Shifter Maintenance

turret fluid was low so i sucked as much of it as i could out with a syringe (it was a very dark grey/green color) and put in some Amsoil Manual Transmission & Transaxle Gear Lube 75W-90 which i also plan to use in the trans itself.

and changed the small shift boot as well since mine was torn off basically. learned that there are 2 small boots, the newer one is part no. M513-17-480(A) and the older one is part no. M514-17-480(A). For some reason, it looks like my car came with the older version o_O however, i triple checked the part no. on mazda motorsports since the part i got looked different from what i had, and after a little more digging i found that the newer version can be used on the older NA6 cars all the way up, but you can't use the older part on the newer cars (94+) wonder why mine had the older part...

you can also see some of the short shifter that my car came with. don't know what kind it is. my large boot was torn apart as well but i opted not to change it. as i understand it, the large boot is just to basically keep noise and fumes out of the car

some good reading to get the jobs done:
Miata Maintenance - http://www.miata.net/garage/trans/everything.html
Replacing Miata Shift Boots - http://www.camsmx5.com/Resources/techshift/techshift.html [dead link]
Short Shifter Installation - http://www.miata.net/garage/shortshifter/index.html
Changing Gearlever Seals - http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/t/201.aspx [dead link]