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Should I be "investing" in a torque wrench for this sort of stuff? Or will i get away with just tightening things good & tight using allen keys/screwdrivers etc.

Hi Everyone, Well, my '93 Muirwood is back from the spray shop & looking pretty slick in my opinion 8) It terms of my rebuild, when refitting brakes, bottom brackets, stem etc - should i be using some locktite glue on the threads so things don't wiggle loose? Sorry if this is an obvious...

Cheekily jumping in on the thread: hope that is ok - will my '93 Marin Muirwoods also be a 26.2 seatpost do you know?

Hi Everyone, First & foremost - thanks to all who have helped on this wild & crazy journey so far. Your help is truly appreciated. My frame is now fully stripped & free of rust.... & is in the paint shop round the corner from me (with new Decals from Retrodecals too - it's going to look...

Thanks for the pointers chaps. I tried pretty much everything. Got there in the end - used candle wax into the inside ahead of the crank puller - a tip from a friend who's dad restores old cars - apparently it's quite common method for big old seized bits of cars. Prior to trying it i had...

Hi. Me again. I'm stuck getting the cranks off..... i bought a Park Tool CWP-7 Crank Puller. "can be used to remove most square taper cranks,as well as splined Octalink & ISIS Drive cranks". It has 2 attachments - i'm using the smaller 11.3mm tip, which looks right, but i just cannot get...

Re: Re: Thanks for pointing out mine is a '93. I bought it (at least i think i did) in 94 but it was indeed a '93 as the decal sample I already got from Retrodecals wasn't the right ones. Just got sent the '93 sample & that is the correct set (with the parallel silver bands either end of the...

Re: Re: Definitely will be repainting. I'm lucky to have a frame builder & a spray shop about 200m from my house in SE London :-) I already tried to free the seat post by drilling a hole through the seatpost: used a 2ft long set of pipe clamps on it after that with a bolt through the frame to...

Progress update: the 94 Marin Muirwood is starting to get stripped down. Huge challenge upcoming to unstick the seatpost from the mainframe: looking a using caustic soda unless anyone else has any better ideas? In terms of replacing parts: Can anyone help me understand what bottom bracket and...

After a frantic search to find the key to the shed, I now have my hands on the bike! Some deep scratches on some of the frame, but doesn’t look like too much rust (apart from chain). Feeling hopeful.

Re: Re: Pretty much none out of 3 there. Terraced house & 2 kids! Thankfully i have a secure shed in the front garden i can keep it between flurries of working on it on my bike stand in the kitchen whilst my wife is out :-).

Hi, Newbie here. Be kind ;-) I’m going to collect my first MTB from a shed at my dads on the weeekend. It’s a 1993/94 Marin Muirwood in grey (with some blue trim). I used it from new until 2002 then it’s been in my dad’s shed ever since. I figure it will need a lot of tlc to get it riding...