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destructo posted:Which one of you is nannerpus I love the door handles.
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# ? Dec 4, 2010 07:34 |
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Tactical Bonnet posted:I also need to do that, but find that I can't get the shift knob off of my 95M, Whenever I give it and real twist the lever feels like it's starting to flex and scares me out of doing anything. This is also a problem because of my previously mentioned radio issues, because if I can't get the knob off I can't yank the console to release the rest of the console to change the head unit. Is it the Nardi knob? It has a little set screw underneath the wood part of the shifter. Just pull down the rubber and it takes a very small little hex wrench.
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# ? Dec 4, 2010 08:31 |
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It is a nardi knob but it's leather, not wood. I'll look and see if it has the set screw tomorrow though.
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# ? Dec 4, 2010 08:44 |
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n8r posted:Is it the Nardi knob? It has a little set screw underneath the wood part of the shifter. Just pull down the rubber and it takes a very small little hex wrench. Which Nardi knob has this? I have the hockey puck one. And it doesn't have a set screw.
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# ? Dec 4, 2010 09:06 |
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My '92 black and tan does.
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# ? Dec 4, 2010 09:17 |
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Ziploc posted:Which Nardi knob has this? I have the wooden knob (hurr) and it's got the set screw on the collar.
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# ? Dec 4, 2010 11:12 |
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Just got home with the latest aquisition. '00 with 50k miles, JR supercharger, roll bar, FM stage 2 suspension package. It was owned by a guy who used to race shifter carts and now races a gutted Miata in various classes. Joe Mama fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Dec 5, 2010 |
# ? Dec 5, 2010 00:49 |
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Good stuff. The JRSC has some issues with heat management seeing how it is a positive displacement SC; just be careful and everything should be alright. Snow: ON Falken Ziex ZE-912s: ON Back end: OUT
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 01:50 |
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Phone posted:Good stuff. The JRSC has some issues with heat management seeing how it is a positive displacement SC; just be careful and everything should be alright. Hah. Last time I was in a snow belt state with snow tires on my Miata, I got stuck just pulling out of the parking lot. A sheet of black ice had formed under the shadow of the building, and I was well stuck for over 30 minutes on the incline, grinding and pushing while a multitude of Camrys, Accords and SUVs passed by, gawking and staring.
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 01:58 |
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If I was still in Minnesota I would never have even considered buying a Miata. Extra Info: It also has a sweet-rear end Kenwood head unit, a manifold-back magnaflow exhaust, and the FM chassis brace kit. It has 205/50-15 Falkan Azenis tires and I'm not exactly sure what wheels they are, all they say is "Force F1-Light Racing Tuner" and they're dual-pattern. Enkei? (edit: wishful thinking, they're 'Drag DR-9', whatever they are.) Joe Mama fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Dec 5, 2010 |
# ? Dec 5, 2010 02:05 |
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I put my snow tires on and have been winter driving ~*MY MIATA*~ for a few years and have never gotten stuck. And I'm up in this arctic wasteland you call Canada. You guys must be doing it wrong
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 02:44 |
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Going to keep the summer tires on until I spin out a few times, because I'm (retarded and) gonna try to save that $300.
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 02:53 |
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Some human being busted my taillight while I was snowboarding today for 3 hours.
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 05:14 |
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He couldn't understand why it's in MOMA.
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 05:28 |
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Phone posted:He couldn't understand why it's in MOMA. Perhaps it was a carefully executed artistic statement? The fragility of all that we find beautiful.
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 09:03 |
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FireTora posted:Some human being busted my taillight while I was snowboarding today for 3 hours. Lack of other damage suggests that they might have been trying to break in to the trunk. Smash the left-hand light in, then pull the cable release. It's the easiest way in without a key...
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 10:29 |
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meltie posted:Lack of other damage suggests that they might have been trying to break in to the trunk. Smash the left-hand light in, then pull the cable release. It's the easiest way in without a key... Doubt that, there's like 3 miatas in alaska, people don't know the tricks with them up here. My cable release is cut anyway, only way into the truck is with the key. Think it was just some loving locals
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 19:09 |
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I have a buttload of spare tails around, let me know if you're interested.
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 19:30 |
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destructo posted:I have a buttload of spare tails around, let me know if you're interested. lol
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 20:08 |
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Guinness posted:Very nice. Now that it's winter, I'm incredibly envious of your PRHT. Haters gonna hate, but since my Miata is a DD I'd kill for a PRHT. What's up NC buddy? Go ahead and budget for tires before you hit 15000 miles...
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# ? Dec 5, 2010 23:45 |
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Goober Peas posted:What's up NC buddy? I actually have a 95M, but have given some consideration to buying an NC PRHT.
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# ? Dec 6, 2010 01:03 |
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So the cable that controls the direction of air/heat (head/feet/defrost/etc) in my NA is hosed. It's frayed near the top so I can't change to to defrost which is killing me this winter. Anyone know where I can score a replacement? Right now I just have the cable completely disconnected and hanging by the driver footwell so I can manually pull the cable to change the direction, but ughhhhh it's a pain.
