What did you do to your MX5 today ?

[barney]

replaced my soft-top with one i picked up in a local breakers. my old one had a few tears and was starting to leak. the one i fitted is unmarked and has the rain channels above the doors as on johnV's

[anniniwa]

attached strap to hood..and wat a difference it makes in pulling hood up whilst seated...thanks Barney!

[franksm]

Oil & filter change, coolant change, new front brake pads.

Also removed the seized electric window mechanism and installed a different design from Autolink. It uses cables just like the Mazda OEM unit and is dead easy to install. I also removed the black gunk from the door innards and installed a new plastic rain sheet complete with duct tape (if the women don't find you handsome, they may as well find you useful... etc heh heh)

New mechanism


Old mechanism


Door minus black gunk


New rain sheet

[CashelMX5]

Nice job Frank. What was the cost of them from Autolink and errrrrr! would you like to do mine, now that you're an expert?

[Steve]

+1

[franksm]

Fitted this Nautilus horn - it's a monster !! Loudest horn I have ever heard.

Also passed the MOT on Saturday - flying colours. The damaged balljoint boot is crackled but not pierced, so they didn't fail it.

[pk10]

Fitted this Nautilus horn - it's a monster !! Loudest horn I have ever heard.

Also passed the MOT on Saturday - flying colours. The damaged balljoint boot is crackled but not pierced, so they didn't fail it.

Hey Stranger, good to see you online, it's been a while but know you have been busy . How are things? Are you doing Donegal?

k

[leamyj]

Jeez Frank, that's a BIG horn..(no sniggering in the back seats)

[franksm]

@K: thanks Kay, yes all is good in my world !

@John: cheers. Yes, not bad for a white guy

[leamyj]

[bren]

Brought mine to a mates in Ballymore Eustace to get a belt ckecked. Drove over by Hellfire club and Bornebreena ( should be a H in there somewhere ).Turns out I need a new altenater belt, water pump, air con belt and clutch kit.
Recently put in / on
Front lip splitter
side skirts
rear bumper lip
Roll bar
rear brace bar
new central locking motor drivers door
new cubby box
4 way power point
rear mud flaps
replaced box filter with cone type
new discs allround
new pads
handbrake / clutch gaiters
So more work to do now

[leamyj]

Bren, you can gave the aircon belt from my mk1, I don't think it had done 500 miles before the accident in June.

John

[bren]

Thanks John, gear already ordered.

[galwaytt]

well.........first, I schutz'd the arches.....front and back......





then, I got a bunch of these:



and did this:



and which led to this:



I then spent, as Steve will testify to, about 5 hours ooh-ing and aah-ing at rims on the 'net, but failed to see one I like/she likes/we agree on.....

Me, I want the Rota Cup's, but only if I can get a 15" x 6 or 6.5".

Looking for a monobloc, dish-style wheel. If you have any idea, lemmeknow.

Apart from that, did zip. There again, that took me 'til 01:45hrs this a.m.......

[sabik]

Tonight fitted a new mazda org, alternator belt to see if I can stop this it slipping when under a load! the last one did about 8k not great I know... but if it stops the problem great!

was €15 on for an org belt a bit much?