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Post by mprmurray on Sept 25, 2018 19:29:02 GMT
Hello All, Mark and my daughter Annabelle from Liverpool. I have been reading the forum for the past few months after deciding to build an Exocet following a visit to Stoneleigh this year. Hopefully I won’t ask to many stupid questions but thanks in advance for any tips and advice I am sure that they will be invaluable over the next however long it takes us. I have wanted to do this for years and the original plan was something more like a seven style kit but costs and time needed to complete those builds made me go for the MEV as I have no prior knowledge of tinkering with cars so thought this was a good place to start to give me a good shot at finishing the build. I purchased the donor in June, MK2.5 MX5 2003 80,000 miles, body work pretty poor but 10 months MOT so I have had a ball driving it for the last few months, but as the weather is now changing time to get it stripped before it is too cold to work in the garage. Planning to get my order placed in the new few weeks once I have been able to get the body shell off and assess what the PPF is like! Looks pretty rusty from what I can see so far so I expect to have plenty to do before I can start putting things together. After 2 Sundays I feel like we have made some good progress, labelling and bagging up everything. Planning to start on the engine wiring this weekend now I have found some wiring diagrams! Appreciate any tips and advice.
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Post by p2tav on Sept 26, 2018 19:43:49 GMT
hi mark-Annabelle,
the key is to enjoy the build and it will give you good rewards, don't spend all your time on it as it will get frustrating. you tend to find if you hit a problem its best to move on to something else, I always find a solution will present itself. you have a number of choices to make so don't rush to get the chassis mounted to the ppf. is you engine a vvti ? if so you need to decide which way your going to resolve the issue with the bonnet fitment before you mount the chassis. there are a number of solutions I also used a 2003 mk2.5 vvti so you can check my build thread out and see how I decided to get round it. I decided to keep the abs and power steering as I'm going to be using it on the road and wanted it to be as easy as possible to drive but that comes down to personal preferences.
I hope you both enjoy the build and if you get stuck just post your issue and im sure you will get the answer or at least a few options.
cheers
paul
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Post by hammy3601 on Sept 27, 2018 13:26:42 GMT
Hi mate, Welcome along, lots of help and advice and good build threads here to help you. For ease leave the engine loom fitted and disconnect it from the plug to chassis loom is one good tip! Ive been building mine since April and my thread is Surrey Exocet Build. Happy to help out with any questions.
Cheers
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Post by toys4x4boys on Oct 2, 2018 14:50:52 GMT
Just up the road in Southport Mark. So if you guys want to prod around a built car or check out anything before doing it, feel free to shout out and come look at ours. Cheers Graeme
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Post by mprmurray on Apr 18, 2019 12:10:33 GMT
Thanks for the initial responses all those months ago. Well I did not expect to take this long to get the donor stripped down and the garage in a state to receive the kit. I had also planned to post more on here but guessed the strip down is not the most interesting bit so saving my posts for the many questions that I will have during the build stage. I understand why there are soo many MX5 MOT failures out there as did I find some rust! I read it many times before buying the donor but getting an 03 plate I thought rust would not be too bad but boy was I wrong. Ceased bolts all over the place and so many weeks lost spraying with penetrating oil and wire bushing trying to avoid shredded heads but I still had some which had to be cut off in the most awkward positions. Really enjoyed taking the reciprocating saw to the body and as I stacked up the sections on the drive way to the disgust of the wife, local Romanians offered to take it all away! Then the dreaded bushes were totally perished so not having a press, I lit the fire pit and over few beers one evening (after sunset to avoid complaints from the neighbours) they were out. Anyone doing this wear old clothes and some gloves, the melted rubber gets everywhere and is impossible to get off. Generally only get into the garage on Sundays, so the past few months have been spent cleaning, painting and rebuilding the suspension, brakes and planning the main build by reading other threads. There are so many great ideas and helpful hints out there to help us newbies along just hope I remember most of them. Well kit has been on order for a couple of weeks so hoping to get cracking soon just trying to get the garage cleaned up and finish some minor bits before it comes. Just counting the days now for Stoneleigh to look over some completed cars to get even more ideas.
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Post by mprmurray on Jul 18, 2019 9:04:41 GMT
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Post by mprmurray on Jul 18, 2019 13:12:37 GMT
Worked out how to add the picture hope it helps? It is the hose resting on the insulting pipe that I need to know here it connects to or if I can leave open to the air! Thanks
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Post by hutchey on Jul 18, 2019 13:17:04 GMT
I pulled all mine out and just put a y piece join for the 3 by the throttle
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Post by russhowell on Jul 18, 2019 13:38:42 GMT
I'll post a pic later on, of what I did. Basically just copied PTAV as we both have 1.8 vvt Mk 2.5
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Post by russhowell on Jul 21, 2019 12:59:43 GMT
Hi, I had the same canister as you and removed it. 1 pipe used to go back to the petrol tank, which you now dont need. Just vent this connection to air from the tank. The other connections are as per attached bad photos. Sorry but its a bit tight to get camera. 1 pipe comes from engine into the charcoal connection and then exits to air
Some people apparently have got rid of all of this, however Paul Taverner said he tried and got crazy O2 readings ( i think, could have been something else), but when connected again, then all good.
Let me know if you need better pics:
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Post by mprmurray on Jul 21, 2019 19:00:51 GMT
Thanks russ these are just what I need, thanks for taking the time to post these.
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Post by calibuild on Aug 3, 2019 0:47:30 GMT
Thanks russ these are just what I need, thanks for taking the time to post these.
Assume you're all set, but.... save all those parts. If you get crazy readings on the O2, it's nice to be able to reconstruct and take another crack. I know because that's what happened to me
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Post by mprmurray on Aug 4, 2019 21:47:42 GMT
Thanks yes sorted for now but thanks for the tip. I have a box filling up with hopefully surplus things which I plan to keep until its on the road.
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Post by mprmurray on Aug 13, 2019 8:46:45 GMT
Had a go at the wiring over the weekend and had a couple of issues.
I got the engine to turn over but would not start. Checked fuel was being sent and that was ok, but read last night that the fuel system is pressurised. Does that mean I need to seal the tank ( will use the donor filler pipes) to get the fuel to feed through?
Also read in the owners manual I should prime the fuel system to avoid over cranking the engine is this needed?
Second issue was that I connected the MX5 lights to check I had power etc and they come on but wont turn off? Could this be a bad earth points?
Hopefully once I sort these issues I can start taking some of the excess wires out otherwise I wont get the loom into the wiring tray.
Thanks
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Post by bewgy on Aug 13, 2019 9:43:18 GMT
Not sure what you mean by sealing the tank?
Check the battery is charging and its fully charged, if you don't have a good charge in the battery the car often struggles to start. I took me ages to figure out this was my problem.
Re the lights check the wiring to your relays, for some reason the relay is latching.
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