How to Make a Manual Soft-Top Lifter (MK1 to MK2.5 MX-5)

Ever been caught out in your MX-5 when the rain suddenly hits and you’re forced into some kind of yoga pose, stretching round the wind-blocker trying to drag the hood up?
Or had to pull over just to raise the roof because you can’t reach it...

Mazda MX-5 Mk1 (1989) to Mk2.5 (2005)

This is a hint / trick to significantly extend the usable life of a stretched accelerator cable.
If this hasn’t happened to your car yet, it will. Over time you keep adjusting the slack out of the cable until there is no adjustment left.

New Mk1 1.8...

There is no need to spend on fluid catch tubs. They are simple to make, easy to pour with, reusable and there are loads about.

All you need is a old container 20/25/30 ltr etc and a cutting tool, grinder etc and eye protection..

So get your old container and wash it out first.......

As owners spread the "It's a Brown radiator, ,,,change it quick or it will explode crap"..far and wide. It goes from mouth to mouth from the internet, everyone please...

"CALM DOWN AND CHILL OUT" it is "NOT" about to blow up and bring on the end of the world....

Come on now admit it ....how many of us have done a road trip and have gone to check the the oil etc. (very important in a Mk 2 1.8 NB) and needed a top up, only to find that the oil you have or coolant or what ever's in the bottle is brimmed and you just know it is going to go everywhere - great...

As you go through the board using the walk through guides the information and advice you will come across Abbreviation which you might not understand, so this is a list to help identify what we are talking about...

NA/Mk1............................1989 > 1997 version...

How to remove a rear deck plate Mushroom/ Frankenstein bolt. When it just leaves the stud that is stuck fast by thread lock...Mk1 NA / M2-2.5 NB

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Anyone struggling for centre caps?? Go and get some Aldi cheese cake pots or similar brand...in this case a pack of 3...so 6 x strawberry to force down my neck...oh the struggle.. :-D
So after you have emptied the pots...assuming you have checked that they will fit as you might need to try a...

How to remove a aerial stub/cap electric or manual, Mk1 NA/Mk2-2.5 NB.

There is nothing more annoying than lack of thought...so when it comes to getting the aerial base off using the correct tool for the job makes all the difference, so when it comes to removing the screw in the chrome cap that...