St Piran hits the road
I am very pleased to say that the V5 turned up today and I have rushed out to get her ugly new number plates! She is legal and a fully […]
Author Archives: jhousego
Boot handle
It was time to start finishing some other jobs including the boot fixing. I took time to measure the holes to drill then remeasure before committing to the drill! […]
Windscreen wipers
I finally got around to fitting the wipers. The wiper boxes need to be fitted at an angle so that the blades sit properly on the screen. I used the […]
Wiper Motor Installation
The wiper motor sits on top of the near side footwell. You need to feed the drive line through the bulk head, bending just enough to marry to the wiper […]
Battery Tray
I had been waiting for along time for Gerry to get me a batter tray. It finally arrived and I was able to install. I needed to bend the legs […]
MX5 Seats
Now I had fitted the buckets I needed to make a bracket to fit the MX5 seats using the same holes of the frames from the buckets. This was not […]
Seats
The seats are a little more complicated than I would have hoped! The FIA bucket seats do not pass the IVA so I needed to source seats with head restraints […]
Screen vents
Before I fitted the windscreen I needed to cut the vent holes and install the screen vents. There is a patten in the manual, I just needed to measure the […]
Fuel Tank
The FIA has a slightly larger tank than the standard car but also its filling point is not n the centre of the car but off to the drivers side. […]
Fuel Gauge Sender
One of the potential issues I had in the choice of Stewart Warner gauges is the sender unit. The tank is pre made to accept smiths sender unit. I sourced […]
