdays task was to pair up this lot into something more useful

the trick here is to pop them in hot water to soften them up a bit, I had this little pan bubbling away on the cooker all afternoon while each bush had a nice hot bath, they need to be too hot to hold in your hand, around 15 mins

a bit of threaded bar and nuts were obtained and we're ready for action

apply grease - when you think theres enough grease on, add some more, then a bit more for luck

and get them spanners twirling

then its time for the centre tube - note this goes in after the bush has been fitted - this vital bit of info was not made clear in the instructions  

try to fit tube and bush at the same time takes a bit* more effort

it seemed to be taking rather a long time so power tools were deployed 

success ! 

22 of these little bastards took all afternoon, everything is covered in grease and I don't think my hands will ever be clean again  

surely this must be the last of the messy jobs now ?