Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

I thought about taking full day-off on Bank Holiday as I felt as if kept working over the last few months apart from attending the Silverstone Classic event.
With so much delay in NSX services for the owners, I had to turn down many generous offers and invitations including the NSXPO in US.
Some included the opportunity to meet the new NSX very closely so bit disappointed.....

Any way, ...

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The replacement sensor was delivered quickly from Belgium and the engine already successfully fired up.




The failed sensor.

I only needed the black thin sensor circuit board but it was not available from Mazda and considering the age, mileage and surrounding environment (mounted on the engine and driven directly by camshaft), decided ...

Tags: camshaft angle sensor, cas, eunos roadster, mazda, mazda mx-5, miata, mx-5, mx5

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Started to work on another NSX from last week and I thought it would be an easy task as I serviced this NSX a few years ago and knew the condition.

However, as soon as I tried to move the car to place it on the lift, I smelt the coolant so it was leaking from somewhere.
Already I'm about 2 months behind the schedule and once again, the joy of dealing with the classic car.


The coolant is leaking not only from the header tank but also from the radiator lower ...

Tags: camshaft angle sensor, cas, eunos roadster, mazda, mazda mx-5, miata, mx-5

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Over the weekend, I was planning to carry on working on the
Eng Refresh but disrupted by the slow puncture on the Mazda MX-5.

Didn’t notice anything strange Friday evening and wanted to wash the
car on Saturday when I found the FL tyre was very low on the
tyre pressure.




Removed the wheel and ...

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My Eunos Roadster (JDM, Mk-1, 1993 1.8L V Special II) just started to
make noise from the water pump bearing and
it covered just below 60K miles so time for the Engine Refresh.


All of the coolant hoses, header tank, hose band, etc were replaced
in the past and the coolant was replaced regularly.
And yet the water pump started to make noise even under 60K miles so
as always, best to replace the WP at every TB service on ...

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