My stock radiator started turning brown. Not real brown, but the fact that it started at all indicated to me that I should start looking. After all, for all I knew, that was the original radiator, and thus could be over ten years old with over 249,000 miles on it. Not wanting to be stuck with a cracked radiator when it decided it was time to go, I decided to look for a new radiator. And as I have done with radiator replacements on previous cars, I decided to get a larger radiator without plastic ...
I found out that the heater controls get hot enough to melt plastic. Not a lot of melting, just enough to be a bother. My fan control was jammed against the #4 position. It would wobble back and forth, which would turn the fan on or off, but it wouldn't move to the 3, 2, 1, or 0 positions. I took it apart to find out why. It turns out that somehow the plastic became hot enough to melt a tiny part of the wiring connector to the switch and to allow the metal contact for the #4 position ...
A few random notes about the Ground Control install. 1. I did not like how the "Adapter" allowed the top of the spring to move laterally on the top mount. At full compression it moves so far out of line that the shock body can hit the spring. Gary at TDR said to use the stock full length bumpstops to prevent the motion and retain the adapter. At full extension the adapter can become unsupported by the spring and move off the spring seat. The instruction sheet (laughable ...
Stop reading now. This is just a lot of prattle about shocks and crap. My Miata is a '94 R pack. It came with Bilstein shocks, standard rate front springs and rear springs 4 pounds heavier than standard. The front sway bar is 1 mm larger and the rear is 1 mm smaller. These are the only differences between the R pack and the base model suspensions. When I got the car the ride was very harsh and the front end pogoed over every bump. I discovered that the front shocks ...
I guess I should start by saying that I was never a sports car guy, always a motorcycle nut (or donorcycle according to my RN aunt). I bought my first bike at 15 with money I earned mowing a grave yard and returning pop bottles for the 3 cent deposit. It was a 1967 Wards Riverside 125 and was my first true love and stayed with me until I joined the Army. With my new found financial success I bought a brand new Kawasaki KZ400 then a Yamaha XS1100 then Kawasaki Mach 1 triple (back to 2 stroke) which ...
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