but not rusty anymore.
I couldn't find a listing anywhere on this pipe for the turbo car, and i dont have a pipe bender, so i just patched it up. I layed down a metal strip, tack welded, heated it up to wrap it around the pipe, and stitched it on. Then i layered more pieces around the bend so i could keep the contour correct. I painted it with header paint. I went down the pipe to another spot which was getting weak too, and gave it the same treatment. It was kinda fun, but not really worth doing in a professional sense. It ought to last a few years though. Muffler tape might have worked just as well, but Carlota and I agree that the pipe stitching is better suited to her upcoming zombiesque™ theme.

Anyway, here's the rest of the stuff. Refer to yesterday's entry for "before" pics.
This is the base of the distributor after i cleaned it up. The new seal should help keep it this way.

Here's the front main seal area after cleanup.

Now, lets get the rest cleaned up and assembled with new cam seals & belt tension/idler pullies, and take a pic, shall we?

Now let's utter many profanities as we snap the pic, realizing that much of it has to come back off to get the engine mount bracket in. D'oh.

I was authorized to do a tune up too. The fuel on the inlet side of the fuel filter was black. The distributor cap and rotor button also appeared original, and the cap apparently is made of gold, judging by the price. The only cheap one i could find is made by a brand I now refuse to have anything to do with (GP Sorenson).

The old ignition wires were a bit swelled from the oil leaks. Those also got replaced, and so did the plugs. The old plugs I think Carlota replaced sometime in the last year, because they didn't look really old, but they were Bosch propaganda split electrode types, and IMO Mazdas like their standard NGKs. They were only a few bucks, and i had them, so they went in. The old ones will be kept on hand. I have to return the air filter and PCV valve which I picked up, because those parts were still good. It has a 'performance' air filter in it. Don't let me get started on that topic ;) I kept the timing slightly advanced from stock, same as it was when it got here... I'm told it gives these engines a tad more low end grunt.

I have to say, cars I have seen which receive regular oil changes from day one dont seem to develop these major/multiple oil leaks. i can't blame Carlota for that, seeing as she hasn't had this puppy very many miles, but

Keep up on your oil changes people.

Now if i can just find that special valve cover bolt which fell down somewhere behind the engine...

-scotty