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

As seen on many NSX, lots of hair line crack at the A-arm bush.









Looks like the previous owner hit something in the past.
The U-shaped stiffener under the eng/gbox was slightly bent.








Probably, for the same reason, this AT shift selector cable was not held properly or looked to be bent.








Yes, it's rusty but quite normal.....







You may not be able to tell from this video but there was squeaking noise somewhere from the right side of the engine.

It sounded like bearing ran out of grease or huge play so probably from the A/C idle pulley bearing.
I have new parts so will replace it.











On arrival, I checked the brake temperature while the owner was getting out of the car and at that time, I didn't notice any imbalance or heat spot.

However, when I placed the car on the lift, immediately I noticed that the rear brake disc was dragging.
Part of the reason was this.
Someone adjusted the parking brake cable too tight.
It was not enough to cause massive heat but enough to cause pad dragging against the disc.

As soon as I removed the parking brake cable, the disc rotated freely.

Still, during the test driving session, the brake performance was awful.
It just didn't stop.

Brake pedal didn't sink but possible old trace of brake fluid leakage at the booster cover.

Therefore, recommended the owner to carry out the brake overhaul.








The rear hatch glass gas strut.

It's dead and can't even keep the hatch open.
I can't work without removing the hatch or keeping it open so decided to replace it with my used spare set for now.

May consider sending the owner's set to SGS Engineering for re-gas service but I already noticed that there was some sort of oil or
something leaking around the shaft although it's a gas damper.

Not sure how far the shaft already worn but may not be able to re-gas them and could be better replacing them with the new set.







Probably someone splashed the eng oil while re-filling but saw paddle of oil around this cap nut.