I'm impressed you have the willpower to work on your car during lunch break!
Honestly a shame this is the end (beginning for MrChris) of the journey.

Quote from: SuperArt on February  9, 2022, 21:01I'm impressed you have the willpower to work on your car during lunch break!
Honestly a shame this is the end (beginning for MrChris) of the journey.

What's not impressive is how long it's taken me to do this.
But, Helen's car literally just looks like mine now. The spoiler is on, it'll have the zunsport grilles, my interior... I'd be surprised if anyone could tell the difference

On the list still;
- swap wheels
- remove Center brace
- swap steering wheel
- swap shifter
- swap markiii pipe
- put all plastics back in
- put stock radio back in (do you want this @MrChris?)
- put ashtray back in
- swap binnacle for one without bastard chrome rings.

Then I need to get the exhaust system off the other mr2 and swap it this one...
Argh.

But all in all it should be only about 3 more sessions.

Steering wheel and binnacle swapped. 

Steering wheel is fun to do without the puller tool....  it's one of the few cases when brute force does win the day.
Realised I had never taken a steering wheel off before. Always a time for a first.

I might do markiii and wheels later.

One slight issue encountered. And it is ever so slight; There's a little cover that clips on to the door to cover the top bolt of the handle on the inside. I seem to be missing it. No idea where it's gone. I may need to source one. 

Forgot another item on the list; change the rusty door over for the non-rusty one. That'll be fun as well.

...argh.

I leave those covers out when I do a handle/lock swap.. They are a bit of a 'security device, but hard to take seriously on a soft top!

Quote from: Carolyn on February 10, 2022, 18:05I leave those covers out when I do a handle/lock swap.. They are a bit of a 'security device, but hard to take seriously on a soft top!

No no I mean on the door card. The "D" shaped bits under where the wingmirror is

Ah.

Done:
- swap binnacle for one without bastard chrome rings.
- swap markiii pipe
- swap steering wheel
- TTE off (sold and shipped!)

Left to do;
- swap wheels
- remove Center brace
- swap shifter
- put all plastics back in
- put stock radio back in (do you want this @MrChris?)
- put ashtray back in
- get full exhaust off other car and put on this one
- swap door for non-rusty specimen
- quick clean

Getting there.

That's a lot of work done!

Quote from: J88TEO on February 24, 2022, 09:14That's a lot of work done!

Still plenty to do! The exhaust off should be very easy as I removed the crashbar. It's my preferred method of exhaust removal vs trying to drag it out the bottom.

I hope i still have the surround for hte stock radio

Done:
- swap shifter
- swap wheels
- removed the manifold and cat off car
- tightened the fancy magnetic Mishimoto sump plug that leaked.

Left to do;
- remove Center brace
- put all plastics back in
- put stock radio back in (do you want this @MrChris?)
- put ashtray back in
- get full exhaust off other car and put on this one
- swap door for non-rusty specimen
- quick clean

sodding cat bolt was bent! can't trust anyone to do any work on your car other than yourself. So a nice snapped bolt....
Luckily just a case of replacement and no impact on gettig the car ready as it's my problem

Done:
- swap door
- put ashtray back in

Left to do;
- remove Center brace
- put all plastics back in
- put stock radio back in (do you want this @MrChris?)

- get full exhaust off other car and put on this one
- quick clean

Tell you what.. Swapping a door is NOT a 1 person job.
Taking it off... No problem. Putting it on... Fk sake...

Then I realised I forgot about my aftermarket speakers which I need to swap....

Funny story; after posting this, the door had been on the drive for about 15mins when the friendly local scrappies came and took it. They're so efficient
I did have to run after them because I was upstairs watching them load it when I noticed Dev's door jam still attached. Aaahhh!
Ran out. Not surprisingly they had a host of rather dodgy tools in their van that allowed me to remove it.
Phew

What Speakers do you have and are they spare? 

Quote from: tricky1138 on February 25, 2022, 10:39What Speakers do you have and are they spare? 

Nah they're going with the car. They're somewhere in this thread above

Yes these doors are HEAVY..I did it balancing it on a block of wood on the trolley jack.

Quote from: Carolyn on February 25, 2022, 11:03Yes these doors are HEAVY..I did it balancing it on a block of wood on the trolley jack.

I had my wheels to balance it on. Luckily, as it turns out, mr2 16inch alloys are at thr perfect height to rest a door on to align with the door hinges
Top tip

He's on a roll today.

Aftermarket speaker fitted to new door
All front plastics back in, along with spare wheel and tool kit. Spare wheel and alarm have already had the spare wheel flip and alarm move mod applied.

Brought all the inside plastics into the car. Getting there! 

hard at work eh!

Quote from: J88TEO on February 25, 2022, 16:13hard at work eh!

Sshhhhhh

Goodbye my friend. It's been a journey.
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Off to @MrChris for another life.

I refuse to "like" this for lots of reasons but I'm happy if you're happy 👍🏻

Quote from: shnazzle on March 19, 2022, 20:32Goodbye my friend. It's been a journey.
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Off to @MrChris for another life.

All good things come to an end.

Quote from: Call the midlife! on March 19, 2022, 20:39I refuse to "like" this for lots of reasons but I'm happy if you're happy 👍🏻

Yeah I'm the same. I can't like it, but know your reasons and there's always Helen's to keep you going.

New owner here, and it's en route as I type this! I'll be starting a reader's ride tomorrow. So while it'll be end of an era for @shnazzle it's certainly not the last you'll be seeing of this 2.

Also I have to say what a tremendous bloke @shnazzle is, and I'm very much looking forward to getting to know this 2 tomorrow when it's light.

Quote from: 1979scotte on March 19, 2022, 20:49All good things come to an end.

Good on you and your pragmatism.

Quote from: MrChris on March 19, 2022, 22:20New owner here, and it's en route as I type this! I'll be starting a reader's ride tomorrow. So while it'll be end of an era for @shnazzle it's certainly not the last you'll be seeing of this 2.

Also I have to say what a tremendous bloke @shnazzle is, and I'm very much looking forward to getting to know this 2 tomorrow when it's light.

Good to know it's going to a good home. Will you be bringing it to the National Event?