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Yeah - I was going to say washing it for sure. I bought a used bike which a PO had used "gas tank sealer" in.... which had all rotted away. I carried three replaceable filters with me (after turning chain over and over with 20 feet of chain in it for an hour), and I swapped them constantly - at least with every tank. It got better over time, but.... ick!
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Yeah I haz a sad about fuel pump. And I don't look forward to pulling the gas tank.
In good news, the 2003 carpet I got ages ago fits perrrrfectly.
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And I'm finally going to clean up the super-messy wiring harness a little bit.
In good news, the 2003 carpet I got ages ago fits perrrrfectly.
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And I'm finally going to clean up the super-messy wiring harness a little bit.
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Yesterday I swapped the gas tank on side of the street. Took all of 5 hours, solo, with hand tools. Really easy.
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Today just gotta go get some E85 and should be ready to go driving again
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Today just gotta go get some E85 and should be ready to go driving again
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It is really easy if you have v-bands and all the bolts have been loosend in the past 1-2 years
Don't need a fancy jack!
A vaccum nipple over the looong brake hard line works like a charm. Just slide the compression nut out of the way and tada! No leaking brake fluid.
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A vaccum nipple over the looong brake hard line works like a charm. Just slide the compression nut out of the way and tada! No leaking brake fluid.
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v This is what it looks like. Just move the nut part out of the way v
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In other news, E85 pump closest to my home was out of order :(
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lol yeah, I have to install mine. Just need the fittings, really.
Just did a deal on ABS parts, from a Mazdaspeed, including both subframes. So, sometime within a year my car will have ABS and then, hopefully, Racelogic traction control![](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Since labor is so damn cheap here in Norfolk, I will try to get all new parts sandblasted and powdercoated before I leave the area.
Just did a deal on ABS parts, from a Mazdaspeed, including both subframes. So, sometime within a year my car will have ABS and then, hopefully, Racelogic traction control
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Since labor is so damn cheap here in Norfolk, I will try to get all new parts sandblasted and powdercoated before I leave the area.
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That's pretty much where I am. Except for the whole fuel system.
I made this:
so replace the OEM "damper" with a fuel rail return, using the standard mazda quick disconnects.
We'll see if it works, but the whole system is suffering from a lack of definition.
(Huh, don't know how to make that pic smaller)
I made this:
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We'll see if it works, but the whole system is suffering from a lack of definition.
(Huh, don't know how to make that pic smaller)
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AN? What sensor are you using? I have a taurus sensor with some weird nut things on it.... Those go to steel lines, and those have plastic fuel hose over it. So I guess I'll do the same, hose + clamps.
Er, I guess. I figured better safe than sorry on the sealing. Then I'll reuse some fourty-connect/disconnect cycle OEM junkyard plug on it, which was sitting in brake fluid for a month. Cause I have my priorities straight.
Er, I guess. I figured better safe than sorry on the sealing. Then I'll reuse some fourty-connect/disconnect cycle OEM junkyard plug on it, which was sitting in brake fluid for a month. Cause I have my priorities straight.
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Is there an advantage to one or the other?
The "$300 VDO made unit" you mention with that part number is available from FM for around $100. It's the one Hydra "likes."
Haltech also uses 13577379, not 13577394 to the best of my knowledge. (Probably no difference worth talking about.) $70 here: http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results...umber=13577379
13577394 is the same price at the same site. Can be found elsewhere for $70 shipped.
The "$300 VDO made unit" you mention with that part number is available from FM for around $100. It's the one Hydra "likes."
Haltech also uses 13577379, not 13577394 to the best of my knowledge. (Probably no difference worth talking about.) $70 here: http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results...umber=13577379
13577394 is the same price at the same site. Can be found elsewhere for $70 shipped.
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I'm talking about the loooooong hardline that goes under the car to a distribution block on the rear subframe. After you disconnect it from the distribution block, simply slide the "nut" and put a cap on the flare.
v This is what it looks like. Just move the nut part out of the way v
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In other news, E85 pump closest to my home was out of order :(
v This is what it looks like. Just move the nut part out of the way v
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/110437-soviet-russia-car-build-you-rearbrakeline3.jpg?dateline=1398182142)
In other news, E85 pump closest to my home was out of order :(
For some reason, when I looked up vacuum nipple I got results that confused my noggin.
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lol
yeah...
Some news - car starts, idles for anywhere between 5 to 30 seconds then AFR goes super lean and it dies. I have little idea as to what is causing this, but while looking at the logs I noticed that my voltage is hitting 16V (what the ****). What would cause the alternator to overvolt like this? Its a Mazda 626 alternator, internally regulated just like the NA units. Could it be just a shitty sense wire?
**** this car.
yeah...
Some news - car starts, idles for anywhere between 5 to 30 seconds then AFR goes super lean and it dies. I have little idea as to what is causing this, but while looking at the logs I noticed that my voltage is hitting 16V (what the ****). What would cause the alternator to overvolt like this? Its a Mazda 626 alternator, internally regulated just like the NA units. Could it be just a shitty sense wire?
**** this car.