Recent content by jrs1996

after my cambelt recently broke ive been pondering what to do with it. Ive now brought an mx5 i wanted to fix it but its just to much work for me to do on my own. my next door neighbor says if i decide to sell it he would be interested, problem is im not sure what to ask for it. I dont...

My cambelt slipped and named in the enginemount . turned the cams and all the valves Look like there moving up and down and I can turn the crank round Is it worth putting a new cambelt on or not?

Stuck on my drive atm AA towed it home. The can belt has come off and wedged it self. Does any one think it would be worth trying to get the belt back on. I know the timing will be out. Thought about taking the head off but its a lot of work to find out I've wasted my time

probabley right with that then. just replaced had the fan belt tensioner replaced as that was making a noise but the engine was quiet after i had that done.

101000 miles i dont think i would be able to do the engine swap myself. im used to working on bikes this is my first car. cambelt has not actually snapped just slipped of sideways could this be due to being fitted wrong or is it just wear? how much do you think you could get a 1.4 for. If i...

lesson learnt dont trust some one when they tell you the cam belt was done in 2011

My cambelt has just slipped off so pretty sure the engine will be knackered. How much would it be to swap a new 1.4 engine in? Is it better just to scrap it or sell it to some one on here to put another engine in and buy another puma. Im really pissed because its a great car and even the rear...

I used nail varnish on the aftermarket one that was in when I brought but it was only on for a few weeks till I chucked it up the garden in rage. It was held on by grub screws and kept spinning as I changed gear so I put the leather one of my dads Subaru on.

Yh how much do you want for one.

hard to get a decent picture when your knob is so shiny.

My knob in all its glory . And my dirty old Japanese knob,having a leathery knob has its good points it doesn't get as cold 8-)

In stitches :lol:

My puma had an after market knob when I got it managed to pick up an original from a car down the breakers for £3 yesterday so polished it up today. I cut the head of a bolt that was the correct thread for the gear knob and put it in the drill Then used various grades of wet and dry wrapped...

Yh saw a lot of his stuff all of its great. The one's with scenery are the best.

Wanted a little melina to put on the parcelshelf