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Greetings and welcome to menders, this site was built for every owner that might need her to help keep those bills low and also keep them on the road where they belong, she is run by very passionate enthusiasts owners for passionate enthusiastic owners, see her like a on line garage, there is a lot of tech stuff hopefully explained for everyone to use, if there is something you cannot get your head around, or you feel that there is a strong walk through guide missing that needs creating by one of us or from yourselves, please let us know, we are also on false book and youtube, which as short tech vids to help, and again if you feel there is a vid that would help please get it touch.
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*** we are currently looking for a sponsor for this year, so if you have the passion and can see this sites worth to everyone , please get in touch and step forward to help***

And thank heavens that we are now on the way back up the brighter ,warmer longer days, "come on summer", and lets see those project builds.


M-m

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by AleX-5
Tue Dec 22, 2015 10:08 am
Forum: MK2/2.5 - 1998 > 2000/ 2001 > 2005 (NB)
Topic: Transmission noise and diff mounts
Replies: 4
Views: 5151

Re: Transmission noise and diff mounts

Thanks, I didn't think it seemed normal but it's helpful to know for sure. I'll take a look at the manual to see if I can find what's likely to have failed to allow the extra movement on the right hand side. My thinking is that this could be misaligning the gearbox and diff so putting extra strain o...
by AleX-5
Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:55 pm
Forum: MK2/2.5 - 1998 > 2000/ 2001 > 2005 (NB)
Topic: Transmission noise and diff mounts
Replies: 4
Views: 5151

Re: Transmission noise and diff mounts

I'm fairly sure the suspension has never been changed. Not only is one wheel higher but the left hand sill is higher than the right when jacked up by the diff. When I'm putting axle stands under the sills there's a bigger gap on one than the other (yes the axle stands are the same size :p) Noise cou...
by AleX-5
Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:27 am
Forum: MK2/2.5 - 1998 > 2000/ 2001 > 2005 (NB)
Topic: Transmission noise and diff mounts
Replies: 4
Views: 5151

Transmission noise and diff mounts

I've been trying to track down the source of some transmission noise for a while now and noticed something yesterday which may or may not point to the cause... When I jack the car up from the diff (with a wooden block to prevent damage) there's quite a lot of movement from the diff before the car mo...
by AleX-5
Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:53 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Where to get rust repaired?
Replies: 7
Views: 13796

Re: Where to get rust repaired?

Andrew Oulton has kindly offered to work at the weekend to get this repair done. Thanks for the recommendation M-m!
by AleX-5
Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:26 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Where to get rust repaired?
Replies: 7
Views: 13796

Re: Where to get rust repaired?

Thanks M-m, I'll try Andrew. Nedski, you're dead right there! It's the same reason I can't rent a car for the week. I'm 24 so would be paying £35 per day on top of the rental cost.
by AleX-5
Thu Nov 19, 2015 8:33 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Where to get rust repaired?
Replies: 7
Views: 13796

Re: Where to get rust repaired?

Hi M-m,

You did, yes. I've no doubt they'd do a good job but they didn't have a car to borrow while the work was being done.
by AleX-5
Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:01 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Where to get rust repaired?
Replies: 7
Views: 13796

Where to get rust repaired?

My mk2 has a small split at the back of one of the sills which I'm hoping to get repaired before the weather gets really bad and the gritters come out. I'm based in Gloucester and work near Stroud but I don't mind travelling a bit to get the job done right. Unfortunately my mx5 is my only car so I n...
by AleX-5
Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:47 pm
Forum: Adrian Flux Insurance
Topic: Adrian Flux and Autolink
Replies: 7
Views: 9695

Re: Adrian Flux and Autolink

Sorry if I've missed an original post somewhere but who do we have to email to get the Autolink voucher? I took out my policy with AF a couple of months back so hopefully can still claim it...
by AleX-5
Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:32 am
Forum: Problems
Topic: Driver side electric window
Replies: 12
Views: 7230

Re: Driver side electric window

Did they say what was wrong with the regulator? Does the noise sound like something getting stuck or more of a grinding noise? Mine was getting stuck on the way down. I took it apart yesterday, cleaned, lubricated and readjusted it and it seems to be working fine. (for now at least :-D ) If somethin...
by AleX-5
Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:22 am
Forum: Welcome desk
Topic: Hi from Hampshire
Replies: 6
Views: 4738

Re: Hi from Hampshire

Cheers guys! Looks a nice buy :text-goodpost: Welcome to the addiction! Yep, it's definitely an addiction... I wasn't planning to change much when I bought it but now I'm looking at coilovers and all sorts! Welcome buddy, get her undersealed and the box sections. M-m I sent Nick (Skuzzle) a message ...
by AleX-5
Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:14 pm
Forum: Welcome desk
Topic: Hi from Hampshire
Replies: 6
Views: 4738

Hi from Hampshire

Hi everyone! I bought my mk2 1.8 iS about two months ago with only 42,000 on the clock and have been having great fun driving (and mending) it since! http://i59.tinypic.com/2s8r7tl.jpg As an engineer I have plenty of practice designing new parts and systems but I'm enjoying getting my hands dirty fo...

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