Senior Sol

Hi Babu, The rattling of the top is often caused by lack of grease in the holes that the roof's stainless steel locking pins fit in to. These holes are located near the top sides of the windshield. Pack them, and the rear ones, with Silicone grease, preferably Shin Etsu, available from Honda dealerships, and the rattling should completely stop. DO NOT use Vaseline, as it is petroleum based, and will deteriorate the weatherstripping seals. Can't be of any help regarding the gearbox, as I have never driven a Miata...................mostly looked at them IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR! Cheers, Senior Sol

Tx Raley, If you are correct, then a good dremelling, priming, and multiple coats of rust-preventitive paint should do the trick for me. Cheers, Senior Sol

The bottom of the seat rails on my 95 Si are rusted AGAIN. They were replaced under warranty in 1997. The car has been undercoated (Crown) multiple times, and has never been driven in the snow, or even rain....well maybe once or twice in an unexpected rain shower. I lifted the carpet, and there's no sign of water intrusion whatsoever. Any chance this rusting is caused by galvanic corrosion between two dissimilar metals? I'm dremelling off the rust, painting the brackets with a rust-preventitive paint, and replacing the 8 seat bolts with stainless steel ones. May even fabricate 4 stainless corner pieces. Cheers, Senior Sol