A new day is dawning mx5 98 rusty af - sold enjoy new bloke

[brownnova]

On 17/01/2021 at 13:04, hairnet said:

so hood was put on and chap said leave it up for a week or so to let it relax as it would be tight (fnarr) at first (no yoksher or scotsman jokes please)

due to the weather didnt have chance anyway so until today

had bought a wet.dry vac to sort out the damp footwells so did that and put roof down so it was easier

was i able to put the roof back up

no

pull roof forward hook clips are 6-7mm from hooking - no manner of pulling pushing a farting about would get them closer - only need one to clip on and the other side would do as its told

ffs - was gonna message fella about it - 'you know you said its tight - is there a knack when it new'

but then had a look at the frame and theres the main bit above the seatbelt/b pillar and i moved that about and realised if i pulled that forwards it would do the same to the front of the hood

how do i do that - i dont have 4 hands and the old git isnt strong enuff to help and i cant ask bro in law as social distance bollox etc

so i have one of these and tried this - it only needed gentle pressure forward so thought id give it a go,.........

only had to ratchet a few clicks and it was enuff to seat the clip

fucks sake - it wont be unfolded any time soon now i know this

ps its still less rusty than @eddyramrod's caddy (joke ed)

this doesnt count as reliability issue right

@gm 30 sec job took half an hour this nearly happened

this was close but had a cuppa instead then went back out

as i write this its just started raining - thank fuck its sorted

 

 

Just read this and remembered when I had a new roof put on mine, I needed to be the hulk to close it! It ended up being a  2 person job the first couple of times, but the more it was used the easier it became. 

[New POD]

When I put a new roof on our mk1, It was about 3 inches away. 

I phoned mazmania in knutsford, and the guy laughed. 

Loosened all the bolts at the back, and it had enough material to close. Then tighten up the bolts. 

[hairnet]

new posh seats in after i went over the carpet with wet vac (again)

thanks to @gm captain fondler

trying to persuade the old git to come on holiday in it in september

pics when i go back out - its parked in the garden roof down so sun can air it

[hairnet]

paging all the fondlers @gm @brownnova @The Moog @tobyd @Six-cylinder 🤣

[hairnet]

is this the exploding seat belt

the yellow block with the wire looks like it goes up the reel of the belt......... or is that to tell you youve not got belt on - i drove it home the other day not wearing (dont judge me) and no bong

thanks

in other news the hood latches better if i do the passenger side first - still need to use ratchet but not as much clicks needed to seat clip - so it might be relaxing hopefully - rather than not take it down as much might remove and latch more often

 

[hairnet]

5 minutes ago, hairnet said:

paging all the fondlers @gm @brownnova @The Moog @tobyd @Six-cylinder 🤣

oh no wait toby is fondling some 2 wheeled shite but hey if it rains you get wet so its the same right

[gm]

that does look like it has pre-tensioners  

there's plenty of mk2s being broken so a replacement should be easy enough to find, should still just bolt in easily enough.

 

[hairnet]

the hood seems to have decided to be nice to me

went to work in it - came home when itd warmed up bouncing it off the limiter on the motorway

can now close the roof without any mechcanical help

only took 3 months

 

[hairnet]

@Conan called me an old man

There's fk all in tv and nowhere to go

Did bike as well

[hairnet]

got visited by a madman in a winnebago  fiat ducato 🤣

mazda of sex (yeah right) will have a new gearbox hopefully soon

massive thanks to @The Moog will

@NorthernMonkey your turn next

[hairnet]

so the rusty beast got its arse kicked round north wales

developed a rattle on the way home tho

@The Moog
@brownnova

it sounds like its coming from the back at idle or slowly - disappears when moving

what heatshields do these have?

ta

 

[The Moog]

Rattle from the back will just be something loose - turn up the stereo

[loserone]

3 minutes ago, The Moog said:

Rattle from the back

[hairnet]

15 minutes ago, loserone said:

???

[loserone]

3 minutes ago, hairnet said:

???

Milk? Urgh!

 

[loserone]

Have I out-hairnetted hairnet?

[hairnet]

That was some fat kid in a scouse shirt

Was Ian rush in the ad as well

 

[loserone]

47 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Was Ian rush in the ad as well

Are you kidding?

 

 

[hairnet]

absolutley havent seen that for an awful long time

my nerd has moved on to other things

 

[hairnet]

so ive decided to sell it 🙄

with the smol bike coming ive not room for them both

132k miles mot till september - hood fitted dec 20 - better seats fitted

dent above osr arch - 3 rusty arches but sills look ok - theres been no mentions of failure rust the last 5 years

theres a clonk coming from osr corner - bush i think (i dont have a jack so cannot investigate - only noticed on shit roads )

drivers seat belt doesnt retract properly but ill give it a clean as the lickers say that seems to cure it

has aircon but i think its just ran out (why?!??!?! on a ragtop)

elec windazz and mirrors and flip sony for tunes - no central locking tho (WTF)

got good tyres (all same make shock) have a tonneau for it also

would (and have) gone anywhere in it (fod - south coast -wales) - was planning on scotland and ireland but im doing that on the bike now

for whatever i dont just go out for a no reason drive - maybe im just getting old (i dont do that on the bike either)

it gets onto a classic policy (thru the club via footman james)

deliver for train ticket and a cake

car in manchester not far from man united footy ground dead easy to get here from anywhere

[hairnet]

oh forgot - whiney gearbox = have one procured from moog

theres a clutch for it too when i remember to go to @NorthernMonkey's tea making emporium

[hairnet]

so it started rattling (underneath - yeah like theres engine trouble on a japanese car )

so its either a heat shield or pipe issue

also clonk on rear (shock or bush)

took it to friendly garage and the arm bush is borked on one side it looks off to one side not central so thats fucked

just looking to see if its easier just to replace the arm that fcck about pressing bushes - probably as i dont have a vice to help so would have to give to someone

exhaust and rattle are the same thing - where the pipe goes into backbox from the side (on these) thump it and rattle and its blowing from that so replace and should be ok

but arch (es) are a possible problem

meh fuck fix these llittle issues and deal with the rust later

@The Moog can i steal your knowledge re bushes

 

[hairnet]

exhaust bort

gasket bort

just looking at refurbed arm from mx5 place for the price of just bushes.............

 

[Andyrew]

Is it the upper arm bush on the rear in the middle? On the wheel end?

 

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

 

just looking at refurbed arm from mx5 place for the price of just bushes.............

 

 

[hairnet]

one of ones attached to the body not the hub end

 

[gm]

https://www.autolinkmx5.com/wishbone-mazda-mx-5-mk2-rear-upper-nc1028c10-used-6178-p.asp

or 

https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=mazdadudes

either will sort you out. no alignment worries on the upper wishbone, just bolt off and on.

 

[hairnet]

bort the autolink one

nice one marra

@gm although it might need a paint :D

 

[hairnet]

got johnny wishbone

did a doh when i realised the bolt doesnt go all the way through the two bushes - its a bolt each

too long messing with swingarm bolts that are 3 foot long for the same type of thing

ffs

 

[gm]

Are you missing a bolt ? Which one - I’ll have a rake around in das garage 

[hairnet]

the ones that hold it on - i only bought one

need 3