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    How do you replace the alternator?

    Ya'll are crazy. Minus the Tensioner Bolt (actually 2, the long one that applies/releases tension & the "locking" bolt), every thing else can be done from the bottom. The main wire that bolts onto the alternator, has a plastic cover that you can unclip with your finger (if I remember...
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    195k Mile overhaul, All in the name of Love

    Crazy, I was just up there today. Met someone who bought the trans & then took my dogs to the dog park (south windsor though, i think). Daaamm, thats a pretty penny for that block. Does it come with everything else?? I had to do the same thing with the engine I bought. Came from a MSP, &...
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    195k Mile overhaul, All in the name of Love

    Hey, you're in CT? I just finished swapping in a freshened up engine/trans in my P5, last month. Also had about 195k, but was burning a quart of oil every thousand miles. Found a good deal on a low-ish mile engine/trans, then got new water pump, thermostat, timing belt kit, front/rear/cam...
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    stock trails, links, sway bar and more!

    interested in the endlinks... pm me a price shipped to 06451
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    What tha....?

    do u have a multimeter?? battery should read anywhere from ~11.8-12.4 V.....with car on (alternator charging) ~13.8-14.4 V if the alternator is shot, obviously battery will not charge, & voltage will just trickle down till it just dies.....jump starting will charge the battery enough to start...
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    stock wheels

    no primer??....i was under the impression to get the best adhesion/outcome, getting down to bare metal to give it a couple coats of primer/rust inhibiting primer was optimal
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    Problems with P5. Input needed

    so, from what i understand, the car sat for 4 years w/o a battery....u put a NEW battery in & the headlights turned on by themselves?.....& u tried rotating the light switch on/off to see if the lights respond? did u try turnin the key to "on" to get some other electronic response throughout the...
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    Claudia's Makeover

    yea? from da 2o3?.....i have the same feelings about all yellow cars & still do, but for some reason, & to each their own, but to me it just suits the p5 well although that flame red.....ouch, another color ive never liked for cars.....but the p5 pulls it off......especially red on black, tssss...
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    CT Members???

    depends on the time of day & day of the week....sometimes manchester, sometimes new haven, other times i dont even kno where i am! just playin, i call meriden home
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    Claudia's Makeover

    thanx! i stumbled upon sylvania's headlight restoration kit & the lenses needed to be cleaned up (i recommend this kit to restore weathered/oxidized lenses....uber easy to do, & outcome was awesome....we'll see how good it really is in a few months of exposure & multiple washes)...i figured...
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    CT Members???

    hollerrr, from the 203!! http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123795227-Claudia-s-Makeover
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    Claudia's Makeover

    Next came the restoration/customization of the headlights... and how she's lookin, for the moment, with blacked out side markers & fogs... Just got OEM suspension components from onlinemazdaparts.com & finally will be installing MSP struts & springs. Those'll be going on within the...
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