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Old 18th November 2012, 12:55 PM
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looks great john!
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Old 18th November 2012, 03:18 PM
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Think you might be right there Bob
It's felt like I haven't made much progress lately, but I kind of stepped back and took a look yesterday, and thought bloomin ell, that's not far off being finished!

Still got a massive list of jobs to do, but I'm hopefull it'll be on the road in the next 6 months

Thanks Stew. Haven't seen any updates from you for ages, are you still building?
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Old 18th November 2012, 09:10 PM
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Think you might be right there Bob
It's felt like I haven't made much progress lately, but I kind of stepped back and took a look yesterday, and thought bloomin ell, that's not far off being finished!

Still got a massive list of jobs to do, but I'm hopefull it'll be on the road in the next 6 months

Thanks Stew. Haven't seen any updates from you for ages, are you still building?
not done anything since march, but ive got rose joints ordered, so need to get some free time and get these wishbones done.
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Old 23rd November 2012, 08:15 AM
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last thing i did was put on bonnet latches and look at replacing the top steerin bearing . that was september i think
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Old 22nd December 2012, 11:30 PM
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Well I've done bu99er all on the build for the last few weeks
Actually got out in the garage briefly tonight and had a mini break through though.
Haven't been able to start the car for a while now... it'd turn a couple of times, then bog down and stop.
Thought my new battery must have been knackered before I'd even finished the build, and wasn't pleased! Charged it over and over again and it made no difference.
Anyway, had a bit of a play tonight and started pulling connectors out.
Found out it'd crank without bogging down if I had the injectors or ignition coil unplugged, which had me puzzled.
Then had a bit of a brainwave and swapped the spark plug leads over, and it burst into life
After a bit more digging it turns out that when I shortened the loom I'd swapped two wires over that went to the ignitor module, and it had been firing all my cylinders out of phase!
Fixed the wiring error, swapped the plug leads over and it's running again.
The enthusiasms flooding back now

Hopefully get back on the build properly once xmas is out of the way... Hope you all have a merry one by the way!
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Old 22nd December 2012, 11:54 PM
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The progress you've made, you can afford the well deserved break!

Have a good christmas too!
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Old 27th December 2012, 03:29 PM
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Hi,

hope you had a good xmas and haven't fallen off your unicycle too much.

A few months ago we talked about getting proof of the age of your engine to avoid having to fit a cat. After a bit of trawling I found this on the westfield ownver site.....

Mazda Engines:

Call Mazda UK on 08457 484848 and ask to speek to the Homologations Manager.

Give him the engine number and then he'll take down a few personal details and ask you to write in with a cheque for £35 (prices correct in 2008)

Send the payment to:
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Then a couple of weeks later you'll get a letter back confirming the engine number and it's manufacture date. If the donor was an import (Eunos/Miata etc) there may be a slightly longer delay as they need to contact Japan to get the necessary details for the car.

I haven't done this yet but it could save having to put an awfull cat on!

Cheers

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Old 27th December 2012, 03:47 PM
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Had a great xmas thanks David, hope you did too!
My legs and ankles are covered in cuts and bruises from falling off the unicycle, but I'm determined to learn how to ride it. It's on my things-to-do-before-I-die list right below build my own car

Thanks for the info, I'll give that a try in the new year, really don't want to have to put a cat on it!
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Old 28th December 2012, 12:56 PM
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Had a great xmas thanks David, hope you did too!
My legs and ankles are covered in cuts and bruises from falling off the unicycle,
So first she buys you a unicyle and then she starts to throw sharp objects at you while you try to master the thing. MMMMMMMMMMMM there might be a message in there somewhere,

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Happy new year all!

Today's the two year anniversary of me making the mistake of clicking the buy-it-now button on the book...

Doesn't look like I'm going to quite meet my original target of building it in two years, but I'm fairly confident I'll have it on the road before this year is over!
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