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    Engine dies and I'm stumped

    You have a short to ground. Check your battery cables for resistance. Get a circuit tester and start going through one by one and finding it. Electrical gremlins are the worst!!!! Considering it's killed a battery, disconnect your battery and check if the positive cable has continuity to...
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    How To Change Your Fuel Filter (lots of pics)

    Great thread! My tank was leaking a few years ago and I at first tried a Junk replacement... no bueno So I ended up ordering a new one and installing that with a a new pump. More issues from the car being a flood car that the dealer that sold it to me, didn't know about, or didn't disclose.. 🤷‍♂️
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    Where does this plug into?

    Where's your cruise control?
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    What have you done to your P5 today?

    Pulled the head yesterday. A while back dropped a valve when trying to do valve stem seals. Evidently the compressor blew the breaker and the cylinder pressure dropped. 😱 Oh well. All stem seals are replaced now and I'm eyeing VICS/VCTS delete before putting it back together. So many new parts...
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    Vacation trip to Colorado (winter tires?)

    A couple of years ago, I went to Utah in winter with a front-wheel-drive sedan and all-season tires. It did okay on packed snowfall, but icy patches were nerve-racking, stopping distances were significantly increased, and turning felt sketchy. If you’ve never experienced slick conditions, it’s...
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    Can I fit a 2002 Tribute/Escape suspension on a Protege5?

    Looking to see if I can fit a 2002 tribute/escape suspension on a P5. Parts look similar, and I know the sway bar links crossover. Anybody got any hard data on measurements between them? Are Escape parts bigger, but look the same? Yes I'm trying to get this thing springy, possibly on a lift...
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    Alternatives to P5 that don't rust

    umm that don't rust? How about a DeLorean?
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    Guide Permanently fix the "no A/C on fan speed 2/3" problem

    Plug and play fix for this: HERE
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    AC light flicker -- FIXED

    Plug and play fix is available. HERE ;) No I am not affiliated. just passing along the info
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    Guide Protege Timing Belt Change (How-To)

    I know this is old but unless you replace the seal with an OEM-like Viton type seal, this will happen. Like this one. None of the rest of the seals at Rockauto have the Clockwise-Spiral Lip Design like the link. Yes they will fit. Yes they will work... for a while :rolleyes:. The link is for...
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