Sam's Proper MX-3 - LT Turbo project *Parting out*
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looks good :) did you get the upgraded inverter to swap colours ? and very impressed that you didnt snap any needles !!.
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No just standard innverter. I did snap the rev counter needle had to go to the breakers to get another but it still doesnt work properly as the pin came out along with the needle!!
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you cant pull out the needles on the mx !!. ive got a spare i think.
well when i changed mine, everyone on mx3.com shouted at me, " NO DONT PULL THE NEEDLES OFF !! "
:)
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Learnt me a lesson there then! did you slide you dials over the existing ones then? think Im going to have to try again on yet another set…
On a positive the RX7 wheel fits nicely and we got the horn working.
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ye you have to slide the neddles through the wholes its fiddly but not impossible
dont worry i broke a needle when i did mine :lol:
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Ar nice one cheers Jay. I better redo the whole cluster then as I bet a few of the needles are in wrong position now also> I did paint them fuscia pink with the wifes nail varnish though, it looks proper mental yo :D
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Sorry for late reply but jay is right. The mph and rev ones are easy. The fuel and temp are bit fragile. I undone brass screws on back of cluster motors the dials could both be installed pointing up. Then reset. We need a how 2 on this sort of thing as it always crops up
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Yep Im with you now. Its funny though the gauges where the pointer came off but the needle stayed in work ok, its just the rev counter if you have a spare intact? that would be well handy :) I got to take it out again anyways as one of the alu rings was a really loose fit and is now rattling around alot!
Some better pics from today though.
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Hmm they are the colour I want to match my engine :cry:
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ive got a spare cluster with mph and rev dials, i can remove one of you can have both, both may mean more p&p tho.
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Lookin' tasty!
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Thanks Fellas! Garfy YHPM.
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Wow. lovin the dials!
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they are crazy dials dude looks great
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Cheers Chaps me too proper feeling race car now along with the wheel 8)
I'm so glad it has a dimmer switch as they are quite intense at night on full chunt!
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whos a chunt? lol sorry had to b done havnt herd that 1 b4 :D
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LOL, Yo gotto love local dialect slang > "chunt" like full chat but with more UNT.
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@f336a0ace9=djmarcopolo:
Hmm they are the colour I want to match my engine :cry:
Sorry Keith didn't see your reply there! These dials are a real limey Green your engine colour is a bit darker is'nt it?! you can still get them I dont mind :)
Its a shame Speedhut don't do a reverse glow with green lettering as that would of been nicer and a bit more subtle
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Ok so here's what I'm working on next. Putting a skid plate onto this the 323 sump to be able to go a bit lower and not have to worry about busting the pan, added bonus being this sump is baffled and has the return for the turbo oil feed, anyone know what the other union on the other side of the sump is for?
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Took the pan into work this morning to cleaned it all up with paraffin
and the airline, pretty nice inside considering when I picked it up it been outside!
So this is the proposed guard mocked in cardboard and I will start the real thing next week
at work made from 2mm stainless steel or Titanium if I can get hold of some…. shooting white sparks anyone?!
Plan is to tack weld 4 nuts to the sump then attach the guard using M10 x 10 bolts as I dont trust our polish welder not to put holes through as he just loves using to much heat!
