What have you done to your MSP today?
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hornsfan10609
Certified Mazda Tech
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege x2
Maybe put some extra oil in it? It used to work on the early 4V cobras that had oil starvation problems.
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
Everything is staged and ready to go for the R&I of the engine that I plan to do Sunday. I'll get the engine out tomorrow night, then disassemble and reassemble Sunday and reinstall. I can't wait to have it back on the road!!!
hornsfan10609
Certified Mazda Tech
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege x2
My MSP has been hesitating more than normal in this colder weather. I think it's time to change to the winter tune.
Got under there today and swapped my transmission outdrive seals and rebuild the driver side cv joint with a new boot and parts kit. i bought new clips for the axles where they go into the trans and the hub carrier but gawd damn how are you suppose to get those axles in there without screwing somthing up with the clips? i had to leave the clips out, which i had no leakage from the driver side but the seal on that side wasnt messed. I get why the clips are there but i had to get creative with a hammer and wood to get the thing to go into the dif WITHOUT the clips... just could not get it to happen with them in place.. afraid to mess up the new cv boot in the process.
the good news is my leak wasnt as bad as i had imagined.. still have 2litres of oil left in it, so i can take two of the three i picked up back.
this summer, ill buy an mfactory, get new outdrive bearings pressed on and replace all the bearings in the trans.. should be good and sturdy for a few years after that... cannot imagine how much this would have cost to have a shop do it. id say over $1500 in just labor...
the good news is my leak wasnt as bad as i had imagined.. still have 2litres of oil left in it, so i can take two of the three i picked up back.
this summer, ill buy an mfactory, get new outdrive bearings pressed on and replace all the bearings in the trans.. should be good and sturdy for a few years after that... cannot imagine how much this would have cost to have a shop do it. id say over $1500 in just labor...
Yeah, the tranny is a bit on the annoying side. I did a MSP LSD install and tranny overhaul 2 years ago... All I paid for was a shop to mess with the gears inside and compress bearings in where I could not. Don't pay the shop if you've got the tie and the patience.
now that ive done the tranny strip down, it was actually very easy to but it all back together. monkeying it into the car by myself was another story lol..
when i get the new dif, ill drop it at mazda and get to work pulling it all out again. i have the manifold and downpipe to pay for from pope first.
when i get the new dif, ill drop it at mazda and get to work pulling it all out again. i have the manifold and downpipe to pay for from pope first.
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
Why would you do that? That'll be a b**** and a half when that motherfucker comes out of the transmission on the side of the road and trust me, I've seen it happen multiple times when people have done the exact same thing. My drivers side is always a son of a b**** to get in and out. Sometimes more than others. Passenger comes out no problem.
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
From top to bottom, with clip facing you they are as follows: Top, RED; Center, Black/Brown; Bottom, Black/Gray(blue or green, can't tell due to time.)
Ok boys, since this is the most active thread for the MSP, I need some help. Got a fuel leak that the dealership says might be attributed to the "sending unit". DETAILS HERE
Just posted up my GT spec parts. Sad to see them go, but I need the money
couldn't score any coke of the Miami players to flip for profit?
How do you get them in without ******* the seals, the boot or the splines? Wih the clip on i couldnt even get it to take the splines and without, i still had hit the booted cv cup with a hammer and block to seat it in the trans. Havin just changed the boot i didnt wanna **** it up again cause thats exactly how i messed it up a few weeks ago. I still have the clips. If there is a way to do it im all ears.
Edit: actually next time ill pull the half shaft and hub all out as one peice. I put the half shaft back on which went just fine but trying to get the cv attached to that was a b**** cause no easy way to persuade it in.
Edit: actually next time ill pull the half shaft and hub all out as one peice. I put the half shaft back on which went just fine but trying to get the cv attached to that was a b**** cause no easy way to persuade it in.
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Doing that having it bounce off the splines makes me afraid to **** the splines lol. Or the boot. I had actually considered reassembling the damn joint with the cup in the trans. Then i could have hammered the snot out of it to get it in without ******* any rubber bits. Well ill keep an eye on it.
Since ive never pulled the passenger side hub that turned into a much bigger job than i had expected. Maybe two hours to change the seals? **** no. That dirty rusty b**** took two hours to take apart lol.
Since ive never pulled the passenger side hub that turned into a much bigger job than i had expected. Maybe two hours to change the seals? **** no. That dirty rusty b**** took two hours to take apart lol.
