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Booster vac line has to have J1403 on the hose. That repco one should be fine. "The Goss J1403 brake vacuum hose is for use in power Light Duty applications. It is resistant to heat, oil, grease, abrasion, weathering & ozone, and complies with LVVTA regulations."

I used this guide. Goes from one of the coil trigger wires on the ecu to an empty pin on the stock gauge plug http://www.teeart.net/junk/mncb1.html

Fairly sure it'll be different, will be going from 10mm solid rotors to 17mm vented, more pad surface too which will help.

Doing some oe parts catalogue diving at work I think 2013 onward Mirage brakes might fit, near on identical rotors just 229mm vented. Calipers run the same piston diameter and even the same mounting bolt part numbers. Might have to find some from a wrecker and check the mounting bolt distance there it attaches to the knuckle.

It's 4x100, been comparing the back spacing of all the small car rotors at work to see if anything's close(swift, fit, colt, demio, etc). I'll do a pick a part run at some point and grab some options.

Had to go and buy 2m more wrap to finish it off only to be told that this colour has been discontinued so I bought all the rest of their stock, ended up with 4m+ for spares. Stoked with how it came out, couple sections I want to go back and fix but it'll do for now. Attempted to do a roll on bedliner but didn't prep the surface well enough and it started to crack and pull in a few places. Lost my house in a breakup so had to do 6 trips moving all my stuff back to my parents place. Realised I'd been very neglectful on servicing when I found a heap of parts I'd bought for it previously, during the move. Bought new front tyres, Zestino Gredge 07RK 165/55-14, gave it an oil change which was ~7000km & 2 years overdue and finally changed out my front bearings, rotors and pads. Everything's tiny, front rotors are only 200mm solids. Been meaning to research if a vented setup off a Colt or kei car of the same era might bolt up.

Been tinkering with the truck over the last few months in between picking up renovation parts. Scoured through the catalogs at work to find some replacement rear shocks. Fronts off a mid 80's Chevy Blazer fit perfectly, just needed to slightly increase the diameter of the crush tube. Mates invited me along to the oldschool drags where it got a best time of 21.60@59mph Over the xmas break finally started wrapping the truck with the wrap i bought around xmas the year before 1.5x6m roll of 3M Gloss Black Rose almost finished the whole truck, just got 2 bed sides to finish, and the smaller border of the tray. Will be using bedliner for the inside of the tray and back of the cab.

Parts are hard to find for them over here, i've imported most of my difficult parts from yahoo japan. Oe number for the booster is MR370408, from what i can find over $1k new. Could try something like this if 2nd hand is ok. https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/r1090095794?conversionType=service_page_search

Small antics over xmas, bought a cb radio for it. Then helped a mate re-gravel his driveway, 1/2 cube of gap40 at a time was slightly overloaded but it handled it fine. Finally got some rolling shots too. Getting vinyl wrapped over new years so watch this space...

Small updates. Helped a mate pick up a whole shed from Silverdale. 2 up with a fair bit over the rated capacity it struggled on Albany hill. Even with a run-up it slowed down from slightly north of 100 to 70kph by the top with the accelerator pinned to the floor. That one trip spawned the idea for its new personalised plate. Imported some lowering springs from Yahoo Japan. Rated drop was 35mm front, 50mm rear but it seemed to go a little lower once i replaced the rear bump stops. Very happy with how it sits now. Leaf springs seem to be uprated too as it drove much smoother on a 400kg dump run and still had some travel.

Thought they weren't allowed as most of them block the operation of the indicators

The NC 5 speed box doesn't have an internal drive gear. NC https://partsouq.com/en/catalog/genuine/unit?c=Mazda&ssd=%24*KwEIPC09VGJUYlsWc3MLBlBEZGN9DAMODx0OHl5efH4LRVpMIxkPU1daUXoKcgtWWUcLRVVQVntPWxATBlMJfAoLDQwAAAAAJvVUlQ%24&vid=1412980545&cid=&uid=146501&q= NA https://partsouq.com/en/catalog/genuine/unit?c=Mazda&ssd=%24*KwHe6vvOqamhv6ii34D92IaSsrWr2tXY2cvYyIiIqqjdk4ya9c_ZhYGMh6yopNiEiZ_dk4OGgK2ZjcbF0IXfqtzd2NsAAAAAF_3U_g%24&vid=1412980575&cid=&uid=203543&q=

Managed to find some factory tailgate chains on yahoo japan. Picked up more ridiculous loads from Bunnings. Had the week off work so grabbed my welder back off my dad and started making some things starting with a rear lumber rack. Between my helmet intermittently turning off giving me arc eye and not touching the welder in 10 years my welds weren't pretty, flux core didnt help either. Hit it with a grinder and rattle can, hasn't fallen apart yet Finally decided to replace the old exhaust with a custom one. Seemed to make a difference replacing the cat converter with a reso, decent sized muffler and moving up from 30mm to 45mm pipe. Very happy with how it came out, didn't want it too loud.

Trucks been doing a fair bit of work over the last year. Taking out a tree for a colleague. Found a tonneau cover that fits very tidily. Found an LSD on yahoo japan, 6" 2-way clutch type 6.666 ratio from a slightly earlier model. Was good that I'd bought it as i discovered the pinion bearing was toast in the original diff while swapping the new one in. Tiny axles on these trucks. Picked up some more windows for the house. And found out that 6m lengths of wood "fit" on it, will be building some front and rear ladder racks shortly. Next mods on the to-do list. -Make the flares out of sheet metal -Fit the new wheels. -Replace the AM radio -Build some limiting straps for the tailgate -Look into importing some lowering springs.

If a deal pops up i say do it! Find myself making excuses to use it, even made some money off doing pickup/deliveries for mates. This ones been really good on gas (even if doing 5.5k @ 100kph) been getting 7.8l/100km no matter how hard i drive it.