MX5Ireland

Had a bit of an oil leak in the boxster, found it fairly handy
only a breather tube cracked.
I got a bit carried away taking bits off and i ended up with the gearbox out.


few more bolts and i'll have the engine out.


only took two of us 2 hours and box of tools from Aldi!!!

Please say you didnt use visegrips on the Porsche lad?????

sidewaysreilly wrote:Please say you didnt use visegrips on the Porsche lad?????

I did, you need it to take the clips off the hoses.
I could and did use a pliers but it's diffcult to hold the tool
and the 2 pipes at once

ah we used to have an Engineer who used to go mad if he saw visegrips on in a Lifeboats toolbox......big project lad, what ya doing????

LOL gonna change the clutch while yer in there?

It being an english car has a lot of rusty clips and bits.
So i decided to change them all for nice new ones.
Also the engine is very oily after the the leak so i need to clean it up
And it looks like the RMS may be on it's way out.

I'll have a proper look at the clutch to night and change if necessary
there also a few bushing and bits i want to change.
I've a bit of a list

There is stuff we use on the boats called Jenolite. Brush off loose rust and paint it on. Let it dry and you can paint over it. Brilliant tack.Not sure where you can get it here as its a stores item for us.

class... great time to do engine + gearbox mounts too.

sidewaysreilly wrote:There is stuff we use on the boats called Jenolite. Brush off loose rust and paint it on. Let it dry and you can paint over it. Brilliant tack.Not sure where you can get it here as its a stores item for us.

Thanks for that i'll keep an eye out for it.

It's mostly just clips that are rusty, most of the bits are alloy underneath
by the look of it.

It's something to clean the oil off the engine i need.
Any suggestions?

There's another thread here somewhere that has details of upcoming specials this week in your local Lidl, including spray-on engine cleaner. Seeing it's from a German discounter and your car is from that neck of the woods, I don't imagine it would do your machine any harm

John

Long live the Master Race

yeah , Marineclean is what we use. Mixed 50/50 with hot water , it will shift anything and is eco friendly. Ill get you both but away west till the weekend so maybe swords, friday evening????

am looking for something to do the same..


I've read good reports about "Simple Green", just found a supplier locally recently. Will try the boat shop place in Clarinbridge for Marineclean tomorrow though.

if you know any of the lads on the lifeboat crew they would have some in the station.

Not personally.. but I think we know someone who might..

ah i do, quite a few. Loaded up the the van today for Inismore and could have brought some over . Usually have some with me but the young lad is doing a mini-me conversion on his civic so fleeced me!