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#21 of 372 zipperless tops for 1992 miata by fergie1 Apr 23, 2005 (4:45 am)
Does anyone have any information on the new zipperless tops with glass window. I currently have a zipper top with glass window and find it very difficult to put the window back up. Replies to this message: carlover3 (Apr 28, 2005 7:25 am)
#22 of 372 Robbins Tops by thel Apr 23, 2005 (3:23 pm)
are the way to go. There are many vendors that can be found in the "marketplace" section of Miata.net.
#23 of 372 Should I replace timing belt and water-pump at home? by carlover3 Apr 28, 2005 (7:19 am)
Hi all,   I have a 94-miata and it is running fine now. It's about time to replace its timing belt and water-pump. I already bought the parts from Mazda dealership, I am debating whether to pay some mechanic to do this job (labor cost of $195) or do it myself. I am not an auto-mechanic but I could be very handy when fixing things around the house and minor things on the car. I bought a Miata workshop book which has all the detail instructions to replace timing belt and water-pump.   My question is:     - is it worth (time, effort, and any risk of damaging the car ?)       to do this job myself instead of giving it to a mechanic ?     - if you had experience of doing such a job please share what you       learned from it (what to watch out for ?, what to not overlooking ? ).     - I expect that this job will take at least 5 hours (for me-), it is about right?   Thanks much in advance! Miata lover.
#24 of 372 Re: zipperless tops for 1992 miata [fergie1] by carlover3 Apr 28, 2005 (7:25 am)
Replying to: fergie1 (Apr 23, 2005 4:45 am) Also try http://www.gomiata.com - several choices for new top including Robbins. I am also looking for a bargain deal on the Robbins top with glass window.
#25 of 372 Miata Parts by tran3688 Apr 28, 2005 (7:21 am)
Someone stole my fender liner in school on the driver side so does anybody know where i can get another fender liner for cheap. I went to the dealer and they said it cost about $90 dollars for the fender liner and the screws are $5 dollars each.
#26 of 372 carlover3 by thel Apr 28, 2005 (6:40 pm)
To do your timing belt and water pump, you will need some special tools like a timing light. Balance the cost of these tools and the aggravation you may encounter doing this yourself with the $195. Personally, I think that the timing belt and water pump is ~$400 I'd just as soon shell out to a pro.   If you are really considering doing it yourself, let me recommend to you Keith Tanner's Miata projects book. In it he has details / photos on how to do the job. Buy it and read it and decide if its still something you want to mess with.
#27 of 372 Gear shift gasket replacement by ericspo Apr 29, 2005 (10:55 am)
I'm trying to replace the small gasket that attaches to the stick and bolts to the top of the transmission. I need some help on how to remove the old one and put the new on on.
#28 of 372 ericspo by thel Apr 29, 2005 (2:02 pm)
Just cut the old one off with a box knife / scissors.   BTW, it'll help to lube up the new boot with some motor oil (or whatever you're using for turret oil) before trying to slip it on.
#29 of 372 Re: what can go wrong when timing belt breaks? [carlover3] by ciocc Apr 30, 2005 (1:55 pm)
Replying to: carlover3 (Apr 07, 2005 6:31 am) Mine broke at 90-something thousand miles. The engine just shut down on the highway. I didn't know what was wrong at the time, so I pushed in the clutch and then let it back out again while I was still going pretty fast to try to restart the engine. It sounded terrible. Turns out, it was the timing belt gear at the end of the crank shaft chewing up the notches on the belt   I don't remember the website now, but I found one that said the Miata has a 'non-interference' engine. In other words, it has enough clearance so the valves don't pound holes in the pistons when you do what I did.   It took me a while to figure out the belt was the problem. It didn't really break. It just lost a bunch of the notches on it. When I took the cover off the cam-sprockets and turned the ignition and they didn't move, I knew what was up.   I read all sorts of horror stories about how hard it was to line the cam sprockets, the crank gear, and the belt. Every site said to be sure and mark all these or even split the old belt in half down the middle before taking it off to maintain this alignment while putting on the new belt, but my alignment was already toast. The instructions I got in the little nothing pamphlet that came with the belt (I think I got the Gates kit with new tensioners from O'Reily Auto Parts - part # TCK179) helped the most. They said exactly how to line everything up with the marks on the engine.   My Miata runs great now. I've put another 20k miles on it since then. I love it...unlike my wife, it never talks back!
#30 of 372 sputter by chaplain May 06, 2005 (7:38 am)
My 99 has about 85K miles and is not running or sounding too great. I can feel a pretty stout but fast vibration in the gear shift while accelerating. Also, the engine while accelerating, is coughing and while climbing a hill the other day it sounded like it backfired. It will also miss if I am just revving the engine and it only does it at the very beginning. Could this be as simple as a fuel filter? Replies to this message: isellhondas (May 07, 2005 10:11 am) chaplain (May 09, 2005 8:20 am)

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