January 19th, 2026 First time since late 2025 that I’ve had time to work on the MK. Still the bathroom looks nice now! Since the last post I decided to pause the fuse box installation as there are many wires common to the front and rear lighting systems which need to be pared down before […]
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1st to 24th November 2024. A really delayed update to the build follows. Delays were mainly due to other calls on my time but also due to a lack of motivation on my part to get the wiring done, knowing that it would be time consuming and challenging. The weather has also turned a little
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Build Status – 8th October, 2025 Another lengthy delay between posts as the build has become slowed by coolant routing and wiring contradictions / conflicts. A brief summary of the last month is: A note about headlamp wiring. The standard wiring colours for the headlights supplied with my kit were: The headlamp needs to be
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26th August to 4th September 2025 Have been chewing through the job list from the previous post and this is all that remains: Much of the time was spent connecting up the aftermarket fuel rail and pressure regulator. This was made a lot more difficult with the side panels fitted (as per rigorously adhering to
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1st – 24th August 2025 A bit of a bulk update as things have been busy and little time to keep the blog current.Here’s a list of work done in the last three weeks or so: I decided to do away with the stock rubber engine mounts and go with a set of these, which
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1st July 2025 Not quite a single day update, more of a roll-up of the last four days or so. Basically stripping down the engine further ready for paint – and then paint it! Here are a few pics of the engine prior to final strip down – so I can remember where to put
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1st – 7th June 2025 Slow progress at present as I try to get to the point of dropping the car down onto its own wheels on the garage floor. Due to working in a very small garage, there’s no room to put an engine hoist at the rear of the car to lift it
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1st – 10th May 2025. Starting to make relatively quick progress now. Here’s what’s been done over the last 10 days or so: I have also decided that the current flexible fuel pipe clearance to the inner CV joint boot is unlikely to meet with Mr IVA Tester’s approval. So after watching this video from
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1st – 11th April 2025 Progress a little slower than I’d like but did manage a few more hours on the build over the last two weeks or so. Notably: Here are a few pics relating to the above list: 28th – 30th April 2025 My list of things to do this week were: And
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Brake cylinders, bias bar and IVA stickers. A gentle start to the build, installed the IVA compliant brake fluid reservior caps, along with the DOT4 fluid only sticker. I also set up the brake balance bar to maximum front braking pressure and then used two castellated 7/16″ UNF nuts and cotterpins to fix the bias
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