Free Burgers and Beer Saturday

Haven't been on for a while but want to get the car ready for the TDR event.

Here's the offer: You come over to my house and instruct, help, show (pick one) me how to do a 60K fluid change and put in some stainless steel brake lines and we can cook some burgers on the the new Weber and sit on the patio and drink beer while listening to the coyotes howl and watching the donkeys hump each other. It's cheap entertainment and good for a few laughs. I have a 2003 Miata and will need to know what to buy before hand.
I already have the oil and filter, a decent floor jack and stands. Let me know.

For those that don't know where I moved it's between Celina and Gunter out in the country. If anyone else want to come out and do some maintenance the offer stands as well.

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Originally Posted by Tim the Teacher

Haven't been on for a while but want to get the car ready for the TDR event.

Here's the offer: You come over to my house and instruct, help, show (pick one) me how to do a 60K fluid change and put in some stainless steel brake lines and we can cook some burgers on the the new Weber and sit on the patio and drink beer while listening to the coyotes howl and watching the donkeys hump each other. It's cheap entertainment and good for a few laughs. I have a 2003 Miata and will need to know what to buy before hand.
I already have the oil and filter, a decent floor jack and stands. Let me know.

For those that don't know where I moved it's between Celina and Gunter out in the country. If anyone else want to come out and do some maintenance the offer stands as well.

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Put me down as a possibility but I have lots of homework too. Ugh.

Is that still in Texas?



...J/K

I would come help but I'm going to be out of town.

Yes...but barely

I'd be there but am tied up with a party at one of my arcade buddy's house.

We'll be drinking, chatting, playing games, and eating like pigs.

You moved into that old DQ???

Good luck on the tech day. Unfortunately, I will be at work as per usual.

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Originally Posted by black roadster

Put me down as a possibility

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You are a pathetic excuse of a possibility

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

You are a pathetic excuse of a possibility

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Thanks! Poor Timmy's response has been under-whelming!

My thanks to BR for the offer. Iffin you can spare a few hours that would be appreciated. Anyone else is still more than welcome to come. I have a 3 car garage and a 200 foot driveway.

Carazzie and I hafta go to her nephew's wedding Saturday otherwise I'd be glad to help.

Tim WHO?????

I'm at Eagles Canyon on Saturday, otherwise I'd be happy to help.

You're pretty close to Woodbine, compared to most of these::Clown::::Clown::

I will be at the SCCA Rally Saturday or I would be there to help.

If you mean to do the timing and other 60K stuff then I will definitely help because I need to do my timing belt too. So put me down for a definite if it includes the belt but unlikely if your just doing fluids. Also if you were planning on doing the timing belt I know a place to get everything you need for a timing belt including the waterpump for $120 ground shipped, probably wouldn't make it by saturday though.

Sorry Timmy.

Mid-terms are next week. I'm out. :(

No worries....If someone can still come out that would be fine. If not I will post again for the following Saturday.

Juano....pm me the info. It's just fluids and the steel brakelines this time but tb is due as the car has 69K.

to Merv: ::Bum::;)

http://www.getcoolparts.com/

They have really cheap waterpump, tensioner, and idler pulleys, and everything else you need. just put in your car and then you can either look up parts manually or they have kits in a drop down menu that show what parts you need for what job. Everything that I'm getting for me timing belt change should come to about $120 with free ground shipping.

You may as well do the TB at the same time if you wanna wait till next weekend then I could order those parts and have them in time for next weekend and we could do both of our TBs, hopefully.

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Originally Posted by JuanoTejano

http://www.getcoolparts.com/

They have really cheap waterpump, tensioner, and idler pulleys, and everything else you need. just put in your car and then you can either look up parts manually or they have kits in a drop down menu that show what parts you need for what job. Everything that I'm getting for me timing belt change should come to about $120 with free ground shipping.

You may as well do the TB at the same time if you wanna wait till next weekend then I could order those parts and have them in time for next weekend and we could do both of our TBs, hopefully.

