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CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:06 pm

Nice dude!

It was good to hang with you guys again

Awesome video Chris (apart from the music!)

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:42 pm

CordedBowl wrote:Nice dude!

It was good to hang with you guys again

Awesome video Chris (apart from the music!)

Hahahahaha Music is meh.

Gymkhana this weekend! Then Drift day the weekend after then another track day on the 20th !

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:03 pm

chris wrote:Gymkhana this weekend! Then Drift day the weekend after then another track day on the 20th !

Where is the gymkhana?

chris · Post by **chris** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:08 pm

Hampton!

CUsco advanced or something..

marcellarius · Post by **marcellarius** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 2:22 pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/479999105409888/

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:16 pm

The new mx5?

Skilfil · Post by **Skilfil** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:36 pm

I love how the guy driving it looks like hes straight out of once were warriors.

Maybe its a remake with some customisaton added in?

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:08 pm

Finally had a day off work to take out and replace the coolant return pipe and thermostat housing.

Found the culprit of the leak.

Got it all back together and reset the cam timing, went to crank it but the battery was flat

Oh well, have chucked the battery on charge and will try again tomorrow

harlansmart · Post by **harlansmart** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:06 pm

Way to go Dan, jesus H though this seemingly teeny tiny job turned into a real tour de force huh, but almost there now eh!!

siren676 wrote:Finally had a day off work to take out and replace the coolant return pipe and thermostat housing.... Got it all back together and reset the cam timing, went to crank it but the battery was flat
Oh well, have chucked the battery on charge and will try again tomorrow

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:57 pm

just a quick heads up,We have got the steel pipes for those and the thermo housing being custom made in Taiwain,Excat replica's,
Had the sample's ,and fitted to local regular custy cars ,mint fitting,can't tell from the OEM pipe
Being shipped in the next 3 or 4 weeks,I will post a add up when they arrive,WAAYY cheaper than buying the complete housing from Mazda.

I know you can go the brass fitting route but these will keep it all looking tidy and not jerry rigged up

TehAshleigh · Post by **TehAshleigh** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:56 am

dylann wrote:The new mx5?

LOL! Please tell me you saw this passing by.
Thanks for making my morning.

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:58 am

I can almost guarentee you can make them cheaper than mazda charged for them.
Picked up new thermostat housing, o-ring, lower pipe and gasket for ~$350 trade price

Would have probably been miles easier if I'd dropped out the power steering pump

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:25 pm

Brownie: ball bark figure on the waterpump inlet manifold? My one broke today, green stuff everywhere! And when are you getting them?

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:45 pm

I was thinking about Chris's Hello kitty oil cap and decided that I too, wanted to be in the cool kids club so I ordered these:

punisher oil cap and grenade tire valve caps

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:26 pm

F$%^()(&^@#( Put the battery in car, topped up coolant, took for test drive, leaking faster than ever

i quit

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:59 pm

oh man

I feel gutted for you

is it leaking from the same place?

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:06 pm

How and what did you put into the end of the housing?

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:07 pm

Oh sorry, did you buy a new housing all together?

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:19 pm

MrGrey wrote:oh man
I feel gutted for you

is it leaking from the same place?

Havent looked too far into it, just started drinking.
But it is a constant stream as i fill the radiator and it drips down the front of the block like it has this whole time.

@warrior yeah i bought brand new parts, gasket, o-ring from mazda

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:43 pm

Hairline crack in the block?

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:51 pm

Oh god, hope its not that
I have a sneaking suspicion that it might be the 3rd radiator hose that goes onto the return pipe that i just replaced.
Really hoping it is that hose

marcellarius · Post by **marcellarius** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:04 pm

siren676: have you replaced the water-pump?

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:37 pm

nope, going to go over every connection i moved the other night and double check all the hoses/bolt torques

TehAshleigh · Post by **TehAshleigh** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:44 pm

Random question :- im looking at Raybrig headlights for my car, specifically rectangular ones. But with me being as fussy as i am - i only like the height and width of the 180sx Raybrig lights. Has anyone attempted to fit these to an mx5 and would i have to have custom surrounds made? My friend is selling some cheap.

Any help is appreciated!!

x

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:39 am

LOL! Please tell me you saw this passing by.
Thanks for making my morning.

Haha no I wish! It was the profile pic of some guy I bought some cefiro headlights off, rugged muppets and cefs sort of go together

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