MX5 water collection
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Pete66

Original Poster:

10 posts

155 months

Saturday 1st June 2013
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Hi, hopefully someone can help me out.

My girlfriend has just bought an 07 plate MX5 soft top and after washing it we noticed the carpet under the drivers seat was damp. After investigting where it was coming from, we noticed water had collected under a grill by the front folding section of the roof, just behind the bulkhead. We managed to soak the water up but it looks like a drain or something may be bloked.

Does anyone know how to sort this out without taking the roof off to grt to it?

Thanks,

Pete.

Shaw Tarse

31,836 posts

226 months

Saturday 1st June 2013
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Google mx5 drain holes. (It's a well known problem )
Eta ^^^ that doesn't read the way I intended. Follow the link Kingofthemoon posted.

Edited by Shaw Tarse on Sunday 2nd June 13:06

KingOfTheMoon

42 posts

182 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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Simple enough fix. This link has everything you need.

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=389787

You will probably need to buy one of these too.

ebay link

Pete66

Original Poster:

10 posts

155 months

Sunday 2nd June 2013
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Shaw Tarse/Kingofthemoon

Thanks for the help. I managed to clear the drain holes with some flexible curtain wire. It worked a treat and the water runs through uninterrupted. I think I'll be checking regularly from now on.

Cheers.