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So I'm having an overheating issue. It doesnt over heat at idle. But after a few minutes of driving, it gets hot. I flushed the radiator, put a new thermostat in it as well as a new water pump. The pump was installed about 2 years ago but not even 1000 miles have been put on it. I took then...

Recently the car has been shifting weird and on the way home from work the other day I lost 3rd and 4th. Just drained and changed transmission fluid and now I still wont shift into 3rd and now I don't have reverse either. Has anyone tackled a rebuild by themselves?

So there is a shake in steering wheel at low speeds and then it goes away around 35 and comes back ad gets worse around 60. On the left front I cant get my finger between the tire and the spring. When I let go of the wheel it pulls hard left. What could cause this?

Well its time to let it go and move on to something bigger. Just has the head completely rebuilt along with a new water pump, thermostat, timing belt, tensioner, all the top end gaskets. The spark plugs we replaced just before the head was done along with an oil change. The tires are still in...

A while back I had my head rebuilt and replaced a few parts and got it all back together. I got it running but the timing was off so I took it back apart and put it back together again and now it wont start. Anybody have any ideas on what it could be?

What is the easiest way to find top dead center?(bang)

What causes oil in the radiator? Got it all back together and noticed that the valve cover and exhaust manifold was very hot. Then the over flow tank started to bubble. I just happened to look inside and noticed there was oil in it. I drained the radiator while ago and there was a good bit of...

So I had to have my head rebuilt and a buddy of mine came over to help me pull it all apart. He pulled the throttle cable off and it got forgotten about. I got everything put back together and managed to somewhat get it running and it wont idle down. It seems like the throttle is sticking. Is...

Has anyone found an easy way to do this?

So my car over heated and died. It warped the head and its off and on its way to the machine shop. There was a small amount of oil on top of the #4 piston. Anybody know what could have caused that?

It looks like a copper pipe coming off of the left side of the factory exhaust manifold looking from the front of the car. Does anyone know what this is?

Does anyone know of a good place to get aftermarket parts?

There was a post a while back I had saved under my favorites that had all kinds of mods and fixes. Does anyone know where I can find it again?

I went to leave for work this morning and my battery was dead. Just got home and put the new one in and I have power to the headlights and the gauge cluster and nothing else. If any one has any ideas that would be awesome. Its our only car and I kinda need to go to work.

Has anyone tried a 6 speed swap in our car?

Are the Mazdaspeed Racing Harts a direct bolt on to a protege5? Do they rub?

I took my roof rack off and need to find the filler caps. Does anyone know where to find them. It doesnt matter if they are used or not.

Does anyone know how the outside door trim comes off?

A while back after a heavy rain, I noticed several cloudy spots in the clear coat around the body lines. Anyone else had this problem?

Does anyone know how to get these off without breaking them?