Recent content by c3max

About that... I have spoken to the Customer Assistance Center and they said that any repairs would have to go through the dealer. So, I spoke to the service manager at my local dealer and he said that even warranty work is not getting paid for by Mazda in our current economic state. He...

Found the rest of my screws. I found the rest of my screws... Now the question is: Do I just reassemble it and see how it runs and then find a nice used motor if it doesn't run well or do I go ahead and find that nice used engine now? Here's a pic of the head.... The compression to this...

Here are at least 2 screws in the precat. It might be 3.

intake removed So it looks like I was missing at least one screw from every butterfly and was missing both from #4. The plate was just lying in the lower intake along with one of the screws. But there is no locktite on any of the screws. So did the dealer just say they perfromed the recall...

At that point I didn't know about the ViCS screws. I only went looking after I got the noise in the engine.

I have documentation that Recall 3005C - Intake Manifold Shutter Valve work had been completed on 6/22/2006, but a few weeks ago I replaced plug #4 due to "misfire", it was of course damaged. I did a compression check after that and it was fine so I kept driving it. A week later, I was...

I've heard that this happens alot (i.e. wrong kit in the wrong bag) with the Metra kits, the 99-7505 in particular. I ended up taking it back, and they exchanged it for me with no problems. With the correct kit in hand, I installed this radio in 5 minutes. -C

Looks like I actually got a 99-5807 in my 99-7505 bag. Has Metra ever heard of quality control?

I recently purchased a Metra 99-7505 install kit for my '03 Protege5 from CircuitCity. The guys there assured me it was the correct kit and this forum said it was the correct model. I opened the bag it came in and it had screw tabs on the sides of the face. After I got the factory radio out...