Alex Dark

New roof went on the MX5 yesterday night, got a mohair with heated glass for £50. Also hopefully sorted out a sticking front caliper piston. Ibiza's all been MOT'd just waiting for a dry day to machine polish some marks out and get her listed and sold

Congrats Mr. Rain bird ! Ibiza failed its mot ; brake pad seperate from its backing on the way to the mot tester , cv joint gone and excessive tyre wear on inner edge. Shit Managed to fit the aux belt in the Audi in an evening , bit of a shitter taking the front end off to get to it.

b*****d alternator belt on the Audi just shredded itself due to aux tensioner pulley collapsing , and the MX aux belt is now squealing as soon as I started it ! Fuuu....... ibiza now has a working handbrake , and new wiper motor so fingers crossed for MOT tomorrow so I can get her sold and make more room for the Mx work

The disc tab is machined down because the NDS Spacer has also been machined down.... keeps proper alignment

Oh fair enough mate

Oh fair enough mate

I don't know then haha sounds the same as the YouTube version above to me

So... bought myself an Mx, far earlier than anticipated but it was cheap and very local highlights include a minidisc changer , leaky roof , hole in rear wheel arch , welded diff and a slightly dodgy first gear but apart from that it's a cool little car Jasper Conran ltd edition mk2 1.8 Love how it drives , but makes the Audi feel like pure luxury haha now got to pull my finger out and get the Ibiza through an mot to get some space to work on the 5!

That actually is Enter Shikari

3.57 is in Falmouth mate

Thanks for the comments guys , much appreciated !

https://youtu.be/lE8tkAunX5A

Tap an oversized torx bit into the the allen key head

Keen

Really good that was

Motivation right there

Conti Air King ----- Coust pads

Pretty happy with this from Saturday

The best one? Why is the 1.6 any better than the 1.8's? I know that the later 1.6 is one to avoid due to decreased power.... I'm looking toward half decent, don't really want something needing a mental amount of work.

So , the Audi is back on the road after another short stint in the garage. £400 later ( garage tried to charge me £700 ) and they've diagnosed a shagged tandem pump and worn out buckets on the injectors. £36 on a Jetta tandem pump and she's back to having a decent amount of power. Since that I've had 3 episodes of the car flashing brakes! In the dash display and beeping thrice when I try and start it. Will start , but cut out immediately. After being left for some indeterminate amount of time it starts fine ?! Weird , anyway, ready to put my faith in it and get rid of the ever faithful Ibiza tdi. As I've got the luxo barge Audi for commuting : long distance / riding car I'm looking to be in the market for a track oriented / fun car. decided on an mx5, after some research thinking nice cheap mk1 1800. (<£700) or maybe the best possible mk2 1800 I could afford (£1200). Any ideas or advice or alternatives ?

It all depends on the bb yoke clearance , Bb length and offset of the cranks. On certain frames im sure it would work.

04 Magura bodies also.... Won't run anything else

So I've had a nightmare recently with my newly acquired Audi A4 b7 avant. Head gasket / head went and as was bought through a trader have been fighting for 9 months to get him to pay for repair. Been through small claims , citizens advice , mediation etc etc... Ended up with me saving up the money to get it done myself , also did a fair amount of other work to it myself that I was planning to do. Anyway! Managed to get the car going after finding the egr cooler was also f**ked, got it through an mot and it ran faultlessly. Took it to work the other day and only got 2 miles down the road until it died. Started off lumpy and underpowered, got progressively worse then cut out with battery light on. Will not restart now , just cranks. Fuel is reaching filter and hpfp, battery is fine when put on another car and the glow plugs and loom all seems good ( continuity back to the main connector and glow plugs all read the same on a multimeter resistance wise. No relevant fault codes showing , just 4 that are air con related?! Id really appreciate some help, spent many hours after and before work trying to get it going to no avail.

Ive changed from a small block 8 to a Conti Macaskill, Very impressed, well worth the weight.

Kenda small block 8 up front , high roller or minion on the back .... Have a look for a good offer on CRC or wiggle. Dual ply or single ?