| Bought a couple of new silicon hoses. Need to get some more though but they are not currently in stock at MX5 Parts. These are the By-Pass Hose and Heater Hose No1. |
| I have the whole weekend free and decent weather to finally start work on replacing the water pump and the camshaft timing belt with my Dad. |
| Not everything went to plan. On an old car like this seized bolts that then snap are a fairly common occurence. On undoing the thermostat housing bolt (to move the p-clip and electric cable out of the way), it snapped. |
| Fortunately the other bolt came undone easily, giving access to the remaining part of the bolt. This has been soaked in PlusGas. |
| We got as far as we could today. We have taken out the old water pump and are now ready to put it all back together but, we need a few more parts before we can do this. |
| A new water pump inlet pipe has been ordered. This is an expensive part to replace at £96! |
| The part I took off the car is very corroded and the little pipe has almost gone. The beaded part has disolved and what is left doesn't look strong enough to withstand a hose clip. This was where the earlier leak was discovered too but the hose had also started to crumble. |
| I've also ordered a new crankshaft oil seal as we may as well replace this part now. There was quite a lot of oil build up around the crankshaft pulley, which implies a long term leak. |