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And the bigger hammer worked! Well, actually, the back side of my axe ...at 3.5 pounds it's more maneuverable than my 8" sledge. The bits of hub that protrude into the big holes in the training arms were heavily crusty with rust and scale - quite unlike the rear hub on a '94 Corsica (that had...

Thanks! No, wait - whose vehicle are you calling "old"? :-D Now, my '79 Country Squire I bought in about 2004 that had the original floorpans completely rusted out .... I guess I'll ask my 15 year old to have a look at the wire connector to that newfangled ABS stuff.

When I first tried putting new brakes in my '12 Mazda5 (in 2018), I was all excited to be able to change rotors without having to unbolt the hub from the spindle like on my previous DDs. Little did I expect to find the rotor hats all fused to the hubs, so that I ended up despairing of getting...

I agree with rweatherford, stuff does just keep going in a 5 somehow. I can fit a fullsize cello and other junk along with 6 passengers and a 4 wheel walker. It's not the same as having a real van, but I was very amused when a relative who ignored my advice and bought an Escape acted shocked...

How'd it go? I bought a replacement from O'reillys when my car kept throwing the thermostat code. Still seemed stupidly expensive - thermostats should cost $10. It seems Mazda designed the engine bay without regard to anyone ever being able to reach anything. I was fortunate I had a junior...

Any updates on this? Just wondering what you ended up going with, cost, challenges with installation, etc.

My wife was complaining recently of smelling unburned hydrocarbons somewhere near the car. Checking it over this morning, I discovered that combustion blowby is so extreme there's an actual breeze coming out the oil fill cap with the engine at idle! I should really change the oil the next...

negusm: By "Fluid Flim," do you mean the lanolin based stuff in the gray spray can? I have some of that I bought when I couldn't find Boeshield to try to keep my new brake rotors from rusting on permanently like the originals did. Never occurred to me to try just spraying it all over the...

If only the new Odyssey were the size of the original Odyssey ....

Passing power! Why does something so peppy about town have zero passing power? My bright idea so far, likely completely impractical for most of us: swap the entire driveline from a Focus RS. Neither cheap nor simple, but shouldn't it have been offered as an option on the 5 in the first...

I think it's completely brilliant! Unless you actually want the real-time tire pressure data as you drive (and the 5 only has an idiot light anyway), the only problem I can think of is that a wheelspeed-differential system wouldn't know if all your tires dropped to the same low pressure at the...

Wow! I would never have known that. So the MZ3 system is really much better in a way, because they found a way to make the NHTSA happy without requiring yet another unnecessary gizmo in each wheel - and really, it gives you about the same functionality as on the 5. I suppose that hack could...

Okay, I'll have to look again. I flipped through the whole thing and found absolutely nothing about ATF ..... oh, interesting. Here on page 10-4 it says "Genuine Mazda ATF M-V." https://www.idemitsulubricants.com/product/atf-type-m Even says "outstanding anti-shudder performance." That...

Can you explain what you mean, and why this means the 3 is okay with the 5 senders but not the other way around? Since the 3 would beep and flash at low tire pressure with the original wheels, there has to be some bit of kit monitoring air pressure from inside the tire ....

Interesting info. MaxLife was the ONLY fluid I could feel reasonably certain was appropriate for this vehicle, based on information I could find at the time. Truth be told, aside from the smell, I'm not sure it's performing quite right. Not doubting your info in the least, but where does...

Due to a tire situation, I ended up swapping wheels with my wife's car, a '16 MZ3. Since these cars are equipped with these funky newfangled "tire pressure monitoring systems," I followed the TPMS reset procedure for the 3 (press and hold the little button on the dash), and it is perfectly...

I will be taking that advice into account in the future. One more question for now: Any experience with a new CV joint shuddering a bit for a while and then smoothing out?

So! Turned out the culprit was the new left axle! A user at grandmarq.net told me to Google complaints about new bad axles from the supplier I chose. I bought my axles from NAPA, and I found mixed reviews for their stuff on various message boards. Some people have had great luck with their...

And we're back working on it! To recap, last summer/fall (2020) I noticed a whirring noise while driving and replaced the left front wheel bearing. Then it seemed there was a slight floppy sound, and I found that the inboard CV boots were leaking a bit of grease, so I replaced them. Whirring...

What's CW mean? My 5's grinding noise is gone, but it now has a nasty TAP-TAP-TAP-TAP-TAP at light throttle or transitioning on and off throttle. Or maybe I couldn't distinguish it from the grinding before. There's a slight shudder under moderate to heavy throttle, but the noise goes away...