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Good updates

Over the past week or so the mx5 has occasionally stalled when stopping at junctions, not the end of the world and I'll look at it at some point. Yesterday however it went into overdrive stalling every time I stopped and was very difficult to restart. It smelt very rich too & was giving comedy loud bangs from the exhaust between gear changes.

After doing a bit of research the mx5 forums were united in a dirty throttle body and maybe MAF too. I whipped them off last night and the throttle body had a bit of surface discolouration but nothing too bad, gave it a quick clean though and the cloth was a bit grubby afterwards. The MAF was showing more in the way of dirt and the sensor prongs weren't at all shiny as they should be. A quick squirt of cleaner and they came up bright silver. All reassembled and the car is running spot on now. First time I've cleaned a MAF!

Nice one YK, incredibly jealous.



I know it’s been said before, but there really is a great spread of machinery on the forum these days.

As we all get older, we can afford some really awesome shit

Maurice wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 11:17 am Nice one YK, incredibly jealous.



I know it’s been said before, but there really is a great spread of machinery on the forum these days.

That's a fabulous choice.

I'm really letting the side down, aren't I.

Sundayjumper wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:04 am

Coaster1 wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:52 am ...colour (Guards Red)...

Phew.

I am no longer jealous

Nicely done Coaster
Nice one Papa Mito


Jimmy; you're letting the side down?

John wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 10:43 am After doing a bit of research the mx5 forums were united in a dirty throttle body and maybe MAF too.

Forums save the day (£££).

Ace Summer to have the car too

Woah, YK!

Thanks chap.

GT3s have been my ‘real world dream car’ since forever (ok maybe not forever), so this will pretty much be my ‘forever car’.

JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:52 am Have I missed the solution to this Vauxhall mystery yet or are you still pulling our wires?

Wires being pulled.

Broccers wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 12:18 pm

John wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 10:43 am After doing a bit of research the mx5 forums were united in a dirty throttle body and maybe MAF too.

Forums save the day (£££).

Ace Summer to have the car too

Yes, one make forums do have their uses.

And having bought a convertible I was convinced we'd all be moaning about the constant rain

Coaster1 wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:50 am

speedingfine wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:31 am

JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 7:03 am

GEEEEEEEETEEEEEEEEEEEETHREEEEEEEEEEEE then.

The most picnic table wing is the MK2 IMHO. Nice one

996.2 GT3, comfort spec with buckets and cage.

996 C2 sale not quite done yet but it’s so so close.

Boring news;
the Polo is now fixed (after having to charge the battery because it didn't start. It's sat for months before without the battery dropping, so it hasn't drained any since parked after going 173 miles without an alternator. It answers the question of how much more was left in it ). Most work was done by my father because he decided he wanted to - in 30°c+*, uv 7, minimal shade - but bolts that hadn't been touched since it was built twenty years ago coming out with no problems whatsoever certainly made life easier, especially when some were blind and the engine needed to be lowered a tad.

* It's still 24°/feels like 29° now

Coaster1 wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:50 am

speedingfine wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:31 am

JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 7:03 am

GEEEEEEEETEEEEEEEEEEEETHREEEEEEEEEEEE then.

The most picnic table wing is the MK2 IMHO. Nice one

996.2 GT3, comfort spec with buckets and cage.

996 C2 sale not quite done yet but it’s so so close.

Mmmmm metzger goodness. Very jealous. Look forward to seeing (hearing) this at some point in the near future! Top darts

Been working every evening this week on the car.

Started doing the FR wheel bearing and damper, along with turret bearings. Replacing with new bolts and nuts as I encountered them. As I took off the lower arms the rubber split around the balljoint, and as they're probably original anyway I opted to replace both lower arms. Then when I thought I was getting the FR back together I realised I'd left the bump stop out of the damper assembly, so had take that apart again. Then the little allen key screw inside the ARB droplink fittings got knackered so I had to order up new ones of those as well, and mangle the old ones to get them off. The new TRW ARM droplinks are much better BTW. Nuts are a little bigger (less likely to get rounded off) and the allen key fittings are actually torq's, so also less likely to get buggered.

FR is now finished, now just need to finish the left side tonight ready for my OH's 30th tomorrow.

I know it's a MK1, but I still remember this Autocar front cover vividly, Guards red is definitely the best colour

ISTR Evo had a silver one on the front cover when it was tested, and again when it was ECOTY 1999. Can't find the one I'm thinking of but here's ECOTY:

C220 d due it's next service with a gearbox oil change soon. Nearly £750 Cheeky Cunts!

I was in a RC club when I was a yoof- must actually have been around the year 2000 as one of the guys who was a Tamiya nut (as in he basically had a room in his house with every Tamiya car ever made in boxed condition) there rolled up in a brand new GT3 in yellow

I wasn’t that interested in real cars then as a kid so I never asked but I remember him giving rides to loads of people and he drove it daily and seemed to track it every other week. I guess fast Porsche’s weren’t seen as in investment back in those days so he just used it like any other car.

996 sold.

Picking up GT3 tomorrow. Sooooo happy

It’s this colour. Even Clarkson liked it.....