They noticed the steering felt quite heavy, and then noticed the PS rack with the blanked off holes. Youre right its unlucky they noticed, but they still did! In fact, they were of the opinion that all MX5s had power steering, which I soon corrected them on, but its was this original assumption, plu...

Managed to locate one in the end from Ross at MX5 mart. You can indeed de power a power rack, which is what I had done. Unfortunately, what I, and clearly some other people didnt realise, is that it will fail a WOF with a depowered rack! And its a modification that is no longer allowed to be certifi...

Hi folks, anyone know of a manual steering rack for an NA anywhere? Really rather desperately need one!

can email me dynofiend@hotmail.com if you have one

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If its basic kind of stuff, ill do it for a few beer tokens. Oil changes, fluid swaps, basic services, general niggle fixing etc. Im based in Aotea/Porirua For my warrants I use a place in Porirua (Porirua Motors) who have been pretty reliable so far and reasonable rates too. Email me dynofiend@hotm...

To remove old hoses easily without cutting them, I usually just use a long screw driver to push the hose end away from the joint by a couple of mm. This breaks the seal and the hose will just pull off relatively easily after that.

Even if you do find a 'high pressure' spot to intake cold air from, it is unlikely to overcome the vacuum effect thats sucking the air into the cylinders, until extremely high speeds are reached. For example, Im sure I recall reading that the bonnet duct on the Ferrari 456 LM cars (the one right in ...

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Hi there, Ive recently removed the AC and PAS from my NA6 and wondered how/if the pulley attached to the crank that drove them, is detachable seperately from the pulley that powers the rest of the pulleys on the front of the block (water pump and alternator?). It looks like there are 4 bolts to undo...

A new advert has just been posted to the NZ MX5 Forum Classifieds. CATEGORY.....2. Parts for Sale SUBCATEGORY... Misc Interior Parts TITLE......... Entire NA air conditioning system, everything! DESCRIPTION... Entire air conditioning system removed from 91 NA car. In full working order when carefull...