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# ? Dec 6, 2010 03:21 |
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Guinness posted:I actually have a 95M, but have given some consideration to buying an NC PRHT. Well crap...I clicked the wrong post We do have something in common though -- I also cry when I masturbate My '09 is MX-5 #4 for me...I had a '97, a '99, and an '02 prior. I avoided the PRHT because it has fractionally less headroom...at 6'3" that fraction was kinda important. I also found it didn't really make any improvements in wind or road noise -- but it would come in handy living in a high crime area (which I do). And it has eaten tires -- at least the OEM Bridgestones. I had the outer treads at the wear bars in 12000 miles and the inners at the bars by 14000 miles. Granted they only had a 140 wear rating, so I guess I hit that one on the nose. I just put new Continentals on last weekend -- still wearing the molding compound off and it's as cold as a witches tit right now, so I can't really tell how much performance I'm losing in getting a 50000 mile tire.
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# ? Dec 6, 2010 03:25 |
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Never mind I just googled metric thread pitch and feel dumb.
8th-snype fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Dec 7, 2010 |
# ? Dec 7, 2010 21:11 |
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I've got a vacuum leak at the brake booster apparently. How do I fix this?
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# ? Dec 7, 2010 23:03 |
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Is it the line connected to the booster or is the booster itself leaking?
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# ? Dec 8, 2010 00:20 |
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IIRC, the booster line has an internal check valve so if that's leaking get the line from Mazda. Otherwise I would assume you'd have to replace the booster itself.
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# ? Dec 8, 2010 04:17 |
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Goober Peas posted:Well crap...I clicked the wrong post We do have something in common though -- I also cry when I masturbate Dang, that's really lovely life even for the OEM tires. I went at least 25,000 miles on mine, possibly 40,000 since I'm not sure if the first owner ever got new ones.
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# ? Dec 11, 2010 23:04 |
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GoblinBomb posted:Dang, that's really lovely life even for the OEM tires. I went at least 25,000 miles on mine, possibly 40,000 since I'm not sure if the first owner ever got new ones. I would have been more upset if they didn't have such a low wear rating...I had never heard of Max Performance Summer tires until I bought this car. They were definitely grippy -- I couldn't make them squeal the first 10000 miles, even when sliding through corners. I ended up getting Continental DWS all-seasons as replacements. I can tell I'm giving up some ultimate grip when pushed, but overall I'm pleased so far. I hope to have the car paid off before buying tires again.
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# ? Dec 12, 2010 02:23 |
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Since the last cold period my air bag light started flashing (defective s sensor allegedly). As the air bag in the first gen Miatas has a reputation of causing more injuries than preventing them anyways I decided to just disable all of it instead of getting it fixed (I live in Europe, so an air bag is not mandatory here). Now what I am wondering is if I have to remove that overlapping part of the safety belt which supposedly extends the belt (that's the part near the bottom mount, covered in a sleeve) as well so my pretty face does not hit the steering wheel in the event of an accident or if I'll be fine without tempering with it.
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# ? Dec 12, 2010 18:23 |
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duep posted:Since the last cold period my air bag light started flashing (defective s sensor allegedly). As the air bag in the first gen Miatas has a reputation of causing more injuries than preventing them anyways I decided to just disable all of it instead of getting it fixed (I live in Europe, so an air bag is not mandatory here). Now what I am wondering is if I have to remove that overlapping part of the safety belt which supposedly extends the belt (that's the part near the bottom mount, covered in a sleeve) as well so my pretty face does not hit the steering wheel in the event of an accident or if I'll be fine without tempering with it. If it works correctly it should lock when it's quickly yanked, thus you shouldn't hit the wheel... full force anyway. The air bag is just a secondary layer of protection, the belt is what does most of the work. If you're that worried about your face you should fix the air bag system or get a harness though because if anything does happen to you it'll be your face on the wheel.
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# ? Dec 12, 2010 21:58 |
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duep posted:As the air bag in the first gen Miatas has a reputation of causing more injuries than preventing them More information please.
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# ? Dec 13, 2010 08:09 |
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My aunt's boyfriend's sister's cousin's uncle once
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# ? Dec 13, 2010 09:02 |
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An early miata airbag killed Santa Claus. That is why he doesn't come to your house anymore.
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# ? Dec 13, 2010 18:00 |
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well I heard from this Japanese guy th
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# ? Dec 14, 2010 00:06 |
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Miata is hibernating: Click here for the full 1098x1836 image. On a completely different note, Top Gear UK is taking a miata through the middle east(along with a Fiat and a Z3) this year as a special! Edit: Is $104 the best price /shock for Bilstein HDs? (NA 1994) Russian Bear fucked around with this message at 07:49 on Dec 14, 2010 |
# ? Dec 14, 2010 05:40 |
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I yanked on the PCV hose a little too hard and sort of tore it a little at the end (1.8 96'). Rosenthal wants $34 for the kit that has the little hose in it(and includes a bunch of other crap I don't need, it's not sold by itself as far as I can tell), but is it just another thing that can be replaced with standard vacuum hosing of the proper size?
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# ? Dec 15, 2010 08:29 |
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Yes. Bulk hose is fine for the PCV. The PCV gromit that sits in the valve cover can also be found in the "misc/help" section of your local autoparts store too.
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# ? Dec 15, 2010 10:21 |
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iscariot posted:Yes. Bulk hose is fine for the PCV. The PCV gromit that sits in the valve cover can also be found in the "misc/help" section of your local autoparts store too. OK woot thanks. On inspection, I also managed to break the actual PCV, I think, the base sort of came apart, but that's no big deal, like $16 and $3 for the grommit. I like having a car now that I'm always like *something breaks* "well this probably costs hundreds" *checks internet* "oh, it's only $25"
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Cross posted from the "You put what on your car" thread. Found downtown in San Francisco.
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# ? Dec 15, 2010 10:55 |