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    Interchangeable tranny's

    yeah but why are those cars in the jy in the first place ? the auto is well known to be the biggest pos second to the 626 adaption of the auto in early revisions. lets just say the only way to go in my opinion (just opinion) is to get a manual car. speaking of which i have a 94 with less than...
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    Problem with my 93 Protege LX

    your talking about idle most likely the throttle position sensor (tps) is probably going out.
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    speaker color coding in door of 94 mazda protege

    need help w/ speaker color coding in door of 94 mazda protege the car in question is a 94 dx the speaker wiring color in the front door is a white with light blue stripe and the other wire is dark with a dark blue stripe.....which one is postive and negative ? Im seriously confused I...
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    1997 Protege Problems

    viper did you replace it or did you try to mess with yours ? I think replacment is the only way to fix it properly :/
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    1997 Protege Problems

    i can pretty much confirm what the other guy said ...its mostly our tps. I tweaked with mine and now it idles at about 800 intead of hell knows where...not a perfect solution but it is alot smoother. I have a code scanner and it said it was out of ranger...guessing it wore a spot out on the tps...
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    headers anyone?

    i just want a manual tranny :/ (dunno)
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    94 dx atx to mtx ?? difficulty?

    Hello peeps this is prolly my first real post and I have sorta inherited a 94 dx with about 82k miles on it and a sloppy slushbox. The car drives around fine now and its great for around town. But i know if i keep it over 3 years Im going to run into the fact that atx is an expensive pos and for...
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    94 protege horn

    go to the junkyard and get some extra horns...they are all over the place...if you hear a relay click.the horn button in car is good if not that is prolly an issue
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    1997 Protege Problems

    my guess would that our throttle position sensors send a bad signal to the iac ??? i have seen bad tps send your idle all over the place
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    1997 Protege Problems

    We also just got a mazda 626 with a 2.0 4banger I want to put a tranny cooler on that thing as soon as possible. It also suffers from the shakes and its really freakin anoying. My 2.9L ranger and and even my stupid 2.3 turbo merkur dosnt shake like these 2.
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    1997 Protege Problems

    Ok i seem to be having the same issue...>NOBODY has given a clear answer to this issue. I am used to a very strong knowledge base "take it the mechanic" dosnt cut it for me because half the time the mechanic dosnt know what he is looking for anyway...especialy with my merkur.... Idle air control...
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