The third time is the charm.  The long awaited SpyderChat calendars are ready to order.  But as an added bonus, there are now two calendars available.  Choose a Spyderchat calendar for work and a Kandi calendar for home.

Toyota recommends a 30,000 mile interval (or two years) between changing the manual transaxle oil.  It is not a difficult task to change the oil - it is actually a little easier than changing the engine oil.  The only tools required are a 10mm nut driver and flat blade screwdriver for removing the plastic under the transmission and engine and a 24mm wrench for removing the drain and fill plugs.

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Toyota recommends a 60,000 mile interval (or 4 years) between changing the engine coolant.  While changing the coolant in an MR2 is more difficult than a traditional front engine car, It is not too difficult for a home mechanic to tackle.  The MR2's front radiator and rear engine mean that there are more coolant lines than on a conventional automobile.  The additional difficulty comes from having to drain the coolant from multiple locations and having to purge air from the system to prevent overheating caused by air pockets traveling around in the cooling system.  

It's no secret that I'm obsessed with exhausts for the Spyder.  I just had to know what makes the stock exhaust tick (or make that awful restriction noise at full throttle).  

I took a stock exhaust and introduced it to Mister Oxy-Acetylene one afternoon in a quest for stock brackets and exhaust pipe.  I know there are others who are just as interested as I am to see inside one of these things.  Here's the autopsy photos.

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