All great things have a beginning

[clive]

Sadly these things do knock out crank bearings fairly often.

Carl has one for sale doing exactly that as well.

[Grant Monkhouse]

Sadly these things do knock out crank bearings fairly often.

Carl has one for sale doing exactly that as well.

Yeh, not bothered though. It's the wrong kind of engine. Going to out a proper motor in it

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[Grant Monkhouse]

10 points to anyone that can spot what's wrong with this dipstick

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[Grant Monkhouse]

Going to lift the shelving up so there's a lot more room in my garage. Plenty of room in the to engine swap though. Car can go back another 28 inch

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[re japi]

Wow, your garage is even smaller than mine. Actually, I though every garage in UK is small before I saw Jons garage

Good luck with your project, looking forward

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[Grant Monkhouse]

Wow, your garage is even smaller than mine. Actually, I though every garage in UK is small before I saw Jons garage

Good luck with your project, looking forward

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They were made when cars we smaller. Mine was made in the 60s.if I get any spare cash I would build a bigger one

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[re japi]

Yeah, me too, I need more space for cars

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[boosted]

Yep good luck Grant..nice to have you back buddy.

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[Grant Monkhouse]

Going to have a day at it soon, should get the engine and everything out in a day.

HVent got an engine hoist any more but, going to strip the engine down into parts so I can just lift everything out

Front end is being made removable straight away too so I can get into the engine bay so don't have to lean over the front of the car and ruin my back

Might get a few hours tomorrow to move most of the work top up.

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[Grant Monkhouse]

Picked up some pistons today from santa pod to rebuild the mx5 motor

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[Grant Monkhouse]

Pulled a few bits off today and jacked the car up and onto some stands so I can get underneath to remove the front bumper

The plug in the fus box doesn't look too cracking!

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[re japi]

What happened to that thing

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[Grant Monkhouse]

Got an or so on it just now, got the under tray off, what a complete ball ache that can be. Far too many plastic screws etc, this might go back on but I don't know. Seems kind of pou tless but does help the air pass through the radiator etc but I will most likely be using something different than the stock one. Might keep the fans though as factory ones are better

Removed the front bumper, literally held in with 6 screws. 4 of them semi awkward because of my garage but they weren't even tight so got them of with my fingers

Removed the front bumper bar/impact structure. This will not be going back on.

Now I can see where and what I can cut so that I can make the front part of the engine bay structure removable.

Second to last image is how much space I have gained for intercooler placing options

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[Paul_13]

Pulled a few bits off today and jacked the car up and onto some stands so I can get underneath to remove the front bumper

The plug in the fus box doesn't look too cracking!

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My fuse box was the same

[boosted]

Hermitically sealing compound.


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