Sorry nearly forgot,
Hi Nathan how's things with you? you Northener....:D
Had to get new cables anyway for the handbrake as they were shot to bits with rust....:eek: Plus they didn't look good....
I just used the old ones for mocking up.
Engines going back in this week for cooling and sorting the air side of things.
Looking forward to that part of the build:D
Well I hope you got your'e life back on track now and are moving on...


Hope to hear from you soon..Johno

Hi Johno

I have just got up to date with this build thread :o

Can only say one thing.

WOW

You chaps are doing a fantastic job with the build. :cool:

Love every aspect of the build & can't wait to see the end result.

No need to rush mind, good things take time so if I have to wait a couple of weeks, so be it. :D :D

Seriously, well done Johno

Hi Bonzo,
Thanks for that.;)

Lol a couple of weeks for the next part of the build you mean...:)
Really enjoying working on the car now as I get to bolt bits on and leave them there... well almost...:D
Things are slowing down now though as I am getting to the fiddly bits I guess, so I have spent some time researching what to do next.

Johno

Just a heads up really,
I purchased a Toyota angled drive for my gearbox as I plan to use the MX5 instrument cluster in some form or another. I'm pleased to tell you the drive fits but the gearbox housing needs some attention.

In order for the drive to work properly you will need to cut away some of the PPF mounting framework on the gearbox.
Here's a picture of the drive before trimming...



As you can see it will either point the speedo cable too low below the chassis or foul on the PPF framework.
I removed some of the framework (bonus saving weight...) to allow the drive to point the cable forward to where it should go.



The framework is all excess baggage now anyway so no harm has been done to the gearbox.
I haven't refitted my engine in the chassis to show you the final result but will as soon as I have done it.

If anybody is interested there are more photos on my Photobucket site.

http://s1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa472/JohnoSS1/

Johno

Good info that, mine hasn't arrived yet but it's rather different than yours, should be interesting to see how they compare.:)

Hi Chris,
What have you got coming then?;)
I bet you've got some cunning plan sorted before hand?
It's not coming from Australia is it......mmmmmmm

Can't wait to see what you are gonna do this time....:D

Johno

Hi,
Well had some good news this week, I got my VIN number.
Just need to get a plate stamped/engraved and weld it to my chassis somewhere.
Also spent some time on the car doing odd jobs, firstly I repainted the engine bay and then put my engine back in for good. Fitted the throttle cable and started work on the air intake and coolant side of things.

Heres the bracket for my air filter I made yesterday..



Air filter in place...



Radiator fitted with top cooling hose mocked up...



Throttle cable installation with original MX5 cable....



Photobucket updated today as well......

http://s1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa472/JohnoSS1/

Johno

Well I said I would post a photo of my speedo drive once my engine was in so here it is.......



Plenty of room now so just a few clips and all is good I hope.

Might as well use up my photo allowance...







Well thats it for now but I got some more bits coming this week to finish of my front cooling side of things.

Well until next time cya...Johno


http://s1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa472/JohnoSS1/

Painted the engine bay again :confused:
It already looked immaculate! Starting to think you might have a touch of OCD :D

Out of curiosity, where are you planning to take the feed off for the idle valve?
I'm struggling to figure out a sensible routing for mine.

Hi Johno,
Nice build you've got ! i like it very much !
What kind of cooling hose do you use ? It looks like it is flexibel ?

regards,

Wim