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I haven't tried that style of puller before but I might pick one up next time I need to do one. I have the claw-style one and... it works, I guess? I've managed to bend it before the seal gave up a few times.
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I've found the older I get, the less tolerance I have for working in extremely adverse conditions (heat, rain, last minute crunches). My cars are either new enough or optional enough that I use the luxury of time to put off doing work until it can be done in ideal scenarios. I've done enough changing water pumps in parking lots (that one was a motherfucker of a roadside repair).
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Jul 3, 2019 21:49
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Super Serious Actual Drifters use a hydraulic handbrake, often actuating a separate set of rear calipers. And they still clutch kick.
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Jul 7, 2019 00:48
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Suburban Dad posted:Yeah, lifting a 14" wheel/tire makes you feel like superman too. I got some 15s for my Opel and I'm pretty sure with tires mounted, they weigh less than the bare wheels do for anything else I own. Refreshing after hauling around 33" BFGs.
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Aug 8, 2019 18:07
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Keeping the cams in place on the BP engine is easy. The cams have hex flats on them, get an adjustable wrench on each one aimed up so they cross, clamp them together.
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Aug 23, 2019 00:22
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The important bit is unrestricted flow. It doesn't necessarily need the extra heat rejection of the core, but it does need coolant passing through it. A clogged heater core, or just capping off the lines, would be equally bad. Looping the lines would be fine.
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Aug 27, 2019 17:26
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That just looks like "the inside of an old Miata top" to me. They fade as they age.
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Sep 14, 2019 04:54
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When my NB's slave cylinder failed, the master went pretty shortly afterwards. If I were doing that job again today on that car (or, for that matter, if I ever do it on my TJ) I'd do both at the same time and save the future labor.
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Sep 18, 2019 18:34
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He means hitting whatever the taper seats into, not the end of the joint itself - like smacking the knuckle to get a tie rod to release.
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Oct 9, 2019 02:34
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um excuse me posted:Anyone here ever successfully reuse a head gasket? I've spent almost $100 on head gaskets and can't keep replacing them every single time the head comes off. The Sloppy Mechanics way to reuse head gaskets, at least on a LS, is to spray some copper sealant on it, reuse the TTY head bolts, and send it with 14 pounds of boost.
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Oct 12, 2019 02:59
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Yeah, all NBs have a fake gauge driven by a switch. I don't see how it would be possible for an engine to deliver rapidly fluctuating oil pressure like that, so I'd start by replacing the "sending unit" which is just a pressure-activated switch.
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Oct 20, 2019 18:21
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Possibility it ate some foreign object in the past and has a slightly bent valve?
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Dec 20, 2019 22:22
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"poo poo, we're all gonna die soon, better get that convertible I've been promising myself for decades."
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Jun 5, 2020 22:56
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K all the things.
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Jun 11, 2020 21:18
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mobby_6kl posted:I guess that's different because I don't think NBs ever came with 14" and OTOH, had 16" on some special editions and those look pretty good IMO: Cheap / early NBs definitely came with 14s, mine had them. 
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Yeah, it is possible for poo poo to seize up so badly that all you can do is replace parts. Had that happen on my MS3 - bad wheel bearing with a hub, knuckle, and CV that bent the press before even budging.
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captainOrbital posted:
If the condition on the NB1 is good and the mods don't appear to have been hamfisted onto the car, I'd go with that one.
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Oct 28, 2020 23:59
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Do you not have a spare? This is why you have a spare.
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Dec 19, 2020 22:13
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Nice.
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Dec 29, 2020 17:09
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Huttan posted:I've got a 30th anniversary edition (the orange ones), it only comes with an air pump in the "trunk". No spare, no room for a spare. Ugh, I keep forgetting that a spare is now optional on a lot of vehicles. gently caress that noise.
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Jan 11, 2021 00:28
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Could be an internal / bypass leak in the master, too.
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Feb 27, 2021 15:57
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They're also wonderfully easy to replace. Completely agreed that it's not worth going far in diagnosing exactly where the failure is because the best answer is always replace both.
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Feb 27, 2021 19:56
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If there's any sort of functional limited slip in there, that in conjunction with the massive increase in tire weight / diameter could cause problems. Same way a skimpy little Dana 30 will hold up better to big tires when it's an open diff, but the action of a limited slip / locker / spool brings much larger shock loads.
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Yes, replace both. They're basically wear items on Miatas.
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