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I changed my wife’s 2004 Mazda 3 rear brake pads yesterday, after messing with them for about an hour I was able to compress the calipers by using some needle nose pliers and spinning them clockwise. BUT this problem is once I got them all put back together I went to pump the breaks to make...

(boom06)So... were do you loosen the compressor I have taken the little black plate off and I cant figure out how to do anything. There is no way I'm going to remove the crank pulley with out knowing how to releases the tension (because I will never get it back on), the top belt has a tension...

The upper belt broke... how do i take off the lower belt????????????????????????????? My wifes 04 mazda 3's top belt broke how do i take off the lower belt so i can but the new top belt back on??

Why would they lock it?

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Selling My 2003 Protege 5 I know this needs to go in the Marketplace area but it wont let me post there for some reason. Anyway The time has come to sell my P5 I dont really want to but I bought a house last year and I need something to do yard work with and hatch backs dont really like dirt...

I just finished doing all that last weekend, took the engine out Saturday and had the new one in Sunday around 8pm, only I had more of a problem with the drivers side cv joint/axel I ended up just leaving it on when I pulled the engine and trans. Out. It is all running great though, I will try...

Well I have Eibachs and I think they ride well, so I would say go for Eibachs

:) Well the swap went great no problems really I have a working car once again; the whole thing took about a weekend. I would like to thank Ken @ protg garage for getting me a working engine, even if the valve cover was cracked.(glare) J.k. ken, now I just need to receive my headers and I will...

Awesome Thanks everyone! I have the manual,and I will be taking out the tranny at the same time per your advice.

Hello all Im about to take out my Fed up engine and drop in one that I got form protg garage. I have a few questions. Do you need to take out the transmission at the same time or can you just take out the engine by it self? Second I have the PDF for the service manual because I cant find any...

So here is kind of a recap of what is going on with my car, Im not going to have Mazda do anything, because theyre going to make me pay them more $ for an inspection to tell me what I already know. And then they are going to tell me they are not going to cover it, so F that s***. I bought an...

Im trying to get my car in to the dealer to inspect my car, but there all assholes in Salem and said it would take two weeks to see my car, and because my car is out of vin# for the recall I would have to pay for the inspection. So I have been working with MazdaUSA to have them speed up the...

Yeah I had mine done,Conmpression test #1: 175 #2: 170 #3: 170 #4: 160 and I had a leak down test Cyl#1: 0% from the crank case. Cyl#2 0% Cyl#3 0% cyl#4 8%, Guess which cyl the spark plug broke off in to...so it looks like a new motor for me (pissed)

yes my car was built in oct of 2002.