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#MX5

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:nfld_tri: 🇨🇦 CowMan 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇲🇽
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Adjusted the 'rspeed' door bushings on the Miata this weekend. I do prefer these hard ones to the stock rubber, but the doors could be a bit hard to open.

So I set to fixing that. Through a combination of adjusting the bushing height, adjusting the door cup opening with pliers, and a little bit of sanding with some 220 grit, both doors now open/close like stock.

The outsides I built up some layers of tesa tape to fill the cup and cut out 'squeaking' over bumps.

[ #Miata #MX5 #DoorBushing ]

Miata door bushing
:nfld_tri: 🇨🇦 CowMan 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇲🇽
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One Miata headlight failed to retract the other day. Unplugged the motors, wound them down. Looks like my headlight looms were occasionally getting pinched. Zip-tied those out of the way.

Sometimes there was a delay between headlights on, and popping up. Twice also, the wipers didn't work.

So I have pulled and cleaned up the ignition switch.

Tough to say if I have fixed these intermittent issues, but everything seems to be working again!

[ #MX5 #Miata #Cars ]

Miata with working headlights, popped up
Ignition switch showing carbon buildup on upper contacts, dried grease tracks on the lower
Contact cleaner, pink eraser, cleaning contacts. Actually these are the backsides which rest on springs, but the idea is the same. Little bit of sandpaper for the worst spots.
Contacts cleaned up, ready for greasing and reassembly. Measures 0.1-0.2 ohms on the contacts. Solder was factory fresh. No burning on the old plastic. This switch should hopefully be good for the next 34 years...
:nfld_tri: 🇨🇦 CowMan 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇲🇽
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While I had the valve cover off, I replaced the o-ring on the cam angle sensor with a viton ring. This normally is quick and simple, but I have the supermiata coolant reroute.

On the 1.6's (CAS on the intake), the shifted water temp. probe blocks the CAS withdrawal. Removing the cam cap gave just enough wiggle room to slip by.

CAS o-ring was only a little leaky but it's time was definately up, snapped when prodded. Replaced with a viton ring.

[ #Miata #MX5 #CAS #Supermiata ]

Cam angle sensor hitting the temperature probe on a 949 coolant re-route
Cam cap removed from back of engine, allowing the CAS sensor to be removed
CAS on bench, o-ring was cracked and brittle, snapped on poking
Dylan
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Two years ago I bought my ✨dream car✨

I had to widen my search to 250mi, but I found the exact spec I was looking for… 5.5hr away. The parental units agreed to take a road trip with me to get the car. I think they were happy to see it to the end since I talked about Miatas so often.

I plan to own Blue Lightning long-term and I’ll surely drive it as much — I’m talking hundreds of thousands of miles. I know I’ll love every one of them.

Me, flipping you the bird
A dark blue Miata in a parking lot with hedges and trees in the background
A dark blue Miata sitting on the side of a road in Yellowstone NP. The sun is rising in the background behind some pine trees
A dark blue Miata on the side of a Wyoming road. Mountains and the moon are visible in the background
#Miata#WeirdCarMastodon#Miatadon
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