Recent content by GJM

Thanks for the info. There must be something out there though, I'll have to keep checking/trying.

Hey all, I've searched for hours but can't seem to find the right answer on rear caliper replacements. At this point I drive the car very little, and don't even care if it's a downgrade but does anyone know of an affordable rear caliper for this car? I know these have the twist style piston in...

Well just in case anyone else reads this, it ended up being both front wheel bearings. Better to just replace them both at the same time.

Hello, 2003 msp here. I have noticed kind of recently that my tire or wheel noise is getting very loud when i get up over 40mph. I thought it might be a bearing at first but there is no play when up in the air, the ball joint seems ok as well. Even when up on a lift and the car is brought up to...

Im pretty sure the caps for the cams only face one way because of the numbering , but does anyone happen to have a pic of the number order of the caps? Thanks again

Thanks guys, So when you say cam surface, are you referring to the top of the head? Sorry for being so dense here. Am I at least right about installation? An equal amount of hand tightening of the bolts before going to proper spec? I think it said in the service manual around 12-16 Nm. Thanks...

Well this sucks, After doing a head gasket, and head machine (Warped due to overheat) I snapped the camshaft. The exhaust side went in no problem, but the intake side never felt right. I should be up front and say that I ziptied the timing belt to the cam pulleys and marked everything up...

Looking for intake side camshaft. Thanks!

Thanks all for the responses. At this time I can safely say the car is running great. I really do like this car even though my wife drives it 80% of the time, she absolutely loves it. For the price, and the options you get, it really is a great buy like most Mazdas.

Well I popped in a new stock MSP Radiator and so far things seem to be ok, well at least I hope so. When the car is cold, the resivouir sits about 2 inches under the full line. After driving on the highway to work, and back roads, (45min to an hour) when I get home, its about 2 inches above the...

For what its worth, Im looking at a head gasket too. I had a milky gel that came out of the cap hose hole when my car overheated. If you smell the reservoir coolant does it smell like oil/exhaust? Is there anything on the dipstick when you check the oil? Also I've seen people complain about...

This was from the sticky at the top, it was the same issue I was having. Issue: Alarm Keeps Parking Lights On When Activated.What: When you set the alarm with the remote, the parking lights & tail lights stay on. Can and will cause the battery to die if you don't notice or get it fixed. Why...

I can't look right now, but I remember having to cut a wire under there because the alarm would keep the lights on for some reason. I had to cut the wire to fix the issue, but I'm not sure why someone would take it out unless they had an aftermarket one they took with or something. Did you call...

Hey all, Can anyone recommend me a place to get either a stock or aftermarket radiator? Through mazda its looking around $300, and I'm kind of in a bad spot money-wise right now. Thanks!

Well, I noticed that my coolant is now beginning to smell of oil. There is no white smoke from the exhaust yet, but at this point, I'm going to just do a head gasket myself, ship off the head to get machined etc. I'm not really sure how this all happened as I pretty much baby the car, rarely...