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    FACTORY SERVICE MANUALS - zOMG!

    Factory Service Manuals (FSMs) are a great resource for diagnosing and isolating issues you have with your Miata. They can reduce the "shotgun method' of randomly replacing parts and pieces. Often only basic tools and practices are needed.

    Fortunately, someone has put 18 years worth (!!!) of Miata FSMs online in PDF format. This is a GREAT resource.

    http://www.mellens.net/mazda/index.html

    Example...the A/C on my wife's 10ae wasn't operating correctly, so rather than leave someone else to diagnose and repair it, I followed the FSM procedure for that system on her car and isolated the problem in about 30 minutes using a cheap multi meter and a piece of jumper wire. I was able to make repairs and have the A/C repaired the next day. I had the system recharged professionally, but because I knew exactly what was wrong, I was able to tell whether the shop that did the work was honest or not.

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    Thanks. Timing belt and brake fluid change coming up. Already see a point for brake fluid while just downloading.

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    FACTORY SERVICE MANUALS - zOMG!

    Glad it helped! I have the FSM for my car uploaded to a cloud server, it is easily accessible on my phone and tablet. It is integral to a lot of repairs I perform.

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    mellens.net is down
    Quote Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
    I dont know a word you just said, but that **** sounded COOL.

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    It was up just a day or two ago. Let's see if it comes back up. If it does, right-click -> save as on the manuals pertinent to you.

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    Figures. It's up today.

    (Well, not entirely...broken links abound)
    Quote Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
    I dont know a word you just said, but that **** sounded COOL.

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    That mellens resource is excellent. So good I mirrored it (have done for a few years now) :-)

    https://trull.org/alex/pubmirror/www.mellens.net/mazda/

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