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My lab:
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- 60k miles (100.000km) maintenance
the timing belt is due
on Friday 12 September 2003
by bjoern author list
in car articles > Mazda Miata M-Edition (2002-present)
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Pretty soon after I bought the Miata, on 02-09-14, I had to do the basic maintenance at 60k miles: timing belt, water pump, accessory belts, coolant, tensioner pulley etc. See the hole works here. Click on the images for larger pics.

This is what the engine bay looked like when I started:
On the first weekend I opened everything up:
I took the cam sprockets off to get to the cam-shaft seals and removed the water-pump for replacement. The crank-shaft seal was also replaced.
On the second weekend I put everything back together: new cam- and crank-shaft seals, new waterpump, cam sprockets, new idler and timing belt tensioner pulley, new timing belt. At the same time, I also flushed the radiator and replaced the coolant. The motor-, differential-, transmission- and shifter-turret-oil were all replaced with fully synthetic oils.

This is what it looked like after the maintenance:

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