type49, new member from Belgium

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Re: type49, new member from Belgium

Postby simonbuk » Wed 19.04.2017, 11:41

Good work - its going to look great !!

I had an early MX5 in the same colours - people thought it was a Lotus Elan !!

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Re: type49, new member from Belgium

Postby type49 » Thu 18.05.2017, 20:20

Well, it's a bit longer than expected....

The "oil" in the power steering bottle has been changed too. The fact is that a 25 year old "oil" don't leak with a 25 years old seal. The leak appears with new oil :-D
So the seal will have to be found and changed.

The twoo hoses going to the heating have been changed too? And so we've found that :(

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and it broke down when we tried to clean it, so one more new part :wink:

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And last but not least....
The car has been refused by the Belgian MOT becausse of that :evil:

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They found it is not an "original part" so we have to put the old disc back on place just to go to the MOT

Yes it is stupid :evil:

But the end is close :wink:
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Re: type49, new member from Belgium

Postby HJ2 » Fri 19.05.2017, 10:08

I'm really looking forward to some pictures of the grand total!
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Re: type49, new member from Belgium

Postby type49 » Sun 25.06.2017, 19:24

It has been a bit longer than expected, but she's back !!! :wink:

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And ready to "hit the road" :mrgreen:

some pictures here viewtopic.php?f=18&t=26129
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Re: type49, new member from Belgium

Postby Rambo » Sun 25.06.2017, 20:05

simonbuk wrote:Good work - its going to look great !!

I had an early MX5 in the same colours - people thought it was a Lotus Elan !!

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They should've gone to Specsavers !
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Re: type49, new member from Belgium

Postby HJ2 » Sun 25.06.2017, 22:21

:lol:
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Re: type49, new member from Belgium

Postby Empire Green » Sat 18.04.2020, 15:38

WOW, that's some crazy restoration :bowdown:
Love the job you did...
From where are you in Belgium ?
I'm from Sint-Niklaas, maybe we can meet for a ride :cheers:

Keep up the great work !
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