Removing spare wheel mount

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:14 am

To make more space in the boot I've removed all the trim and the spare wheel and have invested in two cans of puncture repair stuff. Fingers crossed eh?

For further space, what's the best way of removing the mounting that the spare wheel fixes to in the boot? And the jack mounting?

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:19 am

use an angle grinder

fastfreddygassit · Postby **fastfreddygassit** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:29 pm

Fatty wrote:use an angle grinder

X2
use the 1.0mm cutting discs.

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:54 pm

Thanks for the advice. I'll be entrusting this to someone already owns an angle grinder and who hopefully won't a) die or b) remove the whole boot.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:07 pm

MX5s never were and never will be goods carrying vehicles. Sounds like you need something more suitable. Nice sense of humour by the guys- tackle the problem with an angle grinder.

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:09 pm

Drill the rivets out.

MINX · Postby **MINX** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:06 pm

If you remove the fuel tank, that would free up heaps of space.

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:57 pm

MINX wrote:If you remove the fuel tank, that would free up heaps of space.

... leaving more room to fit the towbar to pull the trailer; no, better idea - caravan.

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:01 pm

........... but seriously, I sell stuff for a living. If I was any good as a handyman I wouldn't ask these stoopid questions. To give you an idea of how bad I am, I seriously congratulated myself when I managed to change the ride height on the car (this became easier when I got the correct spanners by the way).

So is an angle grinder the go? Or if drilling the rivets out is the better answer, how do I refill the holes?

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:19 pm

if it's riveted on then drill the rivets. you may be able to refit it later if you do this, too. i just assumed it was spot welded in which case the angle grinder will do the job.