NB MX-5: Hey, it's Minnie!

As it turns out I won't be home as anticipated. Should have been sitting in my chair typing this, instead I'm on the ship for another two weeks or so. Y'all will have to find another thread to jack. :cool:
 
Got home last night, as per usual coming from halfway around the world I woke up after only a couple of hours of sleep. Started looking for things I have bought, including the supercharger, but it wasn't in the garage. Took a few minutes but I found my bride had left it in the kitchen, presumably for the entire time I was away. Had I done that, well, I know you married folks can guess how that would have worked out.

I've opened the box but not unwrapped it as I don't want to make noise and wake the rest of the house. Sure looks nice though.
 
Took a few minutes but I found my bride had left it in the kitchen, presumably for the entire time I was away. Had I done that, well, I know you married folks can guess how that would have worked out.

Oh I know!!!!!:LOL:
 
Oh I know too! lol

Welcome back home Chief! Looking forward to seeing your updates.
 
I'm sure none of us have ever, oh, baked a paint application in the oven while our wife was gone. The smell is what gives that away, although if you have some Hoppe's #9 handy that usually overpowers anything else.
 
Finally unwrapped the beast. I swear my grandmother wrapped it (the woman knew how to wrap things), I lost count of how many times I unwound the plastic from the body. Got it all undone and enjoyed the beauty. The new parts are internal so I couldn't really see much beyond the newly-coated rotors. They're purty. It spins nice and freely, and makes nice chuffing noises as the rotors move air. I won't be able to start the install for a few days, have some other priorities to take care of first. I'll snap some shots as it sits before I close it up.
 
Knowing that your bride left it in the kitchen, I think that is a sign that install takes top priority. ;)
 
Ha. Ha. Ha...

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!! We're talking about the woman who disparagingly called it my "superdupercharger" when I was having problems getting it right in the early days. More like, she didn't feel like moving it past that point. :cool:
 
Got home last night, as per usual coming from halfway around the world I woke up after only a couple of hours of sleep. Started looking for things I have bought, including the supercharger, but it wasn't in the garage. Took a few minutes but I found my bride had left it in the kitchen, presumably for the entire time I was away. Had I done that, well, I know you married folks can guess how that would have worked out.

I've opened the box but not unwrapped it as I don't want to make noise and wake the rest of the house. Sure looks nice though.
I've never had that problem...
 
Which problem? Because there was more than one in there. ;)

Well it’s taken me a little longer than planned to dive into this, due to working on other things, dealing with some cold both weather related and physically, and generally dealing with recovering after being away from home for so long over the last 13 months. Anyway, here are a couple of pictures showing the grand unveiling:

Packaging:
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I’m a little upset because I had a nice box made up that I used five times, but this one is good too.

‘charger itself:
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You can see the new coating on the rotors and inside the housing. Rotors are both reworked, new bearings/seals, new timing gears, and the timing plate is also new (the black piece on the housing that doesn’t have any paint chips on it). The snout shaft is also new.

I retrieved the other bits and pieces I need to get it all back together the other day from my storage, going to make the gaskets I need over the next couple of days and start assembly. Have to wait on some warmer weather though, I’m not a huge fan of working in the cold these days.
 

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