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Thanks for the vid Natey but I'm looking for a more solid repair. I've got some tips I'm exploring and will decide what's more mechanically sound to implement.

Necrothread bump; I'm having this issue right now and I used every combo of words I could think of to search 24/7 for repair info on a 1st gen Protege. Only two threads for this exact issue and this is one of them. I did check out the 'other' site mentioned and found quite a bit of info there...

This should be interesting...(popcorn)

Merry Christmas to all and hope all are well out there! Santa brought my MSP new 12mm 5x114.3 Hubcentric Wheel Spacers to try something different from the Ichiba 10mm set I've been running for over 5-6 years now. Got a bunch of new tools & storage for Christmas so time to make some car repair...

Army training video in the late 80's. I was one of the corpses on the battlefield.

If you have no service records showing the differential/transmission fluid has been changed then by all means. Hornsfan 10609 recommends every 25k-30k depending on how you drive her I would guess.

Don't forget to check your spark plugs, inspect/squeeze all your hoses and ensure clamps are tight and eyeball/measure your brake pads & rotors.

well if you need room and are keepin' it Mazda...:) I really do dig these Mazda5 vans.

Just a routine oil change using my 4k OCI with Mobil 1 synthetic, OEM filter and treated her to a can of BG 44K fuel system cleaner.

Hit this benchmark yesterday...

I just did this a few months back. If your '94 Protege is a manual, the transaxle is refilled by following the speedometer cable to the transaxle and removing the speedometer sensor itself. You will see a Min & Max level indicator on the sensor/gear shaft. A long funnel will be required to...

^ could be the throw-out bearing just starting to go bad?

~ sighs ~ love the work you continue to lavish on her. I should fly you down here for a paid working vacation to restore/paint my Laser Blue!

Welcome to the forum dude and nice find with < 82k on the MSP. Start browsing around to see what you've gotten yourself into but it's an all around sweet ride.

True but I'm wondering if the seals have begun to leak and there's oil stains etc after that many miles of use. I'm curious that way.

Hope you'll take pics of the components during the R/R to record what normal wear-n-tear on the OEM after 145k+ miles looks like.

^ Do you mean 'racing beat' vs 'racing hart' dude? The link provided says "Racing Beat worked extensively with Tokico on the development of the shocks that were incorporated into the suspension of both the 2001 Protege MP3 and 2003 MazdaSpeed Protege models" so I'm reading the struts shown will...

I'd like to say "that'll buff out" (it's a Jeep thing) to lighten the mood; sorry about your Mazda and hope you're able to find another.

^ what hornsfan says but chomper oughta look up MSPM1cheLe's info as she competitively raced her MSP and won often IIRC.

Here's a link to the Protege page on Racing Beat's website: http://www.racingbeat.com/Mazda/Protege.html?id=9DYxJwQf New seat of springs = $210 and OG Tokicos = $136 - $145 each so you're looking at $800 +/- to re-new an OG setup I'm guessing.