Cliff\'s 1st Gen Purchase - Goldie

[Steve-A]

Crazy things batteries. I thought I killed the one in my mx5 last winter while I was having megasquirt problems, did quite a few mornings of full charge, crank for 5 mins then flat till it was only giving me 20 secs of cranking from a full charge. So bought a new one in January and over the last few weeks its been weaker and weaker at starting. Two days ago it was flat when I came to start the car, dropped the old battery in thats just sat in the shed for the last 11 months and it fired right up and has been fine since. :S

Sounds like JAZ should be the daily drive if she\'s more reliable than the rangie

[CHC (RIP)]

Firstly my apology but I\'ve mislaid a thread about the availability of part nos. 70270 & 71270 - left & right sills.

Just been notified from the agents that these are still available with a price tag of £91.54 each and would be on a back order if required - so there\'s a surprise!

[Ian65]

are these the outer sills?

[CHC (RIP)]

are these the outer sills?

Yes Ian - interested?

[syebba]

Outer sills still available,25 years later & rear valences,surprising!
ta stu..

[Ian65]

I thought the rear valence was still available but didn\'t think we could still get genuine outer sills. we had a discussion about their availability on here last year and the prevailing view was that there weren\'t any.
That\'s good news that they are still available.

[syebba]

Yep ian rear valences & sills still available.
Wonder what else they\'ve got?
ta stu..

[syebba]

When i had the s1,i found sills still available in OZ,they told me mazda had no stock of them left & were discontinued years ago!

[CHC (RIP)]

When i had the s1,i found sills still available in OZ,they told me mazda had no stock of them left & were discontinued years ago!

 
Don\'t know what it is about the Mazda philosophy - unless they are given the part numbers, D Codes & descriptions as per the relevant Parts Catalogue, they just say not available and don\'t want to know.
So its only due to the tenacity of forum members whom have dug, researched and acquired parts catalogues through the years that has enabled this niche forum (us) to specify correct namings and numerical sequences to faciliate Mazda to do their daily duties properly and give accurate answers.
So well done guys - you know who you are. :yes

[Ian65]

Don\'t know what it is about the Mazda philosophy - unless they are given the part numbers, D Codes & descriptions as per the relevant Parts Catalogue, they just say not available and don\'t want to know.

I suppose there\'s no profit in it anymore and no profit = can\'t be arsed

[syebba]

Don\'t know what it is about the Mazda philosophy - unless they are given the part numbers, D Codes & descriptions as per the relevant Parts Catalogue, they just say not available and don\'t want to know.
So its only due to the tenacity of forum members whom have dug, researched and acquired parts catalogues through the years that has enabled this niche forum (us) to specify correct namings and numerical sequences to faciliate Mazda to do their daily duties properly and give accurate answers.
So well done guys - you know who you are. :yes

Yep some mazda dealerships are lazy,the sills i found in OZ were from phils rotaries & fast fours,i was told NLA[no longer available & discontinued].
 
If you go to your local mazda with part nos they should help,hopefully!
Everythings NLA unless you give them a part nos.
 
I even asked about rear gas struts for tailgate from mazda UK,these are deffo NLA.
 
Mazda seem to have some old/new stock available,surprising given the age of 1st gens.

[syebba]

Oh yeah,brake master cylinders,i\'m sure i got a brake master cylinder repair kit from mazda too,so it\'s worth checking for availability & price on an item you require.

[CHC (RIP)]

Here is a photo of the petrol tank after colour match painted - looks better than black I think.

 
Now the top side painted - this time in Gold Hammerite paint (but not my idea of a gold colour).
When this is dried and cured I\'ll finish the top side off with underseal and then park it up in storage until it is refitted in the spring.  Inbetween time I\'ll be tackling the underside of the car and replacing the rear skirt panel (valance).

[CHC (RIP)]

Managed to get some spare time today so back to work.

Photo 117 - Cut out the old rear valance.
Photo 118 & 119 - Dressed tack welds and removed corroded paint/metal.
Photo 120, 121 & 122 - Offered new valance into place for trial fit.
Photo 125, 126 & 127 - Bare metal cleaned and pre-treated with \'Trustan 23\' (in preparation for primer coating tomorrow).

Moving again at last.
:Thumbs-up

[CHC (RIP)]

Whilst waiting for the \'Trustan 23\' to dry for the rear valance, went back to removing the side window seal so nearside window can be extracted - managed to free both the bottom (horizontal) and diagonal legs.  Now working on the vertical leg (last one thank goodness).
I tried using the MIG wire in \'cheese wire\' motion but takes for ever so resorted to using a hacksaw blade (in reverse direction) so I was cutting with the reverse stroke.  This cut through the sealer better but still takes quite some time.
Having managed to free the diagonal leg I now understand why the rust found it\'s way in to the bottom of the hatch window section -rust has taken hold in the diagonal metal so this needs to be removed when the window is out.  More photos to follow when window extracted.