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I replaced the stock shifter bushings including the 3rd link bushings with Kia bushings since they are better than the Mazda ones and cheaper than the Corksport bronzeoil ones. The 3rd link bushings weren't even there so my shifter had a very large amount of side-to-side play. The shifter...

Two of the nuts (or plastic pieces) that the bolts from the exhaust heat shield screw into have stripped out or broken off inside the floor of the car. I'm not able to tighten them or loosen them since they just spin freely. So naturally, the heat shield rattles like an MFer. Does anyone have...

The service manual says to place the jack stands on the side sills. Does anyone happen to have, or can someone take, a photo of which areas the service manual diagrams are trying to show?

If you don't want to pay $$$ for the bronzeoil bushings, these parts from Kia (yes, that's right Kia) will replace the stock bushings, including the third link bushing. The reason I say get them from Kia is because the hardware is the same as from Mazda, but cheaper, and the bushings are better...

According to Advance Auto these will fit for the exhaust hangers. https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/walker-insulator-35725/5602106-P

I'll crawl up under and see if I can figure out where the loose spot is and check all the nuts/bolts for tightness.

Those are the ones I was saying don't fit the TWM shifter. I would be able to use them at the front of the linkage but not the part that attaches to the shifter itself.

I've got a TWM short shifter installed on my '03 P5 and noticed today there is an awful lot of side-to-side play while in gear. I've done some Google-Fu and searched the forum and everything is pointing to replacing the bushings. The set that CorkSport sells (4) and the set that TWM sells (2)...

There was it just wasn't close enough to really tell what the caption was referring too. Thanks again

Think this could have caused the problem?

Changed thermostat. Car runs cooler than ever. 24 dollar overheating fix. Was worried I'd have to sell my firstborn to a shop to have it fixed. Whew!

I think it's actually running cooler than it was before :). Big relief. First full day with it is today. I get to take my car to work instead of my fiance's. Woohoo

Well it appears to be fixed! Thanks everyone. That how to was great! I was worried i'd have to fork out a couple hundred bucks at a shop. Tstat and coolant totalled about 25!

About 68k

Approx how much coolant fills it. Need to know how big of a bucket to get

Where do you pour the water to flush it? Into the radiator cap or coolant reservoir?

I found this: http://www.mazda3club.com/showthread.php?t=44997 Was that the one you had? And the last post is about burping the radiator. Is that essential. It wasn't in the how-to so I'm just wondering.