mm getting very anal with looking for sharp edges and checking and rechecking, Replaced the reverse light switch, what a pig of a job absolutely no room to get big hands up the side of the gearbox, still its done and reverse light is working now, trimmed the bottom edge of the headlight feet as they had a sharp edge, so marked the pattern on a wheelie bin, trimmed them and reset them so should be ok, Bit of a grumph after getting the lights set last weekend at the garage, still they are trimmed now, harness bolts are m14 and you guessed it I had every nut cover except that so some m13 ones went for a swim in a cup of boiling water for a few mins , made them supple enough to go on :) ran out of split tubing so will get some this week to wrap the front indicator wires and secure them.
so to do apart from the front ind wires, trim footwells and keep checking

Good luck with iva. I was really worried about mine but it was fine.
I did put mirrors in that we're too small but the tester let me go and buy some and fit them. He then passed the car! Very helpful guy.

Thanks, yes its the worry of missing something or the tester finding something on the day that can't be easily fixed, still the lady said to bring tools and stuff so hopefully all will be ok (fingers crossed)

well it shows what a pair of fresh eyes does, the car sits on a slight slope side to side, my friend came round to see how things were going and he asked if I wouldn't be better with some neg camber so after we discussed and eventually moved her on to the flat yes she had pos camber no wonder she was twitchy anyway he nipped home and came back with a gauge so we put 2 deg NEG camber on her castor is as per the book by design so hopefully the self centering will be fine, also found a couple of bolts that needed torqueing up, and a couple more tie wraps put on, and we adjusted the float on the sender unit so quite a productive day, need to put an earth wire from the sender unit screw to the chassis but hadn't any ring fittings the right size so will get them on the way home tomorrow.
It shows that you need to keep going over and over and that a pair of fresh eyes will see something that you have grown accustomed to.
11 SLEEPS TO GO (10 really cos I wont sleep the night before lol )

well as far as I can see that's me ready ... :0
earth wire from sender to chassis a couple of nut covers on the rear tub bolt heads (stuck on ) replaced the grip tape on the clutch pedal.
she is full of petrol and gauge reading full, insurance all paid and in effect from Wednesday, toolbox packed with tools and bits and pieces.
All paperwork printed off (iva and insurance) and in the laptop bag with all the receipts, and "drive cam" charged ready for the drive home (have to read the setup destructions yet lol)
All I can do now is wait......

Goodluck bud

Good luck Gary fingers crossed 👍

thanks guys , I guess I'm not going to sleep much between now and Thursday :)

well its dark now , I have been out prowling around the car, everything else is packed and ready to go. tools, odds n sods, paperwork,
so 1 sleepless night to go :)
nervous is putting it mildly :)

Good luck!!! For the test and trying to sleep!!!!

Russ

we are all rooting for you..

TT

Good luck for tomorrow and enjoy the drive

Matt


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cheers guys, a sleepless night so up and woke the neighbours (they were warned), loaded her up and set off
so have just arrived in Aberdeen having breakfast at McDs mmmm.
weather is b#;'#]# cold and drizzily car ran fine driver was a bit sketchy on the first roundabout after home ... mmmm... still getting used to that quick rack
then a nice steady run in a wee bit of traffic I have to say the drive in was amazing the power of the s/c , exhaust note ..... miles with smiles for sure
more to come :)

Hope you have a gud un Gary.
Kev

Good luck you should be fine

Arfon

Got it all crossed this morning mate good luck☺

Supercharger whine is very addictive I've stolen the wife's cooper s for that reason ha ha


Best of luck Garf

Good Luck:)

HAHA sorry to keep you all in suspense its a ......... PASS :)

Left early doors this morning, drizzle and cold, add in a quick rack and she was a wee bit twitchy, had a steady drive through to Aberdeen, topped up with petrol and then mcd's for some much needed coffee, ready to head over to the test center and met up with Campbell. we arrived at the center and went in against their one way system, oops....

went in to reception and was met by the tester who really wanted the car to pass and even helped a bit later on.

