Do you have tail lights? If so, did you or somebody else install an aftermarket radio? On a lot of Japanese cars, the dimmer is wired backwards to what would be referred to as normal American design, and the aftermarket radio will burn out the dash light dimmer controller. So, not only will you need to buy a new controller, you will have to find the right wire, and eliminate it from the radio's adapter harness. Yeah it gets pretty messy, alright.

Depress the gas pedal about an inch while the engine cranks will help on fuel injected engines. Carbuerated engines would need to be checked for proper choke operation. Then have the motor tuned up right away. Cranking an engine too long causes wear, drains batteries and burns up starters

It should be on pass. side of the car down by your feet. Look on the bottom of the heater,a/c box there should be two screws holding an aprox. 2 x 6 inch cover that holds the cabin air filter. On a slightly older model the filter may be located behind the glove box. Just open, remove contents and check to see if ther are any tabs located on side of the glove box that keep it from opening all the way up. Once folded down look for the screws and the cover to filter. Good Luck

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There are a number of reasons why an engine would knock when you idle the vehicle. It could be your motor mounts. You may also need oil.

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If its manual that would be the cltuch slipping.

I assume you mean the rotor for the distributor. It is held in place with a small Phillips head screw. Take of the distributor cap (held in place with two Phillips head screws). Turn the engine over until the contact portion of the rotor is pointing down. Unscrew the machine screw from the rotor arem and pull the rotor off the distributor shaft.

If you are refering to the brake rotor, you will need to jack the car up and support it on jack stands. Remove the road wheel & tire. Have someone step on the brake pedal, and undo the nut holding the half-shaft to the hub assembly. Remove the two bolts holding the brake caliper to the strut. Remove the cotter pin and undo the nut of the tie rod from the hub assembly; uncouple the tie rod end from the steering arm of the hub assembly. Undo the bottom pinch bolt (holds the axle carrier to the lower ball joint). Remove the top two bolts of the axle carrier/brake rotor assembly. You can now take the axle carrier/brake rotor assenbly off the car.

Working on the bench, bend back the loaking tabs for the rotor retaining bolts, then remove the retaining bolts. You should now be able to remove the brake rotor from the hub. Note if you have committed to replacing your brake rotors, you will probably want to repalce you hub bearinsg and seals while you have these assemblies off the car.

Also be sure to inspect your lower ball joints and brake pads and replace if worn.

CheersMalcolm

Hi, You will probably find that the rotor is 45 degrees out! (Compare the key (bit that pokes in the end of the cam) and rotor positions on your new ad old!) i recently had to replace my magnetic hall sensor divi coz it broke and after a day of trawling junk yards having being told by a Mazda dealer that i needed to replace the whole thing at 300 notes (apparently they don't just sell the hall unit!) i finally had a very nice man tell me that the optical divi on a kia pride would probably fit! after 6 hours of fiddling and scheming the answers we come up with were as follows! 1 the divi rotor is a 1/4 turn out and the compensating for timing dose not allow for that much difference hence your situation of runs but poorly on max tilt 2. You cant just swap the shafts in the divi's over as the optical one is slightly slimmer to allow for a balancing shim for the optical wheel and finely 3 the only way to get the timing you want is to cut the end of the lug and do a bit of grinding to allow you to turn the divi where you really want it(you may have to create some sort of bracket for one of the lugs as the timing was beyond even the new cut lugs!). we did try moving the leads by 90o to see if we could catch the fire on the other edge of the adjuster but no luck - give it a go though! hope this helps oh and if you dint know the timing should be 6 - 8o

The fuel pressure regulator is located on the fuel rail of the vehicle.

it sounds like CV joints that are worn out, you will notice it more if at low speed you turn sharply. This definitiely sounds like a worn out CV joint. The complete half-shaft should be replaced immediately. These are carried by most of the major after-market auto parts outlets such as Schucks, UAP. The half-sahft is a remanufactured unit with new CV joints and boots. If one side is gone, chances are good that the other side is going; my advice is to replace both half-shafts (I have done this twice on my 1989 Mazda 323).

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I assume it's either stuck or broken off. Is it the off/lock position? The Accesory On psotion is the first past the Lock/Off position and older lock cylnders sometimes stick in the Accessory On position. If you can't move the key to the Off/lock positon, try wigglign the key a littel to see if you can rotate the key all the way back towards you. Teh alternative is to remove the ignintion lock assmbly completely adn take it to a locksmith.

To remove the ignition swtich assembly, disconnect the battery, remove the 5 screws holding the steering binacle, pry apart and remove. Next drill small holes into the tops of the breakaway bolt heads and use a screw extracter tool to unthread the bolts. Remove the two screws holdign the switch assembly to the base of the igtnion lock body.

Good luck

Malcolm

After the nut is properly fastened back on use a punch or flat screwdriver with a hammer and repinch nut.

I live in las vegas, nv and own a 1989 323 with no AC, for me to get one in town is approx. $150-$200 depending on the year of yours it could be as much as $350. Although i used a radiator out of a Honda civic and used another lower hose for the upper hose, because i found that radiator on craigslist for $20. hope that answers your question.

timing problem?

Next to the battery

Well when that happened to me i had snapped the shaft and also buckled the tyre... so check those out.

My assumption is that when "hold" is engaged the transmission will not upshift but instead stay in the selected gear

Try this - it's the best thing i found... so far...

http://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/Mazda-Wiring.pdf

55 ltrs (1997 323 hatch)

i read in another answer that there is a transmission hold to keep it in gear longer.. you may have that pressed and the car wants to gear down but can't. i have no idea but its a suggestion.. mike