To be honest I have had the smaller brake cylinder bleed valves on rear drums shear off but never a front caliper, they are usually only seized if they have not been opened for several years. Although I changed the fluid on my 911 2 years ago and have just done it again, a couple of bleed valves out...

Some years back a local Ford dealer was doing exactly that, charging for replacing the fluid but they were just changing the fluid in the reservoir ie. not bleeding the system, trading standards set up a sting and caught them out - I bet that is a common practice, how many people get down and check ...

That was just the brakes but I had fluid done on a Ford at a Ford dealer they charged me £40 so £80 at an independent seemed a trifle expensive I just thought while they are doing the MOT they could do the fluid but not at £80. Need to get my trusty brake bleeder on it now, if she isn`t planning a s...

As my car was in for its MOT today (passed OK) while they had it at a local garage I asked for a quote to change the brake fluid - if no problems - £80 is that for real?

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Or Mazda could just fit a reservoir with a screw thread cap like most manufacturers.

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If in need of 40th Anniversary badges its a lot cheaper to buy from a US Mazda dealer than the UK.

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Hello Sir. Thank you for your enquiry. The Gunson Eezibleed is supplied without a cap for the bayonet type caps on brake systems. We do sell a multipurpose cap G4058 which can be added to the Eezibleed kit Gunson G4062 but it can be difficult to get a good seal with this type of cap, due to the limi...

I have used an Eezibleed for many years on many different make cars etc but my best attempt was after my brother had borrowed it to use on his Mk1 LandRover, well I had only ever used the 44-45mm reservoir cap and unbeknown to me my brother had changed it to the 46mm cap to fit his LandRover of cour...

Gunson now supply a couple of multipurpose caps but they both look a bit Heath Robinson for holding pressure - one is £12 and the other £16.

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My son inlaw did exactly the same thing 2 months ago just before a trip to Scotland in his Mini Cooper, not having time to sort it my local car accessory shop owner swears by K Seal for a permanent repair its a well respected product in the trade so we used that and the leak stopped immediately and ...

Some v interesting thoughts, thanks :lol: From what you’re saying Dave it sounds like I should at the very least tread veeeery carefully around a new alarm. What you said about longer-term maintenance issues kind of chimes with a concern I had that I might be digging myself into a hole, though was ...

Although price is of concern it is important when buying an RX-8 that the selling owner is clued up on all aspects of ownership ie someone who is aware of what is required to keep the car in good condition with respect to quality of oil & oil changes and how important it is to an RX-8, ignition comp...

Damn! These white 40th Anniversaries are just getting too common!

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Sat Aug 03, 2019 4:09 pm

I am involved with a project using the latest Dyson cyclone brushless electric motors running at 20000rpm and initial results are promising.

Would that be latest Dyson cyclone "Digital" brushless electric motor by any chance if so do the binary digits come in a separate case?

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Gently tug on the broken wires to see if a bit more can be released from inside.

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If you cannot disassemble the knob to replace the wire you need to pare back the insulation on the remaining two ends to reveal hopefully enough wire to carefully solder the two ends back together taking note to match the colour coding of each wire, on the long piece of cable slip some heat shrink o...

Just had a read of the owners manual and unlocking with the key does sound the alarm and to turn it off either press the the unlock button on the remote or press and hold the boot button on the remote (assuming the remote is working) or start the engine.

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Went to get into my RX-8 today and the remote wouldn`t work it appeared to be the battery so went and got the spare that had never been used and that was dead as well but the car is now 11 years old so a good reason why the battery was dead anyway I opened the door with the key and the alarm immedia...

Aside from the sensor failing is it common for the tank to actually spring a leak mine is only on 25K miles after being replaced under warranty but it is getting on for 10 years old now and I am wondering if I should include a replacement tank in my collection of essential spares or just go aluminiu...

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I can fix them :d

How many you "fixed" so far?

You can replace just the tank and reuse the original sensor on some later cars and on others you have to replace the complete tank.

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I booked mine in with Edwards and left it with them after they assured me they could complete the air bag and fuel pump recall, after 2.5 hrs they called and told me to come back and collect my car as they did not have a "Mazda skilled technican" available to complete the work and it would be a furt...

Over the years there has been several back to back tests of panel air filters and in some cases the OE filters flowed more air than the K&N, Pipecross, Cosworth, Green filters etc I also once had a Pipercross in an RS Turbo that the foam started to degrade so I stopped using them, although using foa...

With the OE coolant tank when the sensor fails then a repair is not possible see Coolant sensor

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I had the 6th service (75K miles) completed at Johnsons Mazda of Solihull although the car was only on 21K miles, the service was £297 and I supplied my own spark plugs, they failed to change the rear Diff oil and the Cabin pollen filter but they had tried to charge me for them. I have just decided ...

I had some "Sunny" tyres on an MK1 MX5 I bought and the car just wouldn`t go round corners in the wet without it trying to swop ends these are Chinese tyres - say no more. I agree some budget tyres are reasonably able pottering around town etc but put those same tyres with wear in a sudden downpour ...