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Little blat up the Peaks with a few mates 😎

A few photos from my trip this morning And a few from Cars and coffee las Vegas style too

A few more from today 👍

i thought this maybe of interest to those that like to use different tools in their shed but dont have a lot of room. i welded up an insert that i bolted down to the concrete floor then made a few different up stands that just drop in and out so you can store them under the bench or in the corner its an easy thing to do anyone could make the same setup for their workshop.

Had an hour at the Leeds Cruise tonight. Parked next to a very nice Mini Moke.

After a day eating great food and ice creams on one @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative days out I need to call the truck of shame🤦‍♂️, with loss of drive and a horrible noise. This is what I found today when removing the gearbox and stripped down. Good news, is it’s all back together and had a little drive around the local area.

We only went up the Woodside Cafe (on the Via Gellia) for a bacon buttie in the sunshine. On the way home we had a fantastic fast and amazingly traffic free run down the B5056 from Grangemill to Fenny Bentley 👍 I'm doing my bit for recruitment, hopefully we'll be adding another couple of new members quite soon, I'll keep you posted....

Looks like you found some beautiful spots, Rob.

You gotta love the irony 😄

Hi all I going to drive up to The Ponderosa from South Wales on the 18/06/22. Image below of the proposed route, taking in the Senny Bridge Ranges, Elan Valley, Devils Bridge etc. Route below. Its a long route and I plan to go there and back in 1 day, I think a couple of the Bristol group fancy coming but of any wants to join me on the way up or meet us at the Ponderosa then stick a post on here.. Praying for the best of Welsh weather 🤣

Sticking with the theme of hoses I then moved onto the coolant lines to connect the radiator at the front to the engine in the rear. The cold size was relatively easy as it’s a straight line along the side of the chassis up to the water pump inlet. The hot return takes a much more convoluted route weaving it’s way through the birds nest of chassis tubes to find its way back to the front. 5m of aluminium tube and 10 silicone hose joiners later it’s finally done.

With the arrival of several more deliveries through the post I’ve been able to make more progress in the last week. First delivery was the manifold gaskets that I’d forgotten to order before. I actually found a complete new old stock gasket set that worked out cheeper than buying individually. Next onto the oil breather hoses for the rocker cover and gearbox. I’d opted to use Aeroquip pushfit socketless fittings but this turned into a much more difficult job to assemble them than I’d ever imagined. To push the hoses home fully you need hands with a vice like grip and the arm muscles of a weight lifter, by the time I was done several hours later my palms were red raw and my arms aching. I had to rethink the gearbox fitting as I’d originally fitted a 1/2” BSP to -08 JIC adaptor to then take a 90 degree hose fitting but there wasn’t enough room for that and it clashed with the gear linkage so I had to switch to a 1/2” BSP banjo. I’ve had to keep the hose length long to avoid kinks which I’m not happy with as I’d rather the hose sits flat across the top of the gearbox. It’ll do for now but I may change it later on.

Fantastic, top work!

If you're not in a rush I'll be pulling mine from the MX-5 but it's likely to be later in the summer. Unfortunately I've not got the space to do it just yet. Of potentially less use, but I'll note it anyway, I've got a Mk1 engine sat doing nothing, a Mk2.5 engine that I was going to keep the head and sump from, and a mk2.5 block (no crank/pistons etc) and a mk2.5 head which I've just remembered. Basically everything you don't want is lying around now and what you do want is stuck in a car

Hi I now own this car and it is in Pembrokeshire west Wales. Look me up on Facebook and add me so we can get in touch. Kind regards Carl frizell

I don’t know how you manage to work in such a tight space mate 🤣 nice idea 👍

I've thrown together a 10 min video of our run down. It'just under 1GB hence too big for Youtube or Whatapp etc. Send me your e-mail address via PM and I'll send via WeTransfer.

I'm booked on the Sunday