value-oriented miata ownership

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einTier: Sep 25, 2003; Charming, friendly, and possessed by demons.
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Remind me never to buy a car from up North.

I've literally never seen that much rust on a vehicle since the 1970's. When I pulled the lower a-arms off my 8 year old 110,000 mile Miata, the only rust I could find were a few tiny pinholes where rocks had compromised the paint. A little bit of a bath and they looked like new.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2012 07:45

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einTier: Sep 25, 2003; Charming, friendly, and possessed by demons.
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SierraEchoBravo posted:

There's hardly any rust on that car.

Mind. Blown. I'll try to snap some pictures of what neglected cars look like around here.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2012 17:54

einTier: Sep 25, 2003; Charming, friendly, and possessed by demons.
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iv46vi posted:

Small details give character.
One of my own big personal gently caress ups was trying to tighten down the valve cover bolts with a Harbor Freight torque wrench. I thought it was just a hell of a kick when it reached the torque setting, but no, it was snapping bolts in half all along. I got to bolt #5 before figuring that out.

Actually, the problem is more likely that the torque setting is usually given in inch-pounds, not foot-pounds. You should be torquing to 43-78 inch pounds or 3.5-6.5 foot pounds. I suspect your HF torque wrench can't even measure that small.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2012 18:49

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