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Thanks for the offer i think shipping might be a tad expensive as you say. Ill just make a pipe up I can get 3 metres of 10mm copper pipe for £10 then just make like a hill billie.

Like most MX-3`s the return cooling pipe for the power steering on my MX-3 has had its day. No way am i paying what they are asking for an OEM replacement part. So i took it to my local garage who are quite handy with pipe making etc and they said they would simply cut the pipe off and stick a rubbe...

Yes all the vibration and knocking is coming through the gear stick.

The clutch on my MX3 failed last week and I took it to a garage to get repaired. They took over a week to repair and said the spigot bearing had seized. Anyway they fitted a new clutch and replaced the spigot bearing. I have just picked it up and I am getting loads of vibration through the gear stic...

Thanks for all the advise the belts were not new belts as they had been changed only 3 months earlier. Just been back to the dealer with the car now who offered to do the labour but said i would have too pay for the belt which resulted in a right old argument. Then they said they didnt have the belt...

Hi I got my timing belt and waterpump changed by a Mazda dealer after we had difficulty in getting the crank pulley bolt undone. However something lovely happened today the waterpump belt basically has been shredded all along the outer edge of the belt with bits hanging off it. This is two days afte...

Well we ran into a major snag we couldnt get the crankshaft pulley bolt undone even with it in gear and foot on brake and the plugs out it wouldnt budge!

Hi thanks for all the advice ill let you know how it goes i have got a new pump and belt and tensioner and will be doing this saturday.

Cheers

Ok so i have now been advised to change the belt as well even though its only done 20K. I was told i might need a cam belt kit or two idle pullies and a tensioner. I got a price for these from Mazda and nearly fell out of my chair £700 quid. Then Mazda said i probably didnt need to change them anywa...

Hi thanks for the reply thats the info i needed i appreciate the input the belt doesnt need doing anyway it was only done 20K ago and mazda say 60K plus i need it back on the road asap. Thanks for the advice.

Hi my waterpump gave up the ghost today fortunately no damage was done to the engine however my question is do i need to take off the timing belt to change out the pump. I have been advised that its a good idea as most of the work will already be done however i have a friend who is doing it and he i...

Thought id finish this thread off i had the plug leads tested by two garages and by the RAC right at the start of this problem all said no problem they were fine.! Yer Right in the end i went too a local mazda dealer who put it on diagnostics and changed the leads for a brand new pair (well expensiv...

Hi I have a vibration coming through the clutch pedal which increases with revs it only started yesterday. If i put the clutch in it stops. Also does it when the car is in neutral. I have no problem getting it in gear no grinding or anything and the clutch engages about half way up on the pedal. Any...

Well unfortunately TB is on the increase all over the world and a surprising number of people get it even in the good old USA as its getting resistant too alot of anti-biotics. The kind of thing you only find out afterwards. Anyway you got any suggestions on why my engine keeps hesistating?

Maybe its best that we stay on the subject in hand especially since i had a friend die from tuberculosis eh!