MX-5 OC Forum

[quote user="TiJayMX5"] What happened when the HG died? Steam, overheating and a loud bang, or did it just quietly stop..? [/quote]  I'm interested to know too.  Not to make light of the OP's troubles, the one thing you can say about MX-5 head gasket failures is it almost never turns out to be the head ...

[quote user="ianandjan"] Sorry, but you seem to be suggesting Stiction is a continuous force.  [/quote]  Neither I nor your engineer are saying any such thing.  So long as the nuts are correctly tightened, the torque transferred through the hub to the wheel is applied through the mating surface and is not a lateral ...

[quote user="ianandjan"] Seriously, a motor industry engineer said: "The torque under acceleration or braking should be transmitted mainly by the friction between the faces, not by the wheel studs which are designed to provide the tensile force to pull the faces together"   What absolute rubbish! To have friction ...

[quote user="pjr"] Now I remember why the Northampton group seemed much more inviting. [/quote]  I have literally no idea what just happened here.  Still, I'll be at the Young Pretender this evening to see what's going on.

I find that it takes time for the filter to move appreciably when removing it by hand.  Yes, the space is very tight and it's hard to get a good grip, but if you get as good a grasp as possible and twist as hard as you can bear to, eventually they start to creep round almost imperceptibly at first.  The big question is will the ...

[quote user="Geoff Peace"] In the handbook for my car it states that the wheel studs should be dry, no lubricant, copper grease etc.  I have greased wheelstuds for years so why the sudden change?  perhaps something to do with the torque being greater if the studs are greased. [/quote]  That's interesting.  I ...

I hardly expect you to take my word for it but that sounds like a classic example of confirmation bias to me; supermarket petrol smells worse than major brands to you because you expect it to.  The amount of sulphur in supermarket (and any other) petrol today is a tiny fraction of the amount that was in all brands 30 ...

[quote user="AT"]  Seriously, check the rear diff carrier for damage; it has break away parts, presumably to save the rest of the driveline in a shunt, that have been known to crack and fail shortly after repairs on rear damaged cars have been completed. [/quote]  Good point.  The right hand arm of the diff carrier has ...

Did my 240,000 mile oil change last weekend.

It sounds like the previous owner has replaced one lamp and somehow got hold of a left-hand-drive one.  They're getting rarer nowadays but those 7" round headlights used to be standard fit on lots of cars.