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 …
Year: 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 …
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 …
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 parts. …
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 …
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 drove straight …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …