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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.


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by Lazza
Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:27 pm
Forum: Track / Racing
Topic: First trackday - prep advice?
Replies: 9
Views: 14098

Re: First trackday - prep advice?

What date is the track day?
by Lazza
Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:27 pm
Forum: Track / Racing
Topic: First trackday - prep advice?
Replies: 9
Views: 14098

Re: First trackday - prep advice?

No, using the AC adds extra load to the engine, which is why it needs the extra fan. Traveling at 100mph causes more flow through the radiator than fans would anyway.
Just keep an eye on the water temp gauge. If it starts to move above “normal”, do a bit of “lift & coast” to cool it down a bit.
by Lazza
Fri Jul 16, 2021 9:43 pm
Forum: Track / Racing
Topic: First trackday - prep advice?
Replies: 9
Views: 14098

Re: First trackday - prep advice?

Yes you will need a helmet. Doesn’t matter if the car has a roof or not,na helmet is always required on track days. With the top down, you will need long trousers and long sleeves too. Do you have a tyre pump & pressure gauge? You will want to adjust the pressures once the tyres get hot. Keep th...
by Lazza
Sat Apr 07, 2018 1:32 am
Forum: Welcome desk
Topic: Hello and Help Please
Replies: 11
Views: 8782

Re: Hello and Help Please

blackyb wrote:Confused about the six flashes, am I right in saying that a 2001 will be OBD11. Or am I missing the point and completety up the wrong road.

2001 will be OBDII but airbag system problems are read by flash codes - the airbag warning light itself flashes.
by Lazza
Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:42 pm
Forum: Welcome desk
Topic: Hello and Help Please
Replies: 11
Views: 8782

Re: Hello and Help Please

Can you confirm the flashes? Is it 6 equal flashes or something like 4 slow and 2 fast?
by Lazza
Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:41 pm
Forum: Welcome desk
Topic: Hello and Help Please
Replies: 11
Views: 8782

Re: Hello and Help Please

There is only a sensor on the passenger side. It’s an occupancy sensor. There is no need for an occupancy sensor on the drivers side as it’s hard to crash without a driver! If your car has heated seats, you will have a single 2-wire connector on the drivers seat but that has nothing to do with airba...
by Lazza
Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:28 pm
Forum: MK1 -1989 > 1997 (NA)
Topic: Decent Cat Converter
Replies: 7
Views: 5823

Re: Decent Cat Converter

Might also mean it is running rich and/or it has a misfire which is killing the cat. They don’t like unburnt fuel.
by Lazza
Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:03 pm
Forum: Problems
Topic: Can't access boot Mk1 MX-5 Eunos
Replies: 4
Views: 4131

Re: Can't access boot Mk1 MX-5 Eunos

Dummy question... I assume you have tried the key boot release?
by Lazza
Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:34 pm
Forum: Non Mx/roadster general car topics
Topic: Have You Owned Other Make Convertibles?
Replies: 35
Views: 60754

Re: Have You Owned Other Make Convertibles?

I have this now. 2009 Z4 35i 3 litre twin turbo :auto-layrubber: 63FD506F-874E-4CB8-A20D-4C500A30F7A2.jpeg 5BC02C02-C6C7-4B5C-89D7-964CD22D57A5.jpeg 29DCD0A2-8FCB-4C7F-ABCB-878A9BA2111A.jpeg 4BB29BC1-6A4A-4BF6-BBC2-B091C0114669.jpeg D7A75535-B00C-41F4-B5B5-15DA83088A0E.jpeg 9B0491CA-2B8D-434F-8C62-4...
by Lazza
Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:41 pm
Forum: Problems
Topic: Mk2.5 Tyre Rubbing on Full Lock
Replies: 10
Views: 7822

Re: Mk2.5 Tyre Rubbing on Full Lock

Do you know if it has been used as a drift-car at some point? Might someone have fitted... whatever it's called... that allows extra steering lock for drifters?
by Lazza
Mon Dec 25, 2017 9:56 pm
Forum: Problems
Topic: Mk2.5 Tyre Rubbing on Full Lock
Replies: 10
Views: 7822

Re: Mk2.5 Tyre Rubbing on Full Lock

Photo of the wheels?
by Lazza
Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:39 pm
Forum: MK2
Topic: mk2 1.8 exhaust , cat & egr
Replies: 5
Views: 5628

Re: mk2 1.8 exhaust , cat & egr

Mk2 exhaust is different from Mk2.5.
by Lazza
Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:34 pm
Forum: Problems
Topic: Mk 4 with lifeless steering
Replies: 20
Views: 14151

Re: Mk 4 with lifeless steering

Way back in 98 I bought my first 5, a Mk1 1.8i Berkeley. I had to have the alignment done after a couple of months because, although it was fine in a straight line, it turned sharply left but very heavy right. Turns out I had negative camber one side and positive the other. I was told that whether a...
by Lazza
Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:43 pm
Forum: MK2
Topic: mk2 1.8 exhaust , cat & egr
Replies: 5
Views: 5628

Re: mk2 1.8 exhaust , cat & egr

Hi Ebod On an otherwise standard car, there is no benefit from removing the EGR. The carbon canister just helps to absorb fuel fumes from the fuel tank to stop them venting to the atmosphere. They don’t get blocked or dirty. Again, no real benefit from removal on an otherwise standard car other than...
by Lazza
Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:19 am
Forum: Problems
Topic: Thermostat???
Replies: 7
Views: 6687

Re: Thermostat???

Stuck open then. Rad should stay cold until engine is up to around 80c.

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