It's been a while...

 

As the title says, it has been while since I have made a post. Not much has really happened with the MX5, main things are the radiator and fans are out, that troublesome passenger seat is finally removed and sold. Also, the differential and partly the hubs/brakes are starting to be my main focus but unfortunately, these are badly rusted and aren't meant to come undone anyway, so they're proving to be a bit of a challenge.

 Another thing to note is that the air con unit is finally out too. This proved to be a bugger but with some unorthadox removal techniques, it came out.

This is more of a reference than anything, but shows that the radiator is removed. Looking at the fan size, it may be possible to re-use the fan, saving me a fair amount.

A clearer view of the front minus a radiator. turned out to have 2 radiators which was interesting to find. I removed the fans first which came out without a problem after disconecting the electrics and the mounting bolts. These slide out the top very easily.One of the radiators took a bit of a battering with the piping for the expansion bottle being effectively ripped out.

However, the radiators once bolts and tubes removed, slide out without much hassle.

 

 

 

 

 

Now onto the tricky part....the underside of the car. As I said before, there is a lot of rust, not suprising considering the car is 22 years old! Various techniques to loosen/remove these have been advised: Plus Gas, warm diesel, angle grinder, halfords shock and unlock. Basically, some rust penetrating spray or cut them off. I'd prefer the intial option hence why a good drowning in halfords shock and unlock (about £3 a can) is my first option. Nothing instant happened but I didn't have a lot of time. I left it to soak in and will come back to in later to try breaking the surface rust and spraying again. Below are the photos of various hubs and suspension set ups etc.