28 September 2020
This project has not started well.... Torqued up the water pump inlet and filled the radiator – no leaks, yeah! Connected up the engine then immediately shut it down when I remembered I had not refilled the engine oil! What an idiot!!! I'm feeling like a complete numpty, I've not started the stripdown and already I'm making more work for myself. Need to find a way to remember things like this in future Filled the engine oil and restarted it but, too late, a nasty knock from the bottom of the engine so the crankshaft is coming out at some point, at the very least new bearing shells but I suspect a regrind will be needed. Oh well it's all part of the learning curve I guess. To try and cheer myself up I did a few other preparation tasks. Disconnected and removed the battery. Started labelling the loom in the engine bay I'm using parcel tags tied on with string to label the connectors (including the unused ones) Got under the car and sprayed any visible nuts or bolts with penetrating fluid, hopefully it will soak in and make dismantling them less troublesome. Also went round the engine bay and sprayed any more nuts or bolts I could see. Sat down to plan the dismantling I referenced a really detailed set of videos of an MX-5 strip down done by PixelArmoury, this is my playlist of their videos www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNNqz9ci04cO4FjCifiGC-JK_JQG4DQMO I also have the Chilton workshop manual and the Enthusiasts Restoration Manual as well as PDF copies of the factory workshop manuals for reference. Next jobs are to get video set up for the strip down and build a tumble cleaner, I have a design in mind based on a number of online videos.
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