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Just make sure you know what you are getting. There's a reason for the phrase, "You get what you paid for." I can't remember what I paid for my water pump a few yrs ago but it was not that much for a new one, not a remanufactured. I think maybe $50, which is worth it for the insurance that it is quality and will last. Both personally and at work, I've seen cheapo parts or remans be defective...the worst part is ya can't tell till ya have the damn thing put together and go on the test drive!

Man Tim, looks like ya picked a bad Saturday! I'd love to come help to, but I'll be at work all day til 7pm and would be at Eagle's Canyon if not for work! FYI, I'm gonna start stripping a parts car next Sunday in Garland/Mesquite so I can drop the engine/tranny into my Spec car...

Well the water pump and other important parts aren't suspiciously cheap from that website, the things that you save the most money on is the tensioner and idler pulleys which I don't worry about the quality of too much because they are kinda hard to fuck up. I appreciate the advice though.

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Originally Posted by JuanoTejano

Well the water pump and other important parts aren't suspiciously cheap from that website, the things that you save the most money on is the tensioner and idler pulleys which I don't worry about the quality of too much because they are kinda hard to fuck up. I appreciate the advice though.

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Yeah not to much trouble even if that fails. Cool, I'll have to check it out. Especially with the Spec car and my daily having 272k miles I'm always replacing something or doing some maintenance!

Yea I'd recommend checking them out. I've been looking for cheap timing belt/60K supplies for a while and the money that you save on just the two pulleys ($12 a piece as opposed to $60) mean that you can buy everything else at stealership prices and still save money. I will still be spending money where I think it needs to be though, like OEM valvecover gasket and not buying a ebay waterpump. I've been happy with the quality of other seemingly to cheap to be true things from them in the past.

Just looked and their waterpump is $50, if you know of a more trusted brand/vendor for simliar price I'd consider it. Also BTW none of the stuff on their site is remanufactured unless it explicitly says rebuilt in the title of the part, like their alternators. I'm not sure if you meant that brand name would make a difference in waterpumps or if you thought they were rebuilt at that price.

Anyone going from or through the Arlington, please contact me by PM.

I've been storing TtT's socket for almost as long as he's had the car. I'd like to get it back to him before I loose it ::Banana::

I'm free on Saturday, I'll come down.

I'd love help with the free burgers and beer but we'll be stuck in Plano most of Saturday.

I got your pm Daniel and answered it. If you are coming from the north you go south on 289 and turn left on CR106. The address is Celina but we are north of it.


Hey Hal....has that socket grown hair and gone through puberty yet?

Tim, do you think you will plan on doing it this weekend or holding of to do the timing belt at the same time? Either way let me know when you decide to do the TB if it's in the near future because I'd like some help in addition to just the enthusiast's manual.

Also if anyone knows of better place to get maybe a better brand name new waterpump than the one I posted, for around $50-60 then post it up because I'd like to order all the TB parts I need soon.

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Hey Hal....has that socket grown hair and gone through puberty yet?

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There is definitely something growing on it.

more than what's on top of your head?????

My thanks to Daniel for the help today. Differential, transmission, oil and filter, shift boots and stainless steel brake lines all done. Only problem was the "wings" on the drain plug on the bottom of the PWR radiator broke off as the plug was tight and the handle was made of cheap plastic.

Seems like this is a common occurence....

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=275817

Anytime Tim, you have a sweet house! We need to have some more events out there, its nice and has plenty of room. Your car is sweet too, my first ride in a supercharged miata today.

I remember my first ride in a FI miata, I almost shat myself, but it wasn't due to the speed.

Sorry that we couldn't work something out where I could help Tim, but post again if you plan on doing the timing belt in the near future and I'll definitley be interested in that. I'd like to get mine done before Laguna.

I'm also still hoping Icepenguin will spill the beans on the more trusted brand waterpump he mentioned for around the same price as my unknown brand waterpump.

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http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=275817

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Seeing as you already found that thread, you already have my advice. ;)

JT...I am coordinating with Rogue to do the tb/wp while I am gone for Spring Break. Perfect time as the car will not be needed for 9 days.

I plan on having a tech day at the house this spring.