All great things have a beginning

Paul_13 · March 31, 2020, 12:22:47 PM

Quote from: Grant Monkhouse on March 31, 2020, 11:52:04 AM
Quote from: Paul_13 on March 30, 2020, 09:06:46 PM
Selling your door mirrors by any chance?
Possibly keeping them as cars look funny without them lol you in desperate need of some?

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I had it in my head you bought some carbon race ones for some reason

Grant Monkhouse · March 31, 2020, 03:05:49 PM

Rear hoop any good to you?

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Paul_13 · March 31, 2020, 03:16:46 PM

Just the black covers which face towards the back of the car

Grant Monkhouse · March 31, 2020, 04:36:42 PM

Iv just taken the whole thing out

Are you interested in the seats?

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Grant Monkhouse · March 31, 2020, 06:15:19 PM

Prety much got the interior out of the car, just the dashboard and stuff behind it to remove now which I'm hoping I might get chance to remove tomorrow.

If anyone is interested in 2 heated leather seats, all plastics, door cards, carpets etc then it's yours, plus a gear box all for 350 quid, price negotiable. Plus you can have any of the stuff from behind the dash that I remove, including the stereo.

If anyone knows how to put windows up on an mx5 without the battery in then let me know as iv removed it and most of the wiring but left the window down

Having to put a sheet over it for incase it rains, snows, hails, cats and roads or covid 19 falls out of the sky into it. I'm thinking of maybe getting the battery and jumping some cables onto the window motor?

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Grant Monkhouse · March 31, 2020, 06:53:41 PM

Getting prety bare in the car,

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Grant Monkhouse · April 01, 2020, 05:24:04 PM

What a complete pain in the rear hoop it is getting the dashboard out! 10 billion screws and the having to take the dash bar out just to take a few screws out to remove the AC and fan etc, carpet out in one piece also lol

Didn't get around to trying to get the windows up as gf does nothing but moan so I will try do that tomorrow haha

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boosted · April 01, 2020, 05:50:39 PM

new house....playin with car!!!! your a legend mate.

I expect youll be on end of pointy finger soon...lol

Casey · April 01, 2020, 06:14:56 PM

Amazed you've managed to do anything on your car, having just moved house. I don't think I would have got away with it

Grant Monkhouse · April 01, 2020, 06:25:38 PM

Going to port open the UIM to match the rear of the throttle body. Getting rid of the secondary throttle body which is for controlling the throttle until the engine is fully warmed up. I don't need that as I'm not going to be thrashing the nuts off a car until its fully warmed up.

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Grant Monkhouse · April 01, 2020, 06:27:20 PM

Quote from: boosted on April 01, 2020, 05:50:39 PM
new house....playin with car!!!! your a legend mate.

I expect youll be on end of pointy finger soon...lol

House is in good condition, have put curtains up and tidied everything essential away, and done any bits and pieces the gf wanted doing like hanging some mirrors etc

Iv even put kids trampoline up so they can do something to help with the boredom of being house bound lol

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Grant Monkhouse · April 01, 2020, 06:28:25 PM

Quote from: Casey on April 01, 2020, 06:14:56 PM
Amazed you've managed to do anything on your car, having just moved house. I don't think I would have got away with it

This is the only time iv got plenty of time and space to get anything done before I'm required to go back to work so I'm cracking on, need a welder and don't think my dad will lend me his so I can make engine mounts, oh and learn to weld at the same time

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Grant Monkhouse · April 01, 2020, 06:31:59 PM

Quote from: boosted on April 01, 2020, 05:50:39 PM
new house....playin with car!!!! your a legend mate.

I expect youll be on end of pointy finger soon...lol

Don't suppose you have any suggestions for how to get the windows up without putting all the wiring back in?

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boosted · April 01, 2020, 07:29:11 PM

Power them off a car battery?
Or door cards off unbolt glass from reg and pull up by hand. Gaffer tape up.

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Grant Monkhouse · April 01, 2020, 08:19:09 PM

Quote from: boosted on April 01, 2020, 07:29:11 PM
Power them off a car battery?
Or door cards off unbolt glass from reg and pull up by hand. Gaffer tape up.

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Yeh I was thinking send power straight from the battery to the motor? Should work shouldn't it so long as batteries ground to the chassis?

NOT clued up on car electrics but can't be that different to usual 230 volt that I'm used to lol

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