Morning all
I have been building a Haynes roadster for some time now but I'm over on the Haynes forum. It is nearly complete and ready for IVA. I have been slowly looking through this site and have now signed up to shear my love with building cars


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Morning and welcome to the crazy house, I'm building an mx5 roadster to although not signed up to the site have looked at your build and looks very nice and tidy good job

Well little up date.
Iv managed to spend some time over the week end in the garage and sorted a few things and found a few gremlins. The seats are now bolted in with the harnesses. The drive seat is on sliders and the passenger is just bolted down. Iv also put some hinges on my boot lid and fitted some locks just need to Put something under Neath for them to catch against. The gremlins are from the indicators they were once working and I started to fit the side repeaters onto the front arches went to try them and nothing fuses are ok and iv now narrowed it down to the flasher box. Think I blow it up some how when trying to get my hazards to work. On the plus side my to do list is getting sorter.

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have you used the mx5 handbrake and have you any pics of how you mounted it
im undecided where to put mine so i need inspiration

steve

I actually used a ford KA hand brake. Reason being I wasn't so sure on how to mount the MX5 one and after I finished mounting it I take the plastic cover off and it has a means to adjust the cable tension so it worked out well. I don't really have any photos of it

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That's a good idea I've just looked at a ka lever and it looks like it uses the same type cable as the mx5
Also looks like it's straight forward to mount just like the Sierra one

Right iv had a little time in the garage over the weekend sorted a few issues out so I'm glad about that. That means my to do list is getting smaller. Iv also took the car out on the road for the first time even if it was to turn it around into the garage I think it still count. Most of this weeks work will be to make a few supporting brackets for the engine bay and give that a clean up.


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A little vid of my first drive https://youtu.be/f6QzcI-LtZw

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well little up date ticked a few more thing of on my to do list and finished filling in my IVA application form just got a few thing I would to do before I post it of. The thing I want to do before posting is try and get my engine light to go out so I need to find out the codes from the ECU sort them out then I will be happy to post it of.

Got to keep pushing now I'm on the last hurdle.

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Well spend a few hours in the garage over the weekend and got a few little jobs done and finished. I made a list of some parts needed to finish of a few thing and got them ordered up this morning. The mane thing is the
"to do list" is getting shorter. The IVA forms are all filled in and in an envelope ready to go I just cant bring myself to putting it in the post yet but in reality I should get the ball rolling.

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Well I have gone and done it my IVA papers are in the post so I better get on with finishing the last few things. The post man has also been today with my last few thing so I've got an evening planed in the garage. I only had a "what have you bought now" from the wife as I walked in from work. I just got to tell here about the £450 that I'll end up paying out some time soon

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awch that hurt just paid the £450 for my IVA

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Hi just playing to find out how to get photos up but I do need to get a more up to date one taken


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Well that is that my IVA is now booked. So now to get those last few bit finished and keep going through the car in checking mode just to make sure I don't miss anything.

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Just having a quick look though the pics, looks good!
You appear to be missing the half nuts on the outer balljoints of the upper front wishbones though.
Good luck with the IVA

Cheers

Tilly

So had a bit of time over the week end playing with the car and sorted a few things out and crossed of the to do list. Had the car out on the drive and set the tracking up (ish) took it for a drive down the street to check a few thing like the brakes, any odd noises and self centring steering which didn't happen so any advice on that would be grate. Also took a few updated pics of the car nearly finished.


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little walk around Vid of the car nearly ready for IVA

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So looking through my car last week doing my checks I realised I forgot about my horn I had mounted it but never got it working. Woops. So spent the weekend going backwards before I could go forward. Had to strip the dash back out then couldn't find the horn relay, no where to be found. So found a redundant relay that I missed when stripping bits of the loom and re wired it all working now then put it back together again. So now back to Keep on checking and giving it a good clean before my IVA.


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So the car is finished bar a good clean up before IVA. Had another look at the tracking and the self centering this afternoon and it turned out the tracking was well out. Whoops. When I set it the first time well tried to the youngest doughter jumped it and turned the wheel and I thought it I put it back to centre. Turned out it wasn't. Any way re set it all took it for a drive down the roads and it now "shows sings of self centering".

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Ok si if had the week of work this week but the wife gave me the freedom to have a me day. So I spent most of today giving the car a good clean and another going over. I think the IVA nerves are starting to settle in now. I've only got to put a little tool kit together now them I'm all ready for Friday. 2 more sleeps to go

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so I had my IVA today but I had a fail today but it was silly little things that won't take much to fix. I will post up a full report over on the IVA bit shortly.

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So iv now past the IVA and the paper work for registering it to get a Reg number is now in the post so the count down has started. It will be the longest 3 + 2 weeks ever.

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So iv had a little play with some build pics and making a little video

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[Edited on 18/4/16 by metel matt]

Congrats on passing IVA...Like the video too

So I'm already starting to get withdrawal symptoms from working on my car so I went out and took the rocker cover off and started to clean it up to re paint it. During the build and from when I painted it about 18 months ago it has got marks all over it chips and dust and I had a small oil leak and they have all be bothering me. So as iv got a bit of time waiting for my papers I thought now is the time.

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So I couldn't resist any more. I just got of the phone from the DLVA and the paper work is going through and it is apparently "up stairs" with the licencing department to give a Reg number and should be back tomorrow. Anyway my next question was can I ring up on Friday to have my number and he said yes it should be there by then to give out. Happy days I might be on the road this weekend fingers crossed.

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Trip to Stoneliegh on the cards then? (Weather's changed it's mind again and Sunday at least may not be a washout, ha)

Oh happy day's . Just got off the phone from the DVLA my reg number is on it's way in the post and she just gave it to me over the phone. So getting some plate's on the way home from work later then out for a spin. look out

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nice one take it easy and enjoy , hope the weather holds for you..... now which car are you taking to Stoneleigh ?????

So had a little spin yesterday after work and was good fun. Any way the video has finally loaded up nothing special. I migh get a bit more creative as time goes by.

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So iv been diving my Haynes to work and enjoying every bit of it.

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[Edited on 4/5/16 by metel matt]

Cheers gents. Well that make 3 day out of 3 day going to work in my roadster and loving ever drive.

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Looks awesome Matt. Hoping mine looks that good when I'm finished (gotta get started first . )
Did you build the chassis yourself or buy one?

Built the chassis by my self about 8 years ago and the stoped for 5 whilst the kids came along and nearly sold the chassis twice but I'm glad I didn't it is so much fun to drive and iv got some plans for upgrades over the winter