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Post by robski on Jun 14, 2024 21:18:09 GMT
Is there any real need to remove the ABS rings? Only asking as they are still on mine (as are the sensors, although the wires have been cut off flush) and don't appear to look like they are going to be an issue. The wing stays have been added to the front uprights and whoever fitted them used countersunk machine screws as opposed to hex bolts, so that might explain a lot!
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Post by khianu on Jun 15, 2024 15:09:57 GMT
Is there any real need to remove the ABS rings? Only asking as they are still on mine (as are the sensors, although the wires have been cut off flush) and don't appear to look like they are going to be an issue. The wing stays have been added to the front uprights and whoever fitted them used countersunk machine screws as opposed to hex bolts, so that might explain a lot! Not sure yet to be honest, but decided to tidy up. It looked to me that the rear rings might get in the way of the wing stays and my understanding is that the hole that needs to be drilled in the rear upright for the stays would basically go through the sensor. FYI I have since removed the front abs sensor and they eventually came off in pieces, using a hammer, and chisel... So maybe best to leave them if you can. I'll let you know once I get the kit.
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Post by phaeton on Jun 15, 2024 15:57:05 GMT
I swapped my diff as I snapped or rather my son snapped a driveshaft on the prvious diff, the 'new' LSD diff came with ABS rings on, I just left them on seemed the easiest & they are not in the way ![](https://i.ibb.co/GV0J1s4/20240615-162430.jpg) Think this is a MK1 MC, fitted with a MK2/2.5 reservoir so that I didn't need to butcher the wiring you can simply swap them over, also shows the hard pipes for the proportional valve. ![](https://i.ibb.co/M7Vd3V6/20240615-163104.jpg) Not sure on which build it was but I did have to buy a valve, the seller sent the hard pipes as well, either that or it was cheaper to buy the whole MC & valve than it was to just buy the valve.
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Post by robski on Jun 15, 2024 21:07:21 GMT
I swapped my diff as I snapped or rather my son snapped a driveshaft on the prvious diff, the 'new' LSD diff came with ABS rings on, I just left them on seemed the easiest & they are not in the way ![](https://i.ibb.co/GV0J1s4/20240615-162430.jpg) Think this is a MK1 MC, fitted with a MK2/2.5 reservoir so that I didn't need to butcher the wiring you can simply swap them over, also shows the hard pipes for the proportional valve. ![](https://i.ibb.co/M7Vd3V6/20240615-163104.jpg) Not sure on which build it was but I did have to buy a valve, the seller sent the hard pipes as well, either that or it was cheaper to buy the whole MC & valve than it was to just buy the valve. I am hoping I can source a master cylinder and prop' valve from a breaker and they will sling in the pipes as part of the lot. Can anyone suggest a reliable breaker to get these parts from?
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Post by phaeton on Jun 16, 2024 7:02:59 GMT
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387086564951 Is the only one on Fleecebay currently that I can see, seems a tad expensive to me, but it is free postage & that might be the price they are these days. Lots of MK1's have long since dissolved, 10 years ago lad up the road was buying them for £300 each stripping & selling parts for £800, before weighing shell in for £100. But so many other people were doing the same the parts have dried up & the prices rise. Do the instructions still say you need one, I just wondered if they had got around it with the newer builds?
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Post by hutchey on Jun 17, 2024 7:07:33 GMT
You can probably use one from another similar weighted car to the mx5. Someone mentioned a fiat one (I think)
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