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That's a great solution Maff.
Went to a local C&C yesterday. I still love this car.
Beauty for shua! [emoji6]
Took her for short cruise....
That's a great solution Maff.
Went to a local C&C yesterday. I still love this car.
Well that sucks....about the mazda dealers!
At first I thought that was some kind of funnel. The joke pretty much writes itself.
That sucks about the dealers Jeff. Can't believe in this day and age dealers are still that short-sighted.
Installed the QMAX thermostat housing, all told it took me about three hours start to finish. I got lucky with the gasket on the old housing I was using, nothing stuck to the head so that reducing the time it took by a lot. Getting the snap ring holding the thermostat in place in the QMAX housing is a PITA. The arms on the thermostat interferred with the snap ring. I also had some trouble getting my pliers to stay in the holes of the ring, next time I do this I will get some larger posts to hold it better. Here is how it looks once in place:
There are no gaskets on the QMAX housing, they provide a small tube of gray sealant. This is used on the housing halves like so (ignore the lumpiness, this was before I smoothed it out prior to assembly):
The same sealant is used for the joint between the housing and the head, you do have to be very careful when putting that into place so as to not smudge the sealant. I left everything for a couple of days so it took a good set (also, I was sick so that helped). Filling up the system is easy with the bleed screw on the housing. You can hear the air escaping as you fill the radiator. After filling the system like that I also jacked the front end into the air and bled it further with the engine running. I did end up having a small leak from the O-ring on the new temperature sensor, I replaced that with an aluminum washer which is what you get from Mazda. The QMAX housing is very close to the configuration of the home made housing I have been using, see these pictures:
I have still been having a CEL come on, frequency has gotten worse. I tried changing the cam position sensor with no change. Yesterday when I went to go for a drive she would start but then die immediately. Today I decided to try installing the new crank angle sensor I bought. While pulling things apart I found one of the wires for the IACV connector was broken.
Figured that was likely the reason for the engine dying after starting. Got my spare engine harness and cut off the connector, then spliced it onto the installed engine harness to take care of that little problem. Got the crank sensor installed and started her up, after running for a few minutes the CEL came back on. Went ahead and buttoned everything back up. Have been thinking about other possibilities causing the CEL so I put my head underneath the dash and looked at the wiring for the MS. Moved some around and looked for bad connections but nothing was apparent. Went for a drive, lo and behold the CEL never came on. Guess I'll be pulling out the MS harness as much as I can to see what might be bad.
I also pulled the driver's front shock with an eye towards installing the Maruha extended tophat, but the hole on it is a lot larger than the shaft on the Ohlins, so I'll have to do some figuring on how I can mate the two together.
WHy the change? Was there some issue with the 5?
Nice Mark. I've had Mia out 3 times since I took her out of storage in the beginning of May. The weather here sucks big time, hasn't been over 60 yet for more than half a day.
Well, it*s not been much better here.....weather just really broke Memorial Day weekend!
That's a great solution Maff.
Went to a local C&C yesterday. I still love this car.
It really is one of the prettiest NBs I've seen. That wing is perfect. Better than the ugly ass OEM, but not all crazy boy-racer. I love it
Sorry Mike but I all I read was "blah, blah, blah". I was too focused on the pretty shiny part.
Any more CEL?
Lol Mike.
Good luck with that harness once you do get in there. No envy here.
Restored the headlights today.
Been busy the past week doing work preparatory to MATG. Too lazy to document it all right now. Headed south in the morning, glad that I am able to make it again this year.
Got home from The Gap around noon after a 5 1/2 hour drive. I have pictures to post once I recover from the festivities. Had a blast, did more driving than last year and did a lot of hanging out with like-minded folks (which to me is a big part of the draw for the event).
The Chasing the Dragon Hill Climb is this coming weekend. Coming to hang out?