Bucky’s Back Baby

 
He has been over at the Mazda dealer having his clutch made all new. He was gone for 3 weeks and a week and a half of that was waiting on the machine shop to resurface the flywheel. Besides the clutch work they fixed a couple issues that FTW tuning missed when they had the car refurbishing all the fluids and rubber belts. First up was they missed the clutch fluid, they also missed a small rodent’s nest underneath the plastic cover where the windshield wipers hide. They didn’t change spark plugs, I didn’t think of it to ask, and had I done that they may have found that the wiring harness that plugs into the coil packs had broken tabs that might have allowed them back out due to vibration. I had them change out the two short spark plug wires that bridge from the 2 coil packs that sit on one plug to go to the other plugs. Lastly, I had them re-chase the threads in one of the passenger seat’s mounting rail that was stripped out. I only found this out when I pulled the seats to get under the carpet to really clean the interior.

I have a couple of maintenance items that I need to address. The turn signal and wiper stalks are creaky sounding in use, so I’ve ordered so dielectric grease to make them smooth and quiet again. The other I haven’t dug into yet, but the driver’s side rearview mirror doesn’t move with the switch. Might be something spontaneously unplugged itself or the mirror internals are broke. Something for me to look at this weekend when the weather gets back into the 80s.

I’ve one more modification I want to put on the car, side stripes in a color that closely approximates the bronze wheels. I have an appointment with the DMV on the 7th of August and PDX Wraps is practically next door, so maybe when I’m done trying to get the car titled and registered I can drop it off for some stripes.