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    DFW floods - High water and car running rough now

    I just checked randomly this evening. I see folks offer them in the Protege groups on Facebook from time to time, but for a little more money. They seem to pop up every few months. Yep, that is the stock number I saw. I'm not going to say the mod was life-changing or anything, especially...
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    DFW floods - High water and car running rough now

    Speaking of MP3 ECUs, there's one available on car-part.com right now if you're looking for one. That's how I got mine and the following steps outline the process I took. - Visit car-part.com - Select 2001 / Mazda Protege / Engine Computer / enter your ZIP - Select "2.0L, MT, MP3, ID...
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    Protege5 Leak (tranny fluid). Which seal?

    Even though your comment more than two years old, it's as appropriate a segue as I'm ever going to see. I replaced the differential/axle/shaft seal yesterday and it took me hours. Over the course of that time, I ripped the ball joint boot on the new lower control arm which had also taken me...
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    DFW floods - High water and car running rough now

    Heh heh... Yeah, our cars get more and more "diverse" the older they get. Anyway, I just slapped the MP3 ECU back in and it's running fine. I opened the MP3 ECU and it was bone-dry inside, so the short you mentioned was likely external to it.
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    DFW floods - High water and car running rough now

    I'll likely put the MP3 ECU back in after it's dried out. If it doesn't work, then that's the end of that adventure. Even if the MP3 ECU is a loss, it was sure nice to have had another ECU sitting on the shelf, ready to go. That was truly a blessing. The main motivation for getting the MP3...
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    DFW floods - High water and car running rough now

    OK, I peeled back the carpet over the ECU (I'd replaced it with one from an MP3 a year or two ago). Even with the massive amount of towel-dabbing and extremely vigorous Shop Vac'ing I did yesterday to the carpet, there was still plenty of water in the padding. I detached the battery and put...
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    DFW floods - High water and car running rough now

    Well, it flooded here overnight and the underground parking sump pumps at the apartment weren't working. (I woke up around 5:00 feeling something just wasn't right, and when I went downstairs water was halfway up my calf.) The P5 had water in the floorboards, and I drove it out of the garage...
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    What have you done to your P5 today?

    I replaced the driver's side LCA in 108-degree (that's 42 C for folks with more sane units of measurement). Heat index was 114 and I had limited shade. That was a huge mistake, but I took breaks and drank six bottles of water. My shirt became so heavy with sweat that it was like some kind of...
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    What have you done to your P5 today?

    Funny you should mention that... I've been sitting on a set of LCAs I got last year. My bushings are cracked, but they don't look nearly as bad as your old ones did. I came across the very good video below that, along with the advice I've received on this forum, will help me get this knocked...
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    Protege5 Leak (tranny fluid). Which seal?

    I had trouble finding that part number so I'm going to write it here for posterity: F003-27-238 / F00327238 (same part used on both sides of the differential). I kept trying to find it in the parts PDF in the axle section and not in the differential section. D'oh!!
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