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Good point... The reality of my car being 20 years old is only now sinking in with me as both it and I show definite signs of aging. I've been fighting it on both our behalves, but at some point I will just give up.

If "lifetime warranty" implies Autozone coils, I'm shuddering more than your car. ;) :) I bought one of their coil packs once and even though they had free replacements, for me it just wasn't worth the risk to emissions equipment. Hitachi coils are the OEM part and will last for 75k miles or...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...