My life in cars - New Shite! MR2 Mk1

[Somerset Suffolk]

Love a MR2 ! back when I had mine, they were £200 and genuine front wings were £20 second hand and £120 brand new from Toyota - I still use the yellow wheel choc in the tool kit to this day - Think of got a brake master cylinder for a mk1 in a shed somewhere ? !  

[Joey spud]

Back in the day the only memorable break down with these was rain water would drip through the vents on the engine cover onto the alternator causing it to fail/bearings to seize.

[Somerset Suffolk]

1 hour ago, Joey spud said:

Back in the day the only memorable break down with these was rain water would drip through the vents on the engine cover onto the alternator causing it to fail/bearings to seize.

yep ! and if you jet washed it, the plugs could get wet and cause a miss fire - wish I still had mine !

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On 31/01/2026 at 14:17, Joey spud said:

I know exactly where this photo was taken as I used to sometimes park at the same spot in my RAC van when I had a meal break down that end of the county.

That's really cool! I've had a look on street view and it ties up perfectly, it hasn't changed at all in 35 years either!

I've had the wheels all off today and given the car a bloody good wash and thankfully I haven't seen anything which I didn't know about so that's always good, I didn't take many photos though

I'm a bit annoyed as I can't get in it in my garage yet as I still have my dad's Ford Popular in there, it's been too wet for him to drive it home, which is about 30 miles away, rather him than me though, it's horrible to drive!

The Manta is being a bit of a twat at the moment too, I took that for a quick spin a few weeks back and the brakes kept locking up, I stripped the brakes down and found the rear cylinders had seized so I swapped them out for some new ones, no problems, until I bleed the brakes and the master cylinder blew!

I stripped it off yesterday and started trying to find a replacement, it's like rocking horse shit, after ordering the wrong one on eBay and thankfully getting it credited again I drove down to Past Parts in Bury St Edmunds this morning to see if they could help.

They could fully rebuild it for £240+vat or supply a seal kit for £27, being a tight arse I've opted for the later, fingers crossed that works or else I'm starting a Onlyfans page selling feet photos.