"KIMI" - The RPM 1st Gen S2 (with bits of S3...)

[Casey]

:Party:Party:Party:Party:Party:Party

The two seals are the correct ones! £8.50 for the two, inc VAT, delivered from Mazda in Japan to local dealer - result :Thumbs-up

The bad news is, I can\'t see me/us having any time to fit the seal before the w/end 16/17, my diary is just too busy :o

Regardless, it puts us back on track to get her ready for Rotorstock, providing we don\'t find anything unexpected during an MOT and test driving locally :Thumbs-up

[HypoThermia]

Yay! The end of a saga. Want to be there for the fitting...

Wonder what the next one will be :Giggle

Ian.

[rote8]

Well done Malcolm. :Thumbsup!

Now you have the seal I shall quite miss the saga of world parts domination. :Giggle

[Will66]

YES! Fingers crossed there is nothing more sinister for the MOT!

[Brett]

Good work

[shaunwil]

Wonderful

Shaun

[David Nock (RIP)]

:Party:Party:Party:Party:Party:Party

The bad news is, I can\'t see me/us having any time to fit the seal before the w/end 16/17, my diary is just too busy :o

Diaries don\'t tend to cover the hours between midnight and 6.00 am.....yawn, yawn.......:Snoring

Seriously pleased you\'ve got the seal Malc.

[myatt1972]

Congratulations !
Please post part numbers to save us the saga, also does the seal show any sizes on it that we could match with a non gen part.
Cheers,
Keith...

[Casey]

^^^ Unforutunately, no sizes on the seal packaging, just P/N\'s!

The correct number for our S2/S3 hyrid is
0187-26-154 ; O/D of ~55mm

Incorrect P/N\'s are;
1312-33-065 ; O/D of ~54mm (I now think this is a FRONT axle seal)
1011-26-154 ; O/D of 62mm

[myatt1972]

Thanks for that very useful info :Thumbsup!

[HypoThermia]

A couple of pics from the work done on the car today - I think the first pic speaks for itself

We did have a slight problem with a sticking nearside rear brake caliper, which we put down to a slightly rusted brake disk and the LSD intervening. We\'ve not had a chance to put any load onto the car or see if the handling has been affected. I\'ve got a video of all of this - currently uploading to YouTube.

We also filled the rad, replaced the engine oil and filled the brake lines with brake fluid. The pic of the dashboard shows the oil at 0 psi, which was traced back to a connector cable slipping off the sensor so no harm done.

The last two pics are of course a pleasure to behold - we drove the car out of the garage and parked it on the driveway to adjust the parking brake. I\'ve never driven a car without power assisted steering, so it felt very "heavy". All in all a very satisfying days work...

Ian.

[HypoThermia]

Here's the video of the sticking disk...

[captainbizzaro]

Have you got an American rear end on her then?

[shaunwil]

I\'ve never driven a car without power assisted steering, so it felt very "heavy". All in all a very satisfying days work...

Ian.

Gives you a good workout for sure. Makes you corner a bit quicker to keep the momentum up !

Looking like extremely good progress

Shaun

[shaunwil]

Here\'s the video of the sticking disk...

Sure its not a sticky piston ? Does the handbrake work ok (could be adjustment possibly )

Shaun