Recent content by pollyp

tigersealed the rust spots for now, will need repairing someday fitted the clean wiper motor a bit cleaner

Recently the ebay cordless impact wrench was cutting power randomly so lets look inside It seems the vibration had simply broken a dry solder. Easy enough to reattach it The scuttle panel & wiper motor was showing signs of rust so I removed the panel to check Cleaned up a spare...

2024-04-17 Rattling Clutch The old Helix clutch & this new Blueprint clutch have always had this annoying, loud loose rattle whenever idling in neutral & warmed up. I removed the gearbox to check if it's caused by the clutch disc or the input shaft bearing Drain plug has minimal debris...

you have to loosen the long bolt on the side first (it goes through top of the alternator, through the bracket and into the adjuster block) allowing the assembly to move, and then you turn the adjustment bolt at the front counterclock, allowing the alternator to swing closer towards the engine...

2024-04-12 Repair Stainless Powerflow Silencer The old 2.25" stainless Powerflow silencer had this bad rust patch (which I ruined in 2011 cos I welded some steel rulers over a big hole, thinking it might've been stainess but turned out to be plated steel and simply rusted) I did debate...

2024-04-12 Clutch Pedal Roller Bearing Time to replace the temporary solid bushing (made from some alloy tube, which is kinda sticky now) with the same roller bearings as my gear selector bushes This hole was too large for the m12 bolt, so I drilled it out to 24mm and welded these m12...

2024-04-07 Japfest Silverstone left the house at 3am stopped at the Watford services for a loo break after a long queue I arrived at the MicraMafia stand it was a huge turnout. even though it was very windy throughout the show the rain thankfully stayed away there was even more...

with gale force winds forcasted at the show, I wanted to add a tether strap to stop the bonnet from flipping over the windscreen, even with my dual gas-struts 😬 so while looking in garage for a strap & attachments to secure it onto the bonnet latch, I remember I had this 300kg digital hanging...

cleaned & painted the discs she's looking all good & ready for Japfest Silverstone (y)

washed & polished the wheels painted the letters and swapped the tyres around diagonally checking the brakes brakes hardly worn at all but the rear pads are now bedding with more contact area giving the handbrake a much stronger feel now respraying the calipers

2024-04-02 Print Bucket Dirt Guard Was browsing through halfords and was curious about having a grit guard in my rinsing bucket to keep debris away from the mitten but no way I'm gonna pay £15-20 for this plastic and figured I can just print one :p Designed a simple mesh to fit my bucket...

pulling the old sticker off the boot lock bung damaged the paint, so I masked it off primered and painted it. was the wrong paint can colour but a minor thing wirebrushed & painted the rusty front panel to be a little bit nicer this old drivers door seal was previously glued on...

2024-04-01 Test LED Underglow Battery Life During the upcoming long car shows like Japfest Silverstone I didn't wanna rely on draining the main battery after leaving the lights & stereo on all day, potentially ending up with a dead battery when coming home or shortening it's lifespan. Instead...

2024-04-01 New Bench Grinder I didn't like how the new grinding wheels were loose on the old grinder shaft (cos the old shaft was wobbly from poor Q/C & I had to machine it smaller) so I brought another cheap £25 grinder from local screwfix new one aint' 100% perfect but does highlight how...

The old GREY generic bench grinding wheels was struggling with sharpening my HSS cutting tools, turns out I'm suppose to use White Alu Oxide wheels for HSS so I brought one off ebay They grind through HSS a little quicker :cool: Spent the weekend organising & counting the mess of Micra...