Miata Repair Manual

Ordered manual on Amazon Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.6: Enthusiast Workshop Manual
I'll be needing it for instructions on pulling the engine and, after the conversion, for brakes and other non ICE maintenance. It's not an official shop manual, but it will hopefully be more readable.

Got a car!

I’ve been monitoring CraigsList for Miatas for a while. I’m looking for first generation – ‘90 to ’96 – preferably ’94 or later because they have a passenger air bag. Has to be manual transmission, the rest is a trade off - does it make more sense to fix it or pay for it up front. So I thought I found a car, but while trying to arrange to see it, a better car popped up. It’s a ’92 with a straight body, replaced top, AC, manual steering, alloys and a blown head gasket. Went up and looked at it and found that ir wasn’t the head gasket, but a leaky water pump. Nice, that makes the resell of the engine a little easier. For an extra $100 they even delivered it.