Buying a Mazda MX3 V6 1995.....
Buying a Mazda MX3 V6 1995.....
Hey guys, new to this website...
my buddie is selling is Mazda mx3 95 V6...he wants to sell it to me for 4,000 CDN..its in good condition, he has new brakes in and new springs and stuff..from when he got it..new battery. But his E brake doesnt work, he said that the string into that connects in there is broken, how much would those things cost? to get fixed.
my buddie is selling is Mazda mx3 95 V6...he wants to sell it to me for 4,000 CDN..its in good condition, he has new brakes in and new springs and stuff..from when he got it..new battery. But his E brake doesnt work, he said that the string into that connects in there is broken, how much would those things cost? to get fixed.
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e-brake can be fixed pretty easily.. $20 max if you get the cable from a junkyard and install it yourself. $100 if you take your car to a brake shop like Midas or Meineke.
One thing to keep in mind.. while that is a fair price for the car.. being that its a 95.. it could be OBDII. Which means a LOT of the stuff you find here on MX-3.com could be different for your car. Just something to keep in mind. Cheers and best of luck.
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One thing to keep in mind.. while that is a fair price for the car.. being that its a 95.. it could be OBDII. Which means a LOT of the stuff you find here on MX-3.com could be different for your car. Just something to keep in mind. Cheers and best of luck.
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another new member.. yay ! congrats if you get it. check for rust
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MX-3 w/ curved neck millenia klde, boosted @ 5 psi. /bov and wastegate are good!/ nitto drag radial/ gutted interior/ millenia red top injectors, vortech fmu/aem wideband/ all bolts ons/ Car put together 100% by me. Mechanic? who needs a mechanic? ew.. real men work on their own cars!
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newbies ohh so cute... welcome to the wonderful world of MX3
OBD ("On Board Diagnostics") is a term applied to certain electronic aspects of a car. You know when they plug your engine into a computer? That's OBD.
OBDI (the I in this case being the Roman Numeral, rather than an initial) was the first evolution and differs between manufacturers. OBDII is industry standard - and unfortunately for those who want to drop the 2.5 V6 from the top-spec JDM Mazda MX-6 (referred to around these parts as a "ZE" or "KL-ZE" after the engine code), OBDII makes it just that little bit more difficult as there's no direct way to connect the correct ECU for the KL-ZE to the wiring harness for the OBDII MX-3. The change came about sometime in 1995-6.
However... don't automatically assume that because your car is a 1995/96 model it is OBDII. I have just encountered an OBDI 1997 car (though it was manufactured in July 1996 it was registered in August 1996 which makes it a 1997 car in the UK) which I'm contemplating buying. I should note that this is in the UK and it has been mentioned before that North American and European MX-3s differ on this front - these guys are certainly the experts with the Canadian market and so what mx3autozam says is most probably true.
OBDI (the I in this case being the Roman Numeral, rather than an initial) was the first evolution and differs between manufacturers. OBDII is industry standard - and unfortunately for those who want to drop the 2.5 V6 from the top-spec JDM Mazda MX-6 (referred to around these parts as a "ZE" or "KL-ZE" after the engine code), OBDII makes it just that little bit more difficult as there's no direct way to connect the correct ECU for the KL-ZE to the wiring harness for the OBDII MX-3. The change came about sometime in 1995-6.
However... don't automatically assume that because your car is a 1995/96 model it is OBDII. I have just encountered an OBDI 1997 car (though it was manufactured in July 1996 it was registered in August 1996 which makes it a 1997 car in the UK) which I'm contemplating buying. I should note that this is in the UK and it has been mentioned before that North American and European MX-3s differ on this front - these guys are certainly the experts with the Canadian market and so what mx3autozam says is most probably true.
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The only ones that I though were all (or almost all) OBDII were the 96's. From what I've seen 95 where mostly OBDII, and only some of the 94's. I have yet to see or hear about a 92-93 in OBDII
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