Recent content by Cleric

Yeah..is there any fixing it? Or should I drive it straight to the junkyard?

Here's a pic: http://i.imgur.com/kcxWi.jpg

The Maritimes are not kind to Mazdas, I have a passenger side frame rail that's completely rusted out, like a 5 inch section of it is completely missing. I have a friend who could weld some metal in place, but he told me it will not pass safety inspection like that. Is it possible to replace the...

I can't really see anything wrong with the starter, however I found out the car will run if I push start it.

The battery terminals still look brand new, I took them off and cleaned them just in case. All the wiring around the battery looks good, it's been coated in a layer of grease or something because there is almost no corrosion, while the rest of the car is rusted to hell (I live in Atlantic...

Thanks for the advice. If it was a bad battery shouldn't I have gotten at least 1 turn out of it when I had a friend boost me with his car?

So 2 days ago it had been raining all day, and for the past few days, when leaving work my car had a very sluggish start, where it barely managed to turn over. Then the next day when I tried to start it, the engine did maybe half a turn and that was it, turning the key would do nothing. I then...

Good call, it was a LCA, it had been replaced a couple of months ago and is still under warranty.

Hello, something is loose in the front end, when I go on the throttle, the front end wobbles/shifts slightly, and the steering wheel goes a little to the right, then when I completely lift off the throttle, it shifts back to the left, and the steering wheel goes back. Any idea what to look for...

Yes that's the line, but I'm not finding anything on google searching P5 power steering coolant/cooling line.

It's the steel cooler line that loops in front of the radiator. I'm not sure exactly what it's called, I just called a dealership but the main parts guy was out and the other guy didn't really have a clue what it was, he just listed off a bunch of part numbers and their prices, he had 4...

So first the belt was slipping, I had to drive one night in the rain when it was slipping really bad and that's likely when the leak started as the PS was cutting out. I've replaced and tightened the belt, slip is gone, and topped up the fluid but now it has a big leak. At first I thought it...

If that's the case, how do I 'unlock' it? Or do I need a new one? Is it normal for a cliper to get locked in an off position? There is no rust on the rotor so I don't think it's been locked for long.

Yesterday I changed the driver's side rear pads, and simply using an allen wrench to turn the adjuster screw worked, but it started to rain and I ran out of daylight so I thought I would do the passenger rear today. But on the pasenger rear, as I turn the adjuster screw nothing happens, I've now...

Thanks, I might bore it out, is that safe to do on steelies? I'm pretty sure the rims I have are 64mm centre bore, but there is a thin flange that sticks out to grab the hub, I'm worried it would be dangerous to grind that down, or it might need to come completely off. You can see here what the...