What have you done to your MP3 today???
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jonridinhi
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nice I wish I could get one but my driveway will claim it and there is no way around it.
jonridinhi
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- 2001 MP3/2010 MX5/1996 MILLINIA (donor)
Save you and me both. i thought about a plate of steel would do the trick. (just like they cover holes up in the road) Screw that ditch.
Saturday - Bought a 2001 MP3 with some nasty clunking in the rear suspention an no other obvious problems. $$$discount$$$$
Sunday - Joined this forum
Monday - Figured out what parts and where to buy them
Tuesday - Ordered new Tokico blues, AWR Endlinks rear, Sway bar bushings all around, new brake pads
Wednesday thru today - I spent reading thru this LONG thread.
Friday (today) - I jacked it up and put it on stands and took the wheels off and turned on the heater in garage. When I get home from work I will tear the suspension down and get it ready for all the new parts tomorrow.
BTW I've only driven this car 24 miles. Hope I can get some driving done this weekend.
Future,
- New tires next week, gotta go somehting decent but all season.
- Refinish the wheels in spring when the paint will work.
- Swap out the crappy Pioneer that the previous owner had and put in my Kenwood head unit.
- New motor mounts and short shifter and bushings.
- Build out a CarPuter off my neglectied Netbook.
- Make a shift light using my new arduino skills
http://chriscrumpacker.com/?p=521
Sunday - Joined this forum
Monday - Figured out what parts and where to buy them
Tuesday - Ordered new Tokico blues, AWR Endlinks rear, Sway bar bushings all around, new brake pads
Wednesday thru today - I spent reading thru this LONG thread.
Friday (today) - I jacked it up and put it on stands and took the wheels off and turned on the heater in garage. When I get home from work I will tear the suspension down and get it ready for all the new parts tomorrow.
BTW I've only driven this car 24 miles. Hope I can get some driving done this weekend.
Future,
- New tires next week, gotta go somehting decent but all season.
- Refinish the wheels in spring when the paint will work.
- Swap out the crappy Pioneer that the previous owner had and put in my Kenwood head unit.
- New motor mounts and short shifter and bushings.
- Build out a CarPuter off my neglectied Netbook.
- Make a shift light using my new arduino skills
http://chriscrumpacker.com/?p=521
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jonridinhi
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- 2001 MP3/2010 MX5/1996 MILLINIA (donor)
WELCOME! Hurry up and get her on the road.
Welcome dude.
BTW, I bet you'll have clunking again (AWRs clunk, and they don't solve the original clunk problem; search for threads started by evolv, you'll understand rather quickly)
Front bushings will cost you a couple of hours of labour at a mechanics (plus a front alignment, which you'd need to do with new shocks anyway), but the rears are a joke. Mind you, with the rear fix for the swaybar, you won't need those bushings
BTW, I bet you'll have clunking again (AWRs clunk, and they don't solve the original clunk problem; search for threads started by evolv, you'll understand rather quickly
)Front bushings will cost you a couple of hours of labour at a mechanics (plus a front alignment, which you'd need to do with new shocks anyway), but the rears are a joke. Mind you, with the rear fix for the swaybar, you won't need those bushings
I'm not spending 200+ for that. I plan on making a set of those with a friend. It shouldn't be to hard to duplicate that with some flat stock and some welding I'll put 15 dollar bushings in place for now and worry about that in the future.
As for the front it shouldn't be that hard I can see the bushings with the wheels off. If it is too hard I'll skip them. They arn't bad as far as I can tell.
I'll put 15 dollar bushings in place for now and worry about that in the future.As for the front it shouldn't be that hard I can see the bushings with the wheels off. If it is too hard I'll skip them. They arn't bad as far as I can tell.
Bushings in the front dont squeek as bad as the rears dont bother. The bracket IS the magic. But good luck with the fab work if that's what youre gonna do!
Broke third gear today while giving a buddy a ride to work. He is a car guy too and was so amped to see that the car had enough power to break the gear, I wasn't to excited. It was a pretty violent break compared to the OTHER 4 times its broken. This time around the shavings or pieces that broke off 3rd must've messed with 2nd and 4th. Usually I ride around without 3rd for a few days and swap transmissions at a later day but i'm currently stuck 25 minutes away from home at University campus since only useable gears after I got off the highway were 1 and 5. lol Oh well AAA is my friend and a MUCH needed tool for heavy modded cars.
Broke third gear today while giving a buddy a ride to work. He is a car guy too and was so amped to see that the car had enough power to break the gear, I wasn't to excited. It was a pretty violent break compared to the OTHER 4 times its broken. This time around the shavings or pieces that broke off 3rd must've messed with 2nd and 4th. Usually I ride around without 3rd for a few days and swap transmissions at a later day but i'm currently stuck 25 minutes away from home at University campus since only useable gears after I got off the highway were 1 and 5. lol Oh well AAA is my friend and a MUCH needed tool for heavy modded cars.
alfredo, my front bushings are horrible. hahaha stop buying 40 dollar transmissions with 175k miles on themlol jk
I was able to swap the fronts without dropping the subframe but its no easy tasks. I cheated and found some screws with the same thread pitch just slitghtly longer to make the reinstall easier. Removing the bushings is easy, getting them back on is not.
They are actually $90 with a 30 day warranty and this last one has something like 240K or so. The one I have at home is actually the nicest one ive had. The syncros feel really nice. I have to go pick up another transmission now that im using my last back up. I wonder if the trash will take two broken transmission if I toss them in the garbage bin. lol
I took the shocks and struts out. replaced them with a new set of Tokico Blues.
I broke one of the nuts while replacing the sway bar bushings. Not a big deal since a buddy of mine (wildo) is making us both a set of DIY Clunk Fix brackets that will accept the stock bushing and horseshoe. I'll post pics when it is all done.
I pulled one of the calipers to get it out of my way and found the dust shield was all sorts of screwed up. So i checked all 4, and they where all busted. So not I'm rebuilding the calipers aswell.
I broke one of the nuts while replacing the sway bar bushings. Not a big deal since a buddy of mine (wildo) is making us both a set of DIY Clunk Fix brackets that will accept the stock bushing and horseshoe. I'll post pics when it is all done.
I pulled one of the calipers to get it out of my way and found the dust shield was all sorts of screwed up. So i checked all 4, and they where all busted. So not I'm rebuilding the calipers aswell.
Rebuild my brakes and am in the middle of writing a how to:
How-To Complete Brake Service
Bought a new set of Tires. Yokohama AVID H4S, a decent set of all seasons.
Hopefully I'll get it all together this up coming week.
How-To Complete Brake Service
Bought a new set of Tires. Yokohama AVID H4S, a decent set of all seasons.
Hopefully I'll get it all together this up coming week.
