Miata Mailing List: September 1999, Message #239

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DO NOT USE THE STOCK TIE DOWNS!!

unless you want to "re shape" your MX-5..

-----Original Message-----
From: Lance Karl Schall <lkschall@earthnet.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@realbig.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 7:36 PM
Subject: Water pump limp home


>It won't do too much good to run the heater without moving the coolant.
>Besides, with no alternator the battery won't like to run the heater fan.
>Same with repeated re-starting.  How long will the battery last?
>
>Repairing the car in the parking lot at work is an option, but the water
>pump belt is "behind" the P/S and AC belts, so the job is twice as
difficult
>as you think.  And it is far and away easiest to get to the lower
alternator
>bolt from under the car, which suggests jacking it up.  So the job is three
>times as difficult as you think.
>
>If it was my project, I'd flat tow it home with a tow rope, front tie
downs,
>and a friend to help.
>
>Lance
>
>