I've been driving between Tampa and New Jersey every 2 weeks for the past 2 months and as you can imagine my life has been a bit scattered. I love the drive because I love the car. I owned a mint condition 85 RX7 for a few years before it became a casualty of my divorce and I never thought another...

Here is a link to some pictures I took of my neighbors new 1972 RX2. It's got 20k on the second engine..he got 180k from the first. Check out the wheels. I miss my RX7! http://www.jkf194.com/rx2.htm

Next door neighbor just picked up a 1972 RX2. 180k on the first engine. The second engine he's got 20k on. I heard it the other morning... there is no mistaking the sound of that rotary (I had an RX7) and I had to go look. It's in very nice condition. Pictures of it...

I know from being a pilot that there are no stupid questions and the obvious ain't necessarily so... I am a newbie as far as working on my 2000 goes.. Looking at page 18 of the 2000 MX5 wiring schematic, it looks to me that the fog lights are connected to the headlight relay.. Is it possible the...

I've been driving between Tampa and New Jersey every 2 weeks for the past 2 months and as you can imagine my life has been a bit scattered. I love the drive because I love the car. I owned a mint condition 85 RX7 for a few years before it became a casualty of my divorce and I never thought another...

Anybody know of a shop in the New Port Richey/Tampa area that can take care of my 2000 Miata?

What sadist decided to put the Miata oil filter where it is? I could barely get my hand under and through..much less any kind of an oil filter wrench. I finally got a pair of dish washing gloves which gave me the leverage but I couldn't pull my hand and filter back out the way I put my hand in.....

We've had some icy misty foggy nights here in NJ. My door weatherstripping on my 2002 Protege had some minor problems with being frozen to the door frame. In the fall I used a rag and sprayed it liberally with Permatex silicone and wiped several times the weatherstripping and door frame where it...

I want to drain the antifreeze on my 2002 Mazda Protege with the 2.0 litre engine. Yes, I know it is a Miata group, but many have Proteges also. I had a 1997 Protege and the owner's manual showed a block drain under the exhaust manifold. Never did find it. My daughter has the car now. I looked...

Driver's side in the UK/Japan/Australia, so it's easier to hear. At first it sounds like an HLA or a stone caught in the tyre tread, but it doesn't vary with road speed or engine rpm. Far more noticeable with the top down. Only does it when the car is under power and on a light throttle...

Here's a bit of weirdness. My 1997 car sat a bit higher at the front than at the rear, so I assumed the springs had sagged. I was given some springs from an earlier (1990) car which measured exactly the specified free lengths and therefore couldn't have sagged. On fitting these the F/R...

gordon wrote: > Subject: 1991 miata- ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT WILL OPEN > Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 23:05:12 -0400 > Message-ID: > > Organization: AutosTalk Forums > User-Agent: vBulletin USENET gateway > X-Newsreader: vBulletin USENET gateway >...

There's one small bore hose which runs under the inlet manifold. It's the only hose I haven't changed yet, because I can't even see the end of it. Any tips? Do you have to go in through the wheel arch?

Mac wrote: > Just checking to see if anyone has replaced a heater core out of a > 1990 Miata or one around that year?? Mine is leaking and could use > any pointers that I can get before I tear into it. > Thanks in advance. Horrible job because the dash has to come out. That's about all I can...

I'm having replacement shocks and springs (not lowered; they're original 1990-spec) fitted next week and will need to get the car set up again afterwards. I don't want to alter the normal understeer/oversteer characteristics of the standard Mazda geometry (I'm no Schumacher and as it is, I can...

Hi, I just bought a 92 Miata that had been in an accident that caused the airbag to deploy. The car was repaired and sold sans the airbag to the guy I bought it from who has been driving it for 4 years without an airbag. Is this something a back yard mechanic can do, or is it better left to...

Hi, I bought this car used 2 years ago. It had been left out under a tree, and the drain line from the fuel filler well was clogged. Rain overflowed the well and went into the gas tank. The seller drained the tank, and got it going. I put some alcohol fuel treatment in it a couple of times...

Hi, A long time ago I posted here asking about how to fix my mirrors that wouldn't budge. I was given advice on how to proceed and here's what happened. I started with the passenger side. By sticking a screwdriver in a small slot at the base of the housing the housing popped off its...

Hi, I bought a '92 that was crashed. The repair shop didn't replace the airbag. It deployed in the crash. So now the airbag light flashes continuously. How can I make it stop flashing? Thanks, Mike

Hi, Suppose you're driving on asphalt. In a rear wheel drive car like the miata, if you go into a turn too fast, and the back starts to slide, what's the safest way to correct? I'm pretty sure you want to stay off the brakes because that would throw more weight forward and lighted rear traction...