Ando's MX5
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:09 pm
Well after many veichles, V8's, turbo's and recently (8 months ago) a track/street S13, i took the plunge and gave into my bestest buddies (evil weevil) pleeds to join the hairdresser ranks 
So with a very very tight budget of $7K, i knew immediatley i would be only within the NA6 budget, or a clapped out, nasty NA8. I went out and scoured the market for something that tickled my fancy. Seeing that $6K would get you a stocker NA6 i knew i would end up spending money on exhaust, suspension, rims etc etc within the first few weeks. So i also checked for some that had some of these mods already for $7K. Well i missed out on one, but then i found my boss wanted to sell his red NA6
So long story short, handed over a chq for $7k and took the keys. It has been sitting around for a very long time say 2-3 years with very little time actually being dríven. So it certainly needs some TLC and sproosing up! But this is all A OK with me as i know how the throw a spanner around and love tinkering.
Specs are as follows:
Red 91 NA6 Soft top
181,000kms
Pod Filter
Exhaust
Pedders Suspension
16" rims
Stereo
SAAS Steering Wheel
Red leather interior
Not many mods, but i consider a decent buy for $7K.
Already done an oil change on it today with some Castrol 10w 60 which was fun times,... fark me could they put the oil filter in a more inconveniant place?!?!?!
Anywho, got it done and found out it needed a good radiator flush as overflow had a nice toxic sludge in it.... did a half arsed effort as i am going to upgrade the radiator ASAP. So will do a proper flush then.
Mod list to come so i can go play with the other MX5's on the track
Radiator
Rotors/pads
seat/harness
Brown Davis rollbar
Kill switch
15" rims / semis
Other bits i want but not on the immediate list
GV Lip
Air Intakes
Clear indicators
Okay now for the issue i am having and hoping someone can chime in. The oil pressure gauge is on drugs or something.... it reads fine about 70% of the time, the other 30% it dances around like a raver and sometimes drop to 0 when idle at lights..
Now i know its got oil, its flowing, but wtf is the gauge doing.... A quick search on here suggests its a dirty or rusty terminal on the sender!??!?! This sounds right? If so where the fark is the this terminal / sender?? LOL Any tips would be bonzer!
Photos - me and the misses took her for a drive up old pac to Brooklyn
Thanks for reading
So with a very very tight budget of $7K, i knew immediatley i would be only within the NA6 budget, or a clapped out, nasty NA8. I went out and scoured the market for something that tickled my fancy. Seeing that $6K would get you a stocker NA6 i knew i would end up spending money on exhaust, suspension, rims etc etc within the first few weeks. So i also checked for some that had some of these mods already for $7K. Well i missed out on one, but then i found my boss wanted to sell his red NA6
So long story short, handed over a chq for $7k and took the keys. It has been sitting around for a very long time say 2-3 years with very little time actually being dríven. So it certainly needs some TLC and sproosing up! But this is all A OK with me as i know how the throw a spanner around and love tinkering.
Specs are as follows:
Red 91 NA6 Soft top
181,000kms
Pod Filter
Exhaust
Pedders Suspension
16" rims
Stereo
SAAS Steering Wheel
Red leather interior
Not many mods, but i consider a decent buy for $7K.
Already done an oil change on it today with some Castrol 10w 60 which was fun times,... fark me could they put the oil filter in a more inconveniant place?!?!?!
Anywho, got it done and found out it needed a good radiator flush as overflow had a nice toxic sludge in it.... did a half arsed effort as i am going to upgrade the radiator ASAP. So will do a proper flush then.Mod list to come so i can go play with the other MX5's on the track
Radiator
Rotors/pads
seat/harness
Brown Davis rollbar
Kill switch
15" rims / semis
Other bits i want but not on the immediate list
GV Lip
Air Intakes
Clear indicators
Okay now for the issue i am having and hoping someone can chime in. The oil pressure gauge is on drugs or something.... it reads fine about 70% of the time, the other 30% it dances around like a raver and sometimes drop to 0 when idle at lights..
Now i know its got oil, its flowing, but wtf is the gauge doing.... A quick search on here suggests its a dirty or rusty terminal on the sender!??!?! This sounds right? If so where the fark is the this terminal / sender?? LOL Any tips would be bonzer!Photos - me and the misses took her for a drive up old pac to Brooklyn
Thanks for reading
