KugaWestie Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Get all the nuts and bolts sprayed with a good penetrating oil, first job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew O Byrne White - Ireland AO Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Get all the nuts and bolts sprayed with a good penetrating oil, first job Yup. I'll be buying plenty of WD40 tomorrow. Also a trip into machine mart for some supplies. Anything in particular I'll need to have at hand during the build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dommo Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Green makes the best donors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenD Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 when i was stripping my mazda the best thing i brought was a 12" breaker bar found it gives just enough leverage in the tight spaces like under the car getting the diff and the prop shaft seperated. i also have a 36" breaker bar which i used to release the hub nuts my god they were tight. and all the other normal tools required to take things to peices. i slackened my hub nuts off whilst the wheels were still on popped the centre caps out of my eunos wheels just enough room to get th 1"1/8 socket through to undo the nut. like gary says get some penetrating oil on the bolts espcially i found the hub nuts and the bottom rear wishbone horizontal bolts as these are open to the elements and get pretty crusty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew O Byrne White - Ireland AO Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 Cheers. I've bought myself a compressor and impact gun now so that should help with those difficult bits. Also need to buy a few lengths of steel for a small welding project so I'll make myself a breaker bar while I'm at it. I'm going to make a frame with some dolly wheels on it for the driver's seat from the mx5 for while I'm building the westie. What height do the westie stands hold the body at so I make it useable? I'm guessing I'll want to be sitting about 2 foot off the ground. I think I'm going to have to move this stuff into a build thread soon before I start annoying moderators... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I had to use a heat gun on the hub nuts. Even a 6' pole on the breaker bar failed to crack the,. Although I made the mistake of trying to take them off after the brakes were removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dommo Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I also made the mistake of trying to remove them after disassembling most of the rear of the car. In the end I just left them in and removed hub/driveshaft as one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenD Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 i dont know what height the build stands are because i made my own i made them about 2 foot of the groundi think if i was doing it again i would make them lower because some of the bits in the middle of the car are hard to lean over and get to. i also was going to make a seat to sit on but found an old stool to use and if im honest ive used it about 3 times whilst building the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew123 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hi Andrew Together with my girlfriend we are building a Mazda SDV Westfield. At the moment the car is a rolling chassis with the diff and the engine and gearbox fitted. If you want to see a car in it's naked state then please feel free to come round and see it. We live in Edgbaston. I'll PM you my mobile number and feel free to give me a call anytime if you want to see our car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew O Byrne White - Ireland AO Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hi Andrew Together with my girlfriend we are building a Mazda SDV Westfield. At the moment the car is a rolling chassis with the diff and the engine and gearbox fitted. If you want to see a car in it's naked state then please feel free to come round and see it. We live in Edgbaston. I'll PM you my mobile number and feel free to give me a call anytime if you want to see our car. Cheers, that would be really useful. Having all sorts of fun stripping The mx5 at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawnabie Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Is this the start of a Midlands mazda builders club? Haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenD Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 there is quite a few of us now in the midlands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew O Byrne White - Ireland AO Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Stuck on these poxy hub nuts. I have drenched them in wd40, used an impact gun, heat gun and a breaker bar without success. Any pointers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawnabie Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 mine took about a minute of hammering with the air impact gun at work, if you can bring them to willenhall I can do them for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KugaWestie Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Mine took a breaker bar with a 6 foot scaffold pole over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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