TROYston Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 Air-con has decided not to to play anymore. Please just be a regas fix. f**king worst time of year too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted June 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Danny said: FYI @MadManMike your going to be invaded by thousands of minis next year - https://imm2019.co.uk/ That's actually fairly far out of the city, but I'm up for coming along with the camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 3 hours ago, TROYston said: Air-con has decided not to to play anymore. Please just be a regas fix. f**king worst time of year too. I took mine to ats for a regas last May, all they managed to do is empty it completely and then tell me that it was broken. A bloke in a van from Rugeley came out, vacuum checked the system, inspected and refilled it; absolutely nothing wrong with it and working just fine ever since. OK it cost more (about 60 quid I think) but much better to have someone actually know what they're doing. Would thoroughly recommend him, all manual equipment, no automatic machines, an old school refrigeration engineer who will talk you through exactly what he's doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 Did ATS pay you for the R134a they took? That shit ain't cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) Nope Useless f**kwits, I'm not sure why I went there, they had previously refused to quote to change the snapped aux belt on the car because it was too technical for them.... Fortunately the 60 quid the guy charged included a full fill and pressurise I can't find him now, which is a shame because I was going to link @TROYston up as he's local to me. edit: f**k me sidways with a pineapple, I've just looked up how much it is, 416 quid for a 12kg bottle, that's almost 35 grand a tonne Edited June 11, 2018 by forteh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Cleannnnnn CRX VT in for some serious drive line problems sorting. First “big” Honda job since I’ve set up my own side line solely for them. Keen to make this car the drive it should be as against how it is now.. awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted June 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 I'll do a proper update tomorrow, but I have a question / require some opinions. I took my windscreen out today and I saw along the bottom of it, this: https://www.mx5parts.co.uk/windscreen-weatherstrip-mk1-25-p-2203.html That link implies that it goes all the way around, but mine doesn't. Also, how important is this strip? Would a decent bead of adhesive windscreen bond not make this strip redundant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Well I can’t see it doing anything structural. I guess it’s there to divert any water that may get down there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 You can buy that stuff from Screwfix, I used it on my Vivaro scuttle panel to seal it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted June 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Yeah that's what we did in the end. Properly f**ked it up, but it was funny. Windscreen fitting isn't an easy job and is one I will never do again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 On 09/06/2018 at 0:33 AM, MadManMike said: f**k me, full steam ahead dude. ME221 - assume you're boosting it? Looking good man, would love to have the time and facilities to do the same to my car. Thanks man it’s coming along slowly ; boost is on the cards once it’s taken off the road again ( assuming it makes it onto the road this year ha ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 Tyre recommendations for the mx5 ? got some hankook Ventus brand new x2... need another 2. For “spirited “ road driving , very occasional track use. 195/45/16 and around £50 each ideally . https://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2KuXsZzd2wIVb5PtCh0SrQD1EAQYBSABEgK6rvD_BwE&dsco=110&typ=R-118050&partner=1&partner=1&Country=UK&ID=sea_rd_uk_Froogle_Shopping&partner=1&Country=UK&ID=sea_rd_uk_Froogle_Shopping&s_kwcid=AL!432!3!209143367941!!!g!!&ef_id=WyemtwAAAJPj61m2:20180618123359:s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted June 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 I've just fitted 4 Avon ZV7's on mine, 195 50 15, did a track weekend at Rockingham on them and can't fault them at all. They were £180-ish for the four, fitted via Blackcircles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted June 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 Also had torrential rain on the drive home from that and they kept me planted, so no complaints in wet or dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted June 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 Surround needs repainting, but I love the look in black Also, the incredibly messy job of fitting the windscreen ended up ok. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 I love RockAuto, order 300 quid worth of stuff, over 20 components and they ship them all individually. Even single gaskets... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 I tried googling for local mobile aircon regases, to no avail to match your description of a old dude who does it manually. So went onto Groupon and get a regas+clean for £40 at ats PLEASE DONT BE LEAKING :S, just hope its been neglected like the rest of the car apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 On 19/06/2018 at 10:24 AM, Tom Booth said: I love RockAuto, order 300 quid worth of stuff, over 20 components and they ship them all individually. Even single gaskets... To follow on from this I've just had a water pump, and gaskets turn up in a box, upper and lower dad hoses in separate boxes and all the clamps I need in 2 boxes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Selling a Pure Highway 400, basically new for £75 posted if anyone be interested. From facebook marketplace:Pure highway 400 in-car digital radio adapter with Bluetooth music Bought from halfords for about £120 a couple of months ago. Works perfectly, aerial wasn't stuck on so still is new and ready to be stuck wherever. Works in any car so long as it has a USB or 12v socket. Stream music from your phone to any fm station, or dab through the unit itself. It also includes a aux connector if you care to use that. I've got it set to 93.30fm to avoid other fm transmitter users and local stations. blaah blah, in no hurry to sell it, but open to offers. Other news, cold aircon is cold. 3.2 degrees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Nvm, sold already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 Gave my spare Brembos a quick coat of Starchem paint stripper and a very quick wipe down with some scotchbrite earlier as I had half an hour spare. With a bit more time to get into the fiddly areas they'll be in great shape to throw some paint at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 Looks like they’ve come up half decent. I need to sort the calipers out on the daily. Looking for some satin dull silver like OEM if anyone knows where to get it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 On 12/06/2018 at 10:34 PM, SamKidney said: First “big” Honda job since I’ve set up my own side line solely for them. I'm out of the loop with the Car thread and didn't realise you had that going on - nice work dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Mark W said: I'm out of the loop with the Car thread and didn't realise you had that going on - nice work dude Cheers Mark, I’d not made a huge deal of it as I wanted to see how I got on. The CRX is about done. Just needs aligning. Customer had a quick test drive earlier and is over the moon. Took the Civic to Cadwell on Thursday. Lasted the morning until it spewed all it’s oil out of the cooler Edited June 23, 2018 by SamKidney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted June 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 I've won mk1 MX-5 lottery jackpot. A guy bought a super clean, freshly resprayed SU red mk1 to a club night a few months back and I expressed interest in his bonnet, which he was getting rid of due to a tiny dent. He called me yesterday, to tell me that the car was a massive bodge job underneath and must be scrapped - it's 90% filler and has been in a big crash, but all panels are fine. I've been given free reign to swap over any panels I need, so I'm basically gonna swap the whole lot, making my car look a million times better! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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