quick s5 NA (non turbo) questions

[1990_fc3s_t2]

Cool thanks for that makes a little more sense to me now!

[Kamatari]

thanks for the info! shame we didnt get a proper s5 n/a but im still happy with what i\'ve got

onto another question heh

Cruise Control!

Now this doesnt seem to work at all, nothing lights up with it etc ive checked the fuses and they\'re fine but im thinking it might be the wiring of the switch, now im saying this partially down to my rear wiper problem and when have a little look around i noticed a screw missing that holds the cowling in place so someone must have already had a play around... Is there anything else i could check  incase its not that?

[Brett]

Inside the cowling are two units, one has the cruise control and washers, the other has the lights and indicators.

It\'s worth checking the CC throttle link is still attached on the throttle body, they are known to jump off.

[Kamatari]

well hopefully i have sorted the cruise control after checking everything was getting power i then checked the bulbs for the "main" and "cruise" and it turned out the main bulb had blown, did a quick test of swapping around and it all lights up so on to mazda to order a bulb and this bushing thing for the gear stick although ive spoke to two mazda garages and they have told me two different things, one garage said its just one bushing on the bottom and the other told me that there is 5 parts

[Kamatari]

two things now, firstly my car was first registered in 1989 from new with a private plate but the original plate was a C reg? wouldnt that make it an 1985?

Also with my gear stick problem, i\'ve also got a 1989 mx5 and if im right in reading, the mx5 shifter will fit in the rx7 so after a quick look on ebay theres a few mx5 short shifters about, will these be alright to replace my rx7\'s?

[no_boingers]

Yes a C plate would be between 01 August 1985 - 31 July 1986.  Are you sure it was "new" when registered or was it "imported" in 1989.  

The letter relates to the year of manufacture which is not necessarily the year of registration. (e.g. a 1990 car imported from Japan and registered today will be given a \'G\' plate not an \'11\' !)

[Kamatari]

Doesnt say anything about being imported, the log book just says rx7 2 and date of first registration is may 1989 but maybe it was imported?

[no_boingers]

Then it\'s probably an \'89.  Why do you think the original plate was a \'C\' plate?

(Note it is perfectly acceptable to put on personal plates which make the car appear *older* than it really is - think of all those cars with \'A\' prefix plates from when the DVLA went mental (mine came with an \'A\' plate which  confused the heck out of the first chap to MOT it who thought it was an \'83 rather than a \'90!))

[Kamatari]

Amongst all the paper work I found a letter that said about putting the reg f777 on the car replace the c reg