(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in July 2015) Got a genuine strut brace for sensible money. Some of them seem to go for quite a lot on ebay but I didn’t fancy one of the cheap flimsy ones you can get so just waited for a genuine one to come up cheap enough. It […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2015) The air filter was getting very hot so I quickly made a heat shield. Doesn’t get anywhere near as warm now. Bit of CAD to start with. I always do a compression test as a record in case of any future problems. Pictures for my records […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2015) got a hardtop the other day. surprised how much it improves the chassis rigidity. thought i may as well do the diagnostics flashy light thing and check the timing as I know a previous owner had set it to 14 degrees. all good.
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2015) Something that really needed doing was a serious clean of the interior. It was pretty grubby, especially the leather so I got to work on it. The ‘walnut’ trim on the centre console had obviously been removed some time ago but the glue had not so […]
(First posted on MLR forum in October 2015) Having started work to keep rust at bay under the sills I moved on to the rear end next. As always, where required I removed any previous underseal, paint and loose stuff. Then applied Hydrate 80, before paint then waited for that to dry properly before covering […]
(First posted on MLR forum in July 2015) These Evo’s are getting on a bit nowadays and rust can be a very serious problem for some of them. I’ve been under mine enough to know it’s not perfect but is certainly nowhere near as bad as some out there. So I really wanted to make […]
I’d been looking out for some kind of storage to go in the back corner of the garage but nothing came up that was quite right. I had a fair bit of board left from boarding the roof space though so I figured I’d just make something. This way I could also build it around […]
Fortunately I was able to reuse the old garage doors and frame by trimming them down and the space left is large enough to be able to get Jem’s Mini through so all we needed was a door to fill the gap that matched the original ones. Ordinarily the cost of having a quality door […]
(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 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 […]