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Old 10-23-2013, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by triple88a
The whole ******* setup man, the front sway bar mounts are also garbage.
Lulz, I'm 2 hours in today on the RF corner and I can't get the shock/spring combo out of the upper A-arm. End link on this side was ok(-ish) and upper balljoint is loose. It might be that I haven't had a good night's sleep in weeks or my mechanical retardation
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if you did the long bolt method you'd of had the entire car done in 2 hours.
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Tried that. Long bolt is practically welded in there for life. It's not going anywhere.
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Don't know why anyone would do anything other than long bolt.

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Tried that. Long bolt is practically welded in there for life. It's not going anywhere.
Get a longer lever and some Kroil.
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So my sister informed me via Facebook today that my dog died last night. She was an old girl (15 years) and had been living at my sister's place down in Florida for a number of years, as my life has been one airport after another for so long. To be honest, I'm surprised she help up this long- Lexi was a very obese little chihuahua. But despite her age, she was so playful and filled with bouncing-off-the-walls energy that she might as well have been a puppy. Every time I flew home to visit, she'd practically explode when I walked through the door.

That kind of made it worse, actually. She didn't seem like an old dog...





I know this is a cat forum, and I've never even fessed up to dog ownership before today, I just thought I'd share.
I's sorry to hear that, Joe.
I'm a dog owner, too. (Well, I do not "own" them. We live together.)

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Cats and dogs can coexist under the same roof.

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You, yes you. Trade me your beat up 1.6 + cash for my pristine 1.8!
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You, yes you. Trade me your beat up 1.6 + cash for my pristine 1.8!
wanna buy my 91? it needs love.
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Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
Don't know why anyone would do anything other than long bolt.



Get a longer lever and some Kroil.
It's been soakin in oil since last sunday, no dice. Long bolt never worked for me, balljoints always popped loose in 4 smacks of the BFH.

Oh well, shock came out, swapped the spring and it's all buttoned up now. Only thing left is do drivers side and cut off the old endlink that has fused to both the lower arm and swaybar. Such joy
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I just called the police. I didn't get assaulted and they didn't shoot my dog but they also weren't helpful.
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Originally Posted by Oscar
Lulz, I'm 2 hours in today on the RF corner and I can't get the shock/spring combo out of the upper A-arm. End link on this side was ok(-ish) and upper balljoint is loose. It might be that I haven't had a good night's sleep in weeks or my mechanical retardation
Find my guide man. Took me 20 mins to do each spring 2nd time i did it.
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Cashew is best nut.
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Cashew is best nut.
Close, but no.
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Originally Posted by triple88a
Find my guide man. Took me 20 mins to do each spring 2nd time i did it.
Just looked it up. Never tried unbolting the hub from the lower arm, might as well give that a try. I failed at step 2 though, that endlink wasn't going anywhere. Time for
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From the Nature is Weird file, I present Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse:





This parasite enters a fish through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the fish's tongue. Once anchored, it extracts blood through its claws, eventually causing the tongue to atrophy from lack of blood. After the tongue rots away and falls off, the parasite then replaces the fish's tongue by attaching its own body to the muscles of the tongue stub. Subsequent to this, the parasite actually functions as a sort of prosthetic tongue, allowing the fish to feed normally while continuing to feast on its blood.
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After a lot of consideration I changed my major.
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After a lot of consideration I changed my major.
After seeing this post?

https://www.miataturbo.net/current-e...1/#post1066065
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Finally pulled the trigger to get a second supercharger.
Got a deal on a good used unit, and thought it would be wise to have a spare since these things are getting harder and harder to come by.
Not a whole lot of support over here, gotta think long term.
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
From the Nature is Weird file, I present Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse:





This parasite enters a fish through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the fish's tongue. Once anchored, it extracts blood through its claws, eventually causing the tongue to atrophy from lack of blood. After the tongue rots away and falls off, the parasite then replaces the fish's tongue by attaching its own body to the muscles of the tongue stub. Subsequent to this, the parasite actually functions as a sort of prosthetic tongue, allowing the fish to feed normally while continuing to feast on its blood.
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Still not as nasty as the dickhole fish. **** that.
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