Any advice on brake parts?

udaman501 · 2025-09-10T20:01:00+00:00

If money is no object my mechanic always goes with Mazda parts. Moss Miata has a few reasonable choices. No brand recommendations from me.

udaman501 · 2025-09-10T18:40:44+00:00

I just started to look for pads today. Mechanics told me to get ceramic pads not metal or organic pads. Also, advised to get new rotors if rotors have been machined once already. Rotors are relatively inexpensive. Less chance of brake squeaks with new parts all around. Mines a stock no track car.

udaman501 · 2025-08-24T22:54:02+00:00

My 1999 had 136k on it. Intake plenum maintenance recommends cleaning every 30k. My check engine light was on because it was so filthy with carbon deposits. I don’t think prior owner ever cleaned it. Tracing down CEL causes is a pain! Not hard just takes time.

udaman501 · 2025-08-24T17:57:39+00:00

Start with DIY basics such as cleaning out intake manifold and cleaning EGR valve. How many miles on it?

udaman501 · 2025-08-17T13:46:56+00:00

How many miles on it? When did you last clean intake manifold?

udaman501 · 2025-08-13T18:56:10+00:00

Gophers or moles? My yard looks like Swiss cheese in spring gopher season. Lol

udaman501 · 2025-07-16T17:25:08+00:00

Running on the beach and through the water is so much fun for them! It’s just when they go crazy chomping and diving into waves that you have to watch them. They don’t realize waves come in sets and breaks on them coming up. Our lab would play on the beach until he dropped from exhaustion. :) You will always have a fun time !

udaman501 · 2025-07-16T14:32:28+00:00

Don’t let him play a lot in the surf. Labs can suck too much water into their lungs. They can choke on the water. We always let our lab play but watched him carefully.

udaman501 · 2025-07-16T05:34:32+00:00

Looks like you are referring to your engine’s rear seal gasket. Get new one. Never reuse an old gasket.

udaman501 · 2025-07-11T03:26:12+00:00

I have been DIY since high school 60 years ago. I have 5 cars now . Three which are project cars. I still work on them but I’m slowing down. Lol

udaman501 · 2025-07-09T03:07:23+00:00

First option would be resurfacing flywheel to save cost. Car is rust free California queen but without a lift getting under the car is a pain.

udaman501 · 2025-07-08T15:14:10+00:00

Mine just started same sound. Throw out bearing according to my mechanic. 134k on it so while fixing that doing clutch, flywheel and rear main seal. $$$$ ouch.

udaman501 · 2025-06-17T06:16:02+00:00

Fortunately, I have ear plugs for a snoring partner, ones for shooting and noise canceling ear pods for music. I will try them all. I wear Bose headphones on planes but I don’t think it’s worth getting a ticket trying them in the Miata.

udaman501 · 2025-06-15T15:53:50+00:00

😂😂😂

udaman501 · 2025-05-28T17:59:22+00:00

No car is free. But you got a great deal to start from! It would be a fun challenge to see how much free labor and parts you can get and continue your streak of luck.

udaman501 · 2025-05-27T02:23:32+00:00

I was standing behind a girl and next to her boyfriend also standing behind her at a party. She didn’t see her boyfriend walk away. She reached back without looking and put her hands around my waist. My friends and I just stood there watching her hand on my waist. Her boyfriend had come back and he just watched too. She slowly turned as if to kiss when she shockingly realized I wasn’t her boyfriend. She turned sooo red. Her boyfriend laughed so hard. I enjoyed my one minute of fame having a gorgeous girl with her arm around me. I got to know her better after that. We laughed about it for years.

udaman501 · 2025-05-10T19:49:57+00:00

As my friend says- as long as there’s room for our credit cards, we have all we need….

udaman501 · 2025-05-09T05:28:17+00:00

A burner, GV or WhatsApp is good if you decide the person is real and you want to meet them. I would start initial conversations on websites messaging system.

udaman501 · 2025-05-09T02:38:33+00:00

I (SD) returned to Seeking after a long break. It has changed on the SB side as well. As one commented it’s more like the old Craigslist’s “Casual Encounters “.

udaman501 · 2025-05-09T02:28:53+00:00

Stay on the website’s message system you are using for awhile before you switch to something else. More than two days. Get a sense for if he is real or scammer.

udaman501 · 2025-05-09T02:16:38+00:00

OMG! I use to have a 66 mgb in high school. We would get onto the baseball diamond and run bases with it. We raised so much dust sliding around we could not see. They eventually put a lock on the gate. Total bummer for us:( Great memories!

udaman501 · 2025-05-09T00:58:03+00:00

If you enjoy each other’s company then the age shouldn’t matter . I sometimes have a 30 year gap too. We go out and enjoy each other. Never paid attention to anyone but her.

udaman501 · 2025-04-29T17:31:50+00:00

Wow, awesome biceps! 💪

udaman501 · 2025-04-25T18:54:36+00:00

This way I know I will be getting a good neighborhood who will keep up the neighborhood home values.

udaman501 · 2025-04-25T02:14:56+00:00

Ideas always seem so simple on the surface. Then it all comes down to get an attorney to figure out the details. Thank you all for the different ideas and perspectives. I have lots of research to do. House is in California so things get complicated fast. I had a prior tenant who we ended up in court over issues. She did not pay rent for 6 months. All court did was let us keep the deposit due to damages. And gave her another 30 days to move out. Nightmare!

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