Well, the brake pads (actually pad) were making a grinding noise on the left front, so I ordered fresh pads and rotors (Hawk HPS pads, brembo rotors from tirerack.com) and went to install them today. But it appears I have more serious issues than just the pads. Here's the situation: Left side,...

No miata content, but I figured that some people would get a kick out of this true story that happened last week. A family that I know allowed their teenager to drive their Porsche Carerra to high school. The Porsche is probably about 5 years old and was just worked on and detailed to prepare it...

Bought 95 mazda miata. Seats have speakers the stock radio was replaced by a sony by past owner. The seat speakers not working or not hooked up. Has anyone had any experience with getting seat speakers working?

Hi. There's a 92 Miata for sale nearby with about 75,000 miles. I'm not concerned about the miles, but wonder about potential parts failure due to old age. The owner says it has been garaged, had 60K service and all regular maintenance. Assuming it's mechanically sound, what would typically...

Questions answered in the Rotary (Engine) FAQ: 1.How does a rotary engine work? 2.What's a boinger? 3.Why does a rotary engine make as much power as a boinger twice its size? 4.Why does a Renesis make so much more power than prior rotaries? 5.How reliable is a rotary engine? 6.Is the rotary engine...

NEW 1990-97 MAZDA MIATA BLACK CONVERTIBLE TOP. IN ORIGINAL CABRIO GRAIN VINYL MATERIAL WITH ZIP DOWN TINTED REAR GLASS WINDOW. $550cdn OBO CALL 204-697-2899. Ask for Dean Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

I left my '93 Miata sitting for the winter and neglected to start it periodically. Result: dead battery. Charging it for about 18 hours on a Sears charger at low charge (vs. fast charge) had no effect. The battery's a Wesco, less than a year old. My question: can a battery's charge drain off...

Hello friends at the Miata newsgroup, I'm looking for a do-it-yourself shift improver kit for my 99 Miata. Does anyone know where I can get one, if it exists? Thanks, Craig

oy! So my gearbox has a new featu sometimes (1 out of 5 times) it drops out from first gear (to neutral) with a short, loud, bang like noise. if I try to hold gear knob, it makes a noise just like if engaged into a gear without a clutch. rpm's don't matter... now local mazda shop has a...

Well... ..perhaps I'm a very right-brained kind of kid, but back home they now tend to think I have no brain whatsoever, (something of course my ex-girlfriend claimed all along). The latest example: http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~peer/peerRoadster.html -- peer

I replaced the Bose AM/FM/6 CD changer in my '03 with a MP3 player. Now I have a radio/CD player for sale! $175 + shipping sounds like a good price. Email me with any questions/remarks. ----- Clark Friedrichs /

Alldata 2004, , , Mitchell CDs, year 2005 - 2003 , 53 CDs, total 107 CDs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alldata 2004, , ARRIVED IN BETWEEN 31/MAY/2004 to 28/JUNE/2004 FULLY FUNCTIONAL, AND GOOD FOR UNLIMITED SEATS.

We have purchased genuine Mazda hardtop wall brackets for my wife's 2003 MX5's hard top but the instructions say to remove the hardtop, fit brackets and only then to measure the spacing for the drilled holes in the wall. I had hoped to pre-mount the brackets to make removal and storage quicker and...

The previous owner of my Miata installed a monsterous stereo system consisting of mis-matched components, DVD player so he could watch "Deep Throat" on the screen while driving and a many billion watt amp in the trunk, all installed by a drop out from plumbing school who had absolutely no clue as...

i got a mazda 626 1994 just had another engine put in and for some reason its not running right when i rev the car up the rev counter needle comes down and gose right to the bottom and comes back up and trys to idal and when i tun my steering wheel the rev counter needle gose all over the place and...

My '92 Miata was broken into on Friday and aside from loosing the stereo, seat covers, floor mats and parcel shelf cover, the headlight retractor/flasher switch was in pieces. I collected the parts but there appears to be something missing - I have the buttons and the housing, but there is no piece...

The car is another person's 1991 Miata with 100K plus miles. Last week, the car did not start. It had full electrical power but was not cranking at all. I checked all of the fuses, fiddled with the connections under the dash and at the battery to see if anything was loose, then the car started...

My '97 Miata with 80K miles has an annoying ride. Even on smooth roads, if I hit a normal street manhole cover, the car bounces around. I know it is supposed to have a firm ride, but this seems dangerous... going around a curve and hitting a small bump results in a little side skid. I checked the...

At night, when I turn on the head light, my AC/Heater dials on my center console does not light up. I did check the fuse box but can not find which fuse it belongs to, what would it be label as? Could it be the internal lamp? How would I check this? Thanks

Just purchased a 91 Miata. There are a couple of unknown wires hanging around. One is a coax coming from the drivers side pillar behind the visor. The other is a multi-conductor cable with a female pin jack similar to a printer cable.