East Kilbride Build

[tojeiro]

Thanks Stuart, I would still be coming down for the day but it's just easier and quicker in my car. Transport company would bring 2 people minimum, so with me that would make three.

[tojeiro]

Picking my kit up on the 9th Dec. Eventually decided to get it collected by a transport company since quotes that came in were close to van hire costs but less hassle.

While I am waiting I have been tidying up final bits and pieces on the rebuilt donor, with some spare time decided to strip the steering rack back off since I was at bit unhappy with the first quick refurb I did.

1st attack with careful application of paint stripper and wire brush.

Untitled by Scott Graham, on Flickr

Better

Untitled by Scott Graham, on Flickr

Another couple of hours tomorrow followed by a coat of some new Hydrate 80 I have on order to neutralise any trace of remaining corrosion.



Pipes seem OK with only some minor pitting which gets leveled off with some careful buffing, will finish the rack with some POR 15 for nice hard finish
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Good job I pulled it back off as one of the gaiters has a small split that I never noticed first time round.  Got new ones on order.

[tojeiro]

While waiting on the parts to finish the steering rack I decided to drain and replace the gearbox oil. As mentioned before I bought the donor partially stripped so had no awareness of mechanical condition (although I did buy from fellow MEV owner)

Unscrewing the gearbox drain plug showed practically no metal shavings on the magnet and oil removed still looked in good condition.

Untitled by Scott Graham, on Flickr

So either the drain plug was cleaned recently or like the engine the gearbox is also in good condition - time will tell.

[tojeiro]

Collection day was last Friday but had to go off to Switzerland for business this week so did not have time for update until now.





Nervous journey back, probably worse since I was trusting someone else to deliver it.  Anyway, pleased to say all arrived safe and sound with no damage.

Big thanks to Stuart & Julie for help with the loading and Stuart's strapping down guidance, obviously spot on as despite a couple of checks on the way back no adjustment was needed during the whole 300 miles.

[tojeiro]

First job before starting on the build proper was to finish off the steering rack refurb. After stripping back to bare metal I coated it in Hydrate 80 just to make sure any corrosion is gone for good then masked up and couple of coats of Zinc Paint.

New gaiters done and now back on the car, much happier with result now.

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Nice to see your build coming along. And you haven't had much hassle with the donor.

[tojeiro]

Thanks, probably now spent double refurbishing the donor than what I paid you for it, but then I have gone for ground up refurb with all new components so only myself to blame.

Anyways the Typhoon that you included in the deal sounds awesome on my other MX5 which made it an extra good buy from my view.

Not actually tried to start it yet but engine did look in good nick when stripped down.

Once finished maybe we can organise a Scottish MEV track day meet, good to see some new Scottish members now.

[tojeiro]

Back home it got its first wash since weather was not so good on collection day.



Garage is pretty fully now (and very untidy) but anyone that has seen my other thread knows that I have been planning a solution.



The tiding up part is still work in progress

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Dec 20, 2016 0:00:35 GMT tojeiro said:

Thanks, probably now spent double refurbishing the donor than what I paid you for it, but then I have gone for ground up refurb with all new components so only myself to blame.

Anyways the Typhoon that you included in the deal sounds awesome on my other MX5 which made it an extra good buy from my view.

Not actually tried to start it yet but engine did look in good nick when stripped down.

Once finished maybe we can organise a Scottish MEV track day meet, good to see some new Scottish members now.

I just buffed all mine back put on rust restorer/protector then chassis black paint has taken an age. Ill do a full refurbishment/upgrade when I've finished building it and completed a few track days.

[tojeiro]

Loving my £15 air shears from Aldi, no panel distortion and even managed a thin 3mm trim off the floor length without any issue.



Hardly needs any edge clean up compared to a saw, just a light draw with a file. Not sure how long they would last but already paid for themselves as far as I am concerned. Floors cut and trimmed in 20mins.....15mins of that spent double checking measuring 3 times.

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Have wondered about air tools for a while now. Is this Compressor Aldi are currently selling up to the task of driving all these tools?

Can't see the shears there either.

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I bought one of the Aldi compressors when they reduced them to £49! to replace an old worn out one from machine mart, has done everything I need it to to date but its like anything in life if you want the all singing all dancing you have to pay.

For the record I use, impact wrench, nibbler, needle gun, air riveter, socket drive, sand blaster, drill, air pump (tyres), air gun (cleaner), spray gun, air saw, also used it to provide air for my one man brake bleeding system, so all in all good value for money.

[tojeiro]

In our local Lidl store there is an extra £10 off a similar spec so it's £60 bucks at the moment.

Was tempted as I manage with small 12ltr compressor from Screw-fix at the moment because it was 1/2 price sale a few months back.

www.screwfix.com/p/impax-im200-12l-12ltr-compressor-230v/15318

At the end of the day I am using only occasionally for impact gun, air wrench, shears, tyres, and blow gun for cleaning. It needs to run quite often due to low cylinder capacity but not been a major issue.

Would be no use for to spray or run air grinders which consume loads of air.

Will probably buy something bigger later but the one I have fits up in the roof space so saves floor space, I also built an MDF enclosure so I can still hear the TV or radio while it's running.

So I think unless you are planning to do proper spray painting the Aldi one should do the job in a home garage.

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Used mine to spray a horse box without problems but then again pump running continuously wasnt an issue as we live remote.

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Well, I guess a quick note to Santa might be in order. Hadn't thought about spraying anything.......................particularly passing horses!