Beginner to the Miata Scene! Hello!
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Beginner to the Miata Scene! Hello!
Good Afternoon to all and happy belated new years! Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello! Excited to learn from all of you and have a miata that needs some TLC!
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Welcome Ysleem! Post pics of your car, we are very visual people. Acceptable topics include anything related to your Miata, cat, wife/girlfriend/beard, or garage space (so we can be jealous)
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Haha thanks guys! Will do. just some background:
Recently acquired 1990 miata. Currently doing visual inspections and routine maintenance to the miata since she needed her fluids replenished and i needed an idea of how she is doing!
Dismounted the baggage mount and hopefully next weekend will get to giving her some fresh rear differential fluid. Also the boot's carpeting was removed as i have found mold on the interior of the car's boot/trunk and noticed a little condensation on the battery. So I am also in the process of cleaning that up! Yuck!
Removed the skid plate of the car to inspect radiator and any leaking fluids. Seems like everything looks good so far! Going to put together a project plan and hopefully after a couple weeks of extensive research and forum consultation I will be able to meet my target goals for this wonderful car!
Here are some pics!
Trunk and battery carpetting | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Deflated spare! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
baggage mount | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Recently acquired 1990 miata. Currently doing visual inspections and routine maintenance to the miata since she needed her fluids replenished and i needed an idea of how she is doing!
Dismounted the baggage mount and hopefully next weekend will get to giving her some fresh rear differential fluid. Also the boot's carpeting was removed as i have found mold on the interior of the car's boot/trunk and noticed a little condensation on the battery. So I am also in the process of cleaning that up! Yuck!
Removed the skid plate of the car to inspect radiator and any leaking fluids. Seems like everything looks good so far! Going to put together a project plan and hopefully after a couple weeks of extensive research and forum consultation I will be able to meet my target goals for this wonderful car!
Here are some pics!
Trunk and battery carpetting | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Deflated spare! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
baggage mount | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Check out the rain rail drains as they might be clogged, or I'm guessing the rain rail itself is cracked/leaking. Kinda a bastard of a job to replace it so hopfully its just the drains. One of those is generally where mystery moisture comes from.
Or leaking around the luggage rack thing. I had that on my NA and it drove me batty
Or leaking around the luggage rack thing. I had that on my NA and it drove me batty
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Hey at least you have a clean bay! I have to get some rust out of mine from brake line leakage (probably due to age of the car) 325K on the chasis! Let me try to embed the image and see if that works. #noobproblems haha
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Im thinking the Luggage rack.....
Mine leaked like crazy. Took me a while to figure out the cause. Some RTV silicon worked. It was a rigged situation, and not a fix, but it stopped leaking.
I was gonna offer to buy your luggage rack, but its the same one i have... i was hoping it was the lifted chrome basket style rack. lol I kinda want one of those.
Mine leaked like crazy. Took me a while to figure out the cause. Some RTV silicon worked. It was a rigged situation, and not a fix, but it stopped leaking.
I was gonna offer to buy your luggage rack, but its the same one i have... i was hoping it was the lifted chrome basket style rack. lol I kinda want one of those.
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Check out the rain rail drains as they might be clogged, or I'm guessing the rain rail itself is cracked/leaking. Kinda a bastard of a job to replace it so hopfully its just the drains. One of those is generally where mystery moisture comes from.
Or leaking around the luggage rack thing. I had that on my NA and it drove me batty
Or leaking around the luggage rack thing. I had that on my NA and it drove me batty
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Yeah those definitely look classy! I can see why you want one. Would look good against the red of the car. I think it might also be the luggage rack holes I think part of the project plan will be to eliminate that and eventually a wing
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Check out the rain rail drains as they might be clogged, or I'm guessing the rain rail itself is cracked/leaking. Kinda a bastard of a job to replace it so hopfully its just the drains. One of those is generally where mystery moisture comes from.
Or leaking around the luggage rack thing. I had that on my NA and it drove me batty
Or leaking around the luggage rack thing. I had that on my NA and it drove me batty
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