Recent content by Joe Dirt

Got a call from her today (it's 106 here no counting heat index) and she said unit is blowing real good. I've been thinking of the evac/refill and that maybe a way to go. The switch issue, from what CheeseHelmet says, that makes sense and I will check connections next time she comes home. Also...

This is about my daughters 02 Protege 5. According to her the A/C will not blow cool during really hot weather (which we've been having heat indexes of 108 to 116 this past week.). We've tried to fill with refrigerant but it is full. Though I haven't been able to duplicate this myself, I have...

Damn good suggestions, all of them. And I will check all that as soon as I can get my hands on it. She did just call me and say the vehicle is starting fine but during those times it wouldn't start she could hear a clicking noise. My first thought was starter or solenoid. Any thoughts?

Autozone tested the battery and said all it needed was to be charged.

She did have a self-amplified bazooka tube but I had her unplug it.

You sound like you've had this happen to you. Correct?

(p5yellow) This is my daughters car (02 Prtege 5) and the battery suddenly has started dying on her. She lives 35 miles away or I'd go look at it myself. When it's dead she can jump start it and yesterday morning it was dead and when I called her that evening I had her go try it and it started...

My question is who the hell carries around a FROZEN grapefruit? (screwy)

(argh) Saturday morning my daughters 02 Protege5 was the victim of a drive by fruiting. Somebody threw a frozen grapefruit through her back glass. As it happened anywhere from 5 am to 7 am Saturday we can only imagine it was done by: A.Kids, B. Disgruntled fruit vendor, C. Grapefruit diet...

My cup runneth over...thanx for the welcome.

Hello everybody, new to this forum as my daughter just got rid of her 95 bimmer and got a 02 Protege5. I was the mechanic on the bimmmer and I'm sure I will be on her new one. Hopefully the Mazda won't take up as much time as her bimmer. just thought I'd say hello and hope this forum is as...