So we got called over to the test bay and emmissions first mx5 2003 1.8 supercharged, failed the BET test on rich idle so on to CAT1 test and passed, next noise, (he later found the wire wool packing amongst the tools and said worried were you? ) so as it was raining he opted to try inside first , fail, put the car outside and passed (scraped). then he did the lights, exterior / interior projections, all the time explaining, you could tell he was really interested , onto the brake tests fronts great, rears great, handbrake the cable pulled through so as I tried to refix he carried on with the other checks , One flexi was just touching and the headlights needed a wee adjust, Thanks Campbell for sorting these out with the handbrake cable back together there was an imbalance, we will come back to that, so speedo check and

its spot on, so don't rely on 10%, he then took it away to do the self centering, and came back and asked if there was any way we could sort the handbrake for an equal pull.

So while he went to do some paperwork we tried again Campbell said to remove the plastic cable covering so we could secure it without it slipping, so with it all together again, nerves meant a toilet break, when I came out he was back with some paperwork so we did the handbrake again and bingo she passed.

After collecting the paperwork and chatting I had a wonderful drive home in the sun and dry too

So a very big thank you to Campbell, and although he will not see this a very big thank you to the tester, now to deal with dvla for a reg number

a very very happy gary

Congratulations on the first time pass. It's a great feeling.
Good luck with the dvla. You will need to keep chasing them.

Nice one Gary well done hope I get a first time pass next week

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Congratulations mate well done roll on the number plates and sunshine 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍


Garf

thanks guys it sure feels good nervous as h#'# last night and really made up tonight :)
Matt I'll be thinking of you good luck

Congratulations

congrats Gary....perfect timing for this summer.

Another member of the first time pass club, well done :D

Russ

Well done - I'm hoping to replicate your pass sometime soon!

thanks guys , tying to decipher form v5/55 argh and trying to make sense of the tax classes , tried phoning dvla today , its easter call back on Tuesday.....
don't they know I NEED a reg number lol
Ian , good luck , keep going over and over her nut covers everywhere and conduit anything exposed, I.m sure you will be fine

Gary I'm sure I seen something on STOTS page or on the IVA section about filling the v55 in

Stot has also got a pic of his v55 in his build pictures that night help

Well done, first time pass is something to be proud of! Now to tackle the DVLA! I hope you an easy ride. :)

hi Thanks, here are a couple of wee video on the way to the garage, I'm moving house aswell so because I cant multitask It will be about 2/3 weeks before I'm back on :(
so good luck to everyone while i'm awol


https://youtu.be/T6rwWjA5B20
https://youtu.be/BROP_Epd9S8
https://youtu.be/_pxiweDCr0w

haha I'm back !!!!
still got boxes everywhere but moved house and now got tinternet back on :) (was having withdrawal symptoms ... lol)
Still waiting for the lovely folks at dvla to give me a reg...... still its real wet up here so having to content myself with mundane jobs around the house...
and catching up with what you have all been doing......

good luck with the new house, have you seen the new facebook page thats been started?

Oh the joys of moving house we have been here over a year now still boxes all over the place.


Good to see you on Richard how you feeling well on the mend???

Gary

hi Richard , if it is the one Phil started then yes I've seen that one, there are a few 7 type sites out there too on fb
Hope your mending well and We will see if we can arrange a wee trip down once I get a reg number, Its a wee while since I was in your neck of the woods normally blast past heading south... but maybe a nice run ending up anstruther way for some good fish n chips :)
Take care

hi gary its a new site got a link from vmax page, phils one seems to have died a death

cheers will have a look see

Thanks for that;
here's a seven group for anyone with some free time :)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1604902176413856/

ok so I have picked up a westy FW hood, (needs extending) made a new roll bar, to suit, and just picked it up from a local powder coater, its awesome and cant wait to pop it on, hopefully tomorrow. Then I can fix the hood rear and measure how much needs extending. Ordered some roof vinyl and there is a good sadller in the next village. Got to stay busy while I wait for my reg :)