I was with Adrian Flux, now with 2gether.
Got a reasonably good quote from Frank Pickles too.

£250 sounds a bit on the high side!

I got mine from a-plan. Were the cheapest for me apart from 2gether but they didn't seem to know what they were on about.
£195 inc legal cover and ins to drive to iva, which a lot won't do.

Not sure where handyandy got his from but last time I spoke to him it cost him more to tax his roadster for 6 months than it did to insure it! £94 iirc :eek:

Blimey, that is cheap! Didn't think Handy Andy ever got his on the road :confused:
Anyone know what happened to him?

Very happy today.
Ever since I first built the car I've had trouble changing gear. I'd really struggle to get it into gear at times and occasionally the gear stick would lock completely solid.
Stripped down the gear turret and found a loose, slightly mangled, grub screw floating about in it!
Went out for a drive this evening without the rouge screw and the gear change is finally nice, slick, and trouble free, just like the mx5 box should be :D

You know what they say, every cloud ! If it wasn't for your car boiling up, you wouldn't have found the gearbox issue. Well, for a while anyway. Well done. :D

Was it the locator pin that screws in at the neck of the changer to stop the gear lever from turning? Cant think of another grub screw in that area!

Cheers
Stot

No, I don't think so. The locator pin is still there and working.
You've got me thinking though... It did have an aftermarket gearknob at one point that was held on with a grub screw. I wonder if it somehow dropped in there when I removed it :o

oops wrong thread

Just a little update, haven't done most of the stuff I had planned this winter...
I did manage to swap the big heavy plywood dash for a minimal ali one though.
and then covered it in cheesey fake red carbon wrap :D






I moved the clocks to where I can actually see them whilst I was at it too!

Function over form, looks much cleaner than before. :)

Farewell
 

I'm afraid my journey with the Haynes came to an end last weekend when I passed her on to her new owner.

Was a little bit sad to see her go, but for me most of the fun was in building her, and I lost interest once complete.
Being a serial hobbyist I'm actually quite joyed by having an empty workshop and a fistful of cash to spend on my next project (whatever that turns out to be!)

I'm sure I'll pop my head in from time to time, but for now it's goodbye from me.

Sad to see you go mate :(

Defo keep us posted on your next project John, mines gonna be a ca18det powered suzy cappuccino. I know I will be gutted to let mine go, but I understand your urge to move on to pastures green.

Will start saving my pennys now then kev

I second what everyone else has said keep us informed and good luck

Keep in touch. :)