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Hello all. Been a while since I was on here, but wanted to pop back in for advice. Im in Germany for a couple years, but I have a MSP that I bought for near nothing sitting in my barn at home. It had a bent rod and hairlined pistons. I took the removed and disassembled the engine; which is also...

Anyone have the link to the oil article that is in the forum somewhere? I went to a pretty good piece about modern oils and modern engines. I thought it was a stickie in here somewhere, but can't find it.

Just under 229000miles, and still going up every day. Only selling to focus on finishing an MSP build. $3000 firm. Much nicer than you would expect for price and miles, inside and out. Does still act like it has a vacuum leak only at low idle, but it's been running fine other than that. I do...

The MP3 is running pretty well now, so I've moved on to the MSP. I've pulled the engine and torn it completely down. No surprise that the head gasket was totally blown. Even some rust on one person and on one cylinder wall. I'm taking that to the machine shop to see if it's salvageable. It also...

Hello again everyone. The MP3 is running pretty well now, and I'm turning my attention a bit to the MSP I bought for nothing. It didn't run, compression was awful. I'm really just trying to put it together for a sale. I've thought about just buying another FSDE so I can swap out a little easier...

Hello again everyone. If you've been keeping track of my issued, I've run the car about 500 miles without any real problems. It continued to throw codes, only at idle, and still oscillates at idle. Since I chiseled out the cracked remnants of the pre-cat in my exhaust manifold, I'm guessing the...

I bought one of those T fitting coolant flush kits. Out heater cores seem to be in a poor spot for this. What the best spot to splice that in? I was thinking about using the little rubber elbow location on the front drive side? I was also contemplating another method though. Can I just...

Well, I am happy to report that I got the car put back all together and for the first time in my life it started right up...immediately. I was pretty pleased with that. Doesn't even have a CEL right now. The only issue I have is something to do with the idle. I'm not going to describe it as...

Getting the car put back together, and am finally at the point to reinstall the driveshafts. I'm starting on the drive side. I go to insert it, and it just won't go in. I haven't beat the crap out of it, but I gave it some pretty solid pushes. Its like I'm pushing against a brick wall. I've...

I'm slowly putting the engine back together today and just got to the cams. I am a little confused by the shop manual. Pg. 17 at this link: http://www.floptical.net/mazda/service_web/01-10b.PDF #1 is the part confusing me. It is referencing a picture and the lobes on the #1 and #3 cylinder. I...

When the old MP3 broke down, I started searching for parts. I have most of that figured out now, but while I was searching there was a local MSP for sale at $1500 that advertised a leaking water pump. Not knowing exactly what I was going to do with mine, I figured I would at least check it out...

Hello again everyone, The old MP3 quit on me today. I was driving down the highway at about 55mph and I first noticed the alternator light come on. Didn't think too much of it, but shortly after that I lost acceleration. The engine would rev, but no power to the wheels. The transmissions would...

I have an 01 MP3 and just had my CEL come on and got a combo of codes: P0140; 02 Circuit no activity detected, bank 1, sensor 2 P1250; Fuel Pressure Regulator Control Solenoid For all purposes the car seems to be running fine still, though I have not driven enough to notice a drop in mileage...

I think I am shooting for an NA build that looks stock under the hood, for the most part. I've read way to many things on here though. Here's what I think I'm going for and in order of importance that I'm tracking right now. Feel free to let me know where you think I'm at on this sequence. Also...

I've been thinking about buying wheels with the tires mounted online and having them delivered to my home. Anybody have experience with this? Who does everyone prefer to use? My two curve balls are that I actually want them to come with all terrain or winter tires for the winter season and that...

Been looking around for these a little. Any advice is welcome. Are the corksport ones the only that can be bought new now? I tried looking up the others for a bit online with no success. If I can round up a good setup, I might due a simple NA build on the MP3.

I'm at 218,000 miles on my MP3 and was just curious how many other people are above 200k.

Looking for the two tone steering wheel in good condition. I also need the lip for the rear bumper in blue. Would be willing to get just the lip or the whole bumper. If you've got either, PM me or reply with a price shipped to 65552 with a couple of pictures as well.