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    I have NO idea why, but then I have never seen a...

    I have NO idea why, but then I have never seen a RAR zipped file before either. I looked at the protocols on PeaZip and there isn't much there it does NOT cover.
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    Complete Shop Manual 1989 to 1999

    I bought this today and it is AWESOME! It costs 9.99 but it IS complete, including body panels



    https://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/274330849-mazda-mx-5-miata-mx5-1989-1999-factory-service...
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    I am quite certain Adam thought I was crazy when...

    I am quite certain Adam thought I was crazy when I described what I wanted but given what I have seen him produce this past year I thought he would "get" it. It is difficult to describe a "feeling"...
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    Thanks for the link, I didn't know there was...

    Thanks for the link, I didn't know there was plastic adhesion promoter! Adding to the list of things I didn't know...sigh.
    The pebbling, or leather texture did not come off when I gently wiped the...
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    Malibu, You freaking ROCK! :bangle: The sticky...

    Malibu, You freaking ROCK! :bangle:

    The sticky hood cluster took me 6 hours of my life and 1 1/2 bottles of brake fluid

    (Phat...halfway through the job I longingly thought of the link you...
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    Thanks, I will do that but the paint on the dash...

    Thanks, I will do that but the paint on the dash has to come off as well, so either way lacquer thinner appears to be on my shopping list for the car.
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    Ok...will try lacquer thinner. good point on...

    Ok...will try lacquer thinner.

    good point on the grommets, I had those replaced along with the "cursed water fitting" plug on the back on the engine when all the engine hoses were replaced. I am...
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    It WASN'T ME!!!!! :D That IS weird though,...

    It WASN'T ME!!!!! :D

    That IS weird though, perhaps it has to do with the phenomenon of buying a Miata or WRXs and suddenly all you SEE are Miatas or WRXs!
    I must say though, that yours is worse...
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    So far, Goo Gone, Goof Off, paint thinner have...

    So far, Goo Gone, Goof Off, paint thinner have done nothing to remove the sticky mess
    Brake fluid does loosen it to a certain extent but there will be a lot of paper towels involved, grabbing the...
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    Wow! Thanks to all of you! Phatmiata, thanks...

    Wow! Thanks to all of you!

    Phatmiata, thanks for the link, I had one similar but I missed this one which is far more complete

    It will make putting the dash back in a great deal easier. At the...
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    Well, that would make sense, thank you! I...

    Well, that would make sense, thank you!

    I assumed that since the dash is painted that they went whole hog on the instrument cluster.

    I think I will try brake fluid or something along those...
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    Cluster Hood and heater matrix

    Two questions here...

    How on EARTH do you remove the paint on the instrument cluster hood?

    If I can't get it off I may have to turn it into a feature, getting everyone who looks at the car to...
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    I am working on it...KG works and RevLimiter's...

    I am working on it...KG works and RevLimiter's Warbird package, will be a thing of BEAUTY! Thanks again!
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    I have gotten a TAD carried away with the...

    I have gotten a TAD carried away with the Roadster. there are now more parts OUT of the interior than there are IN it. Removed the seats and cleaned them up, bought some old leather covers from...
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    Man...thanks for the tire advice! Your advice was...

    Man...thanks for the tire advice! Your advice was BRILLIANT and it would have taken me a lifetime to figure it out on my own...my SHORT lifetime if I had continued to drive with the original tires!
    ...
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    Well, it has been some time but did enough work...

    Well, it has been some time but did enough work on the car that I took it on a 3000 KM trip this summer, just got back a week ago.

    I went through one horrifying stretch of a total DOWNPOUR in...
  17. I know this is WAY late but... My windows went...

    I know this is WAY late but...

    My windows went up and down REALLY slowly and sometimes would quit altogether, then the next time would work. I knew the person I got it from had issues as a raft of...
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    Oh BOY! something ELSE to find! :D

    Oh BOY! something ELSE to find! :D
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    Thank you! It is great to be here! I learn...

    Thank you! It is great to be here! I learn something every time I visit!
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    Yeah, I felt quite fortunate to find it! It has a...

    Yeah, I felt quite fortunate to find it! It has a green hardtop and black soft top but I didn't know that when I got it, I thought it was a tan soft top because what was folded up and visible was a...
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    I don't have enough posts to do attachments so I...

    I don't have enough posts to do attachments so I will simply post other parts of this journey and take pictures along the way until the exterior is finished. And then post them....I do have one...
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    Bringing it back from SAD!!

    I bought a 1991 Eunos Roadster In January, it was sitting in a snow bank and had been outside of a garage and under some trees(for the first time ever apparently) for 3 years, winters and summers. ...
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