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***** THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SITE AND HELPING YOU,OTHERWISE IT CLOSES AND ALL THIS ON LINE GARAGE IS GONE FOR GOOD*****
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.
the menders is free, but like everything there is a cost to run things and bills( we are just happy its not a heating cost), so if we have saved you hundreds, please throw a small donation in the pot so we can keep on going to carry on helping others in the same way .
*** 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
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.
the menders is free, but like everything there is a cost to run things and bills( we are just happy its not a heating cost), so if we have saved you hundreds, please throw a small donation in the pot so we can keep on going to carry on helping others in the same way .
*** 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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- Mon May 16, 2016 10:15 am
- Forum: Welcome desk
- Topic: Hello from Wiltshire
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8098
Re: Hello from Wiltshire
From what I can tell the crank thrust bearings are on their way out. Makes a nasty rattle at about 3,000 rpm and is down on power. I need to pull the engine and have a look, most likely remedy is to put the head on a second hand Mk2.5 engine as they are more readily available. Unfortunately my garag...
- Sun May 15, 2016 2:18 pm
- Forum: Welcome desk
- Topic: Hello from Wiltshire
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8098
Re: Hello from Wiltshire
Sorry has been a manic month and not spent much time at home. To answer your question Sandmonster I got Mk2 quite cheap a few months ago but it developed a bit of a fault, however the GF still needed a daily so I picked up a poverty spec Mk1 for her. http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm164/Syndrome...
- Sun May 15, 2016 1:50 pm
- Forum: General chat and banter
- Topic: Explain your user name?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 209549
Re: Explain your user name?
I got told I look like Syndrome off of the Disney movie The Incredibles... just kind of stuck :D
- Sun Apr 03, 2016 2:29 pm
- Forum: Problems
- Topic: 1999 Mk2 NB Thrust bearing issue/can a Mk2 Head go on a Mk2.5 engine?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2569
1999 Mk2 NB Thrust bearing issue/can a Mk2 Head go on a Mk2.5 engine?
Hi all, Apologies if this a bit "War & Peace" but I could do with a bit of advice here :) I have a '99 Mk2 1.8 with what appears to be a thrust bearing issue. This appeared to be a fault in the '99 - '00 Mk2 and while it appears to be uncommon to occur after 15k miles, I am currently o...
- Sun Apr 03, 2016 2:05 pm
- Forum: Welcome desk
- Topic: Hello from Wiltshire
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8098
Re: Hello from Wiltshire
DavesBRG5 wrote::text-welcomewave: Welcome to Menders!
Sounds like they will be keeping you busy for awhile
Lol, will be back home soon and take some.
Already had the spanners out and lost some knuckle skin between the timing belt, water pump and slave cylinders.
- Fri Apr 01, 2016 11:15 am
- Forum: Welcome desk
- Topic: Hello from Wiltshire
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8098
Hello from Wiltshire
Hi all, Thought I'd introduce myself as I have 2 MX5s and I expect I'll be posting quite a bit in the coming months. I have a 96' 1.8 NA in BRG, complete base model (I.e. No PAS, Abs or leccy windows), she's in good mechanical health with no major signs of rust but looks like it has been polished wi...
