Mazda 3 – Sway Bar Endlinks
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and is ready for New Years! It’s currently very snowy outside (thanks for missing Christmas ya jerk!) so I…
Yearly Archives: 2015
When your half shaft falls out
We had a rather stressful ordeal this week with our Mazda and didn’t have any time to work on the Laser. The only re-occurring issue we’ve…
The Laser Finally Gets a Turbo
Whoo! OEM water lines for the TD05. I finally got the turbo water lines on and the turbo installed, just in time for us to load the engine hoist up an…
Another Laser Update – Overdue Edition
I must first apologize for my long absence. I’ve been good and busy with work lately and I’ve been demotivated by receiving the wrong part…
Short Laser Update, The Second
Another short update this week, not a whole lot of progress. I do finally have water lines that fit though, and for about half the price of the lines …
The Nightmare that is Rust
To answer the most pressing question first, no, the Laser still isn’t running. Next, yes, I’m still alive. Last weekend was crazy, we drov…
Quick Laser Update
This week didn’t net me much work time on the Laser. Works been good and busy plus we had a wedding on Saturday (which was a lot of fun!) so I d…
Rust Proofing The Laser
This week I crawled under the car and made sure there weren’t any rust issue, I also got a whole lot of parts and even put some on. The first th…
DSM Steering & Suspension: Down The Rabbit Hole
So I’ve sort of run out of things to change on the engine as it sits. I had a few last small things to add while it’s on the stand, but I …
Backtracking & More Painting
I started this week by backtracking a bit. I removed the oil pan as I didn’t remember if I’d torqued two of the main bolts down after swap…
