(First posted on MLR forum in July 2015) I’d thought for a little while there might be a bit much engine movement so I looked into ways of reducing the movement. I saw those top mounted engine torque dampers which are a nice shiny thing to stick in the engine bay but it seems most […]
(First posted on MX5nutz forum in April 2015) The first job I had to do was the brakes as they were juddering badly under any braking effort. After a bit of research I saw that an easy upgrade was to use 1.8 caliper brackets to allow fitting of the bigger 1.8 discs and pads so, […]
(First posted on MLR forum in July 2015) After spending a while tweaking the ride height and camber of the new coilovers I thought I’d check the caster to make sure everything is as it should be. The mount for the camber caster gauge is magnetic so I made some steel plates and extended wheel […]
(First posted on MX5nutz forum in April 2015) Jem and I thought, a few months back, we’d quite like a MK1 MX5 as they get great reviews all round and seem to have shaken off their hair dresser image now. So I’d been keeping an eye on eBay etc for a while, then Top Gear did an […]
(First posted on MLR forum in March 2015) Before fitting I covered the threads in copper grease and wound the rings and perch up and down a few times then set the pretension on the springs. Covers fitted and adjusters protected from damage during fitting. One of the rear strut mounts. No major rust, just […]
(First posted on MLR forum in March 2015) I’d been thinking of changing the Tein coilovers for something different for a while as they always felt a bit ‘crashy’ and were pretty old. So I spent some time reading MLR and other forums about various options such as going back to original springs and dampers, […]
(First posted on MLR forum in March 2015) I did a quick freshen up and wax back in Dec. Started off as usual with the snowfoam. Then some fallout remover before a rinse and proper clean. Then it went in the garage so I could polish it. My wife’s Mini usually lives in there. This […]
(First posted on MLR forum in February 2015) The AYC pump. On some of the hottest days in 2013 my AYC light would come on but it was fine all winter then as summer 2014 kicked off it came on again a couple of times. After a quick read it seemed it was likely to […]
(First posted on MLR forum in February 2015) After Scotland I gave the Evo another check over as it had done a few miles and had some harder use than normal. Unsurprisingly, as I’d needed to replace the passenger side ball joint not long ago, the drivers side ball joint now had a bit of […]
(First posted on MLR forum in October 2014) Jem and I thought we’d like to go away for our first anniversary and, as we did a driving holiday for our honeymoon, we figured another driving holiday would be great. We took my Scooby to Scotland a few years ago and always wanted to go back […]