No Activity From Transmission

[Crash63]

Hey i recently bought a 1995 mazda mx-3 with the 1.8 V6 and 5 speed. The only problem with this car seems to be in the clutch region although i am not sure. The car starts just fine when the clutch is depressed but as soon as i release the clutch the transmission grinds and will not stop until the cluth is again depressed. I tried this in all of the gears and nothing engages and again just grinds. Where would i be better to start looking to solve the problem? personally i think it has to do with the clutch buut again i could be 110 percent wrong. And being new to the mazda world i am more likely than not wrong.

[Scariestwalnut]

Busted tranny?

[Ryan]

Does it do it in neutral?

If it doesn't do it in neutral, your CV fell out of the transmission (incorrect CV, or broken)

[Daninski]

Any oil in the trans but more than likely your tranny's fubared.

[Crash63]

thanks for all your tips i found the problem. it turned out that the passenger side halfshaft is busted inside the hub, so i got a new one on order and will have it in tommorow

[Crash63]

Im currently looking for the passenger side halfshaft (cv shaft) and no parts store seems to be able to get it for me? Is there a reason for this? Every shaft they get me seems to be the shaft for the driver side

[Scariestwalnut]

Hmmm, go look at a local Junk yard?

[Crash63]

I was debating that but the closest junk yard to me is 3 hours away. I was hoping someone else was having the same problem. The shaft i have on the passenger side has two sections and bolts onto the engine block with an attached bracket. is this an aftermarket/ swap that was done to this car? or is it stock and the part stores are just getting it wrong?

[Scariestwalnut]

I believe the passenger side (right hand side) Has a braket that holds a part of the shaft onto the engine block itself. Although I am not sure about it, I believe that it is the case.

[Ryan]

You have to specify that its a K8 because the 4 cyls did not have the joint shaft.

[Scariestwalnut]

You have to specify that its a K8 because the 4 cyls did not have the joint shaft.

Right, I assumed he was talking about the k8/Ze/De

[Crash63]

Sorry for all the stupid questions as i said i have only ever dealt with ford or dodge. By telling them that it is a V6 would that not be implying that it is a K8? Or is K8 a completely different set-up? How do i find out about whether or not its a K8 or a ZE or DE? Also, there is a sticker that has been put on the back of the car that says "precidia" im unaware of what this means, but i tried telling that to the parts store desk watcher and he gave me a stupid look... not sure where that leaves me...

[Scariestwalnut]

Well look pretty much everywhere on the body, ZE (KL-ZE) would be written kl31/kl01 on the engine block, pretty much everywhere, A DE, I dont really know, and the K8, well its the stock 1.8L V6 engine that came in the Mx-3

[Ryan]

Precidia was the Canadian name for the car.

Cronos was the 626, Mystere was the MX-6, etc.

first indicator for the engine is the manifold...

http://barryclark.com/intakes.html


Next is checking the backside of the front head for the codes.

K801
KL01
KL31

And then there is a stamp on the block, but its pretty hard to see, but the head codes pretty much guarantee it.

[Crash63]

still no luck from part stores but looking through this chilton manual i have by the pictures the halfshaft i am looking for is off an automatic transaxle.... is that even possible when as previously stated mine is the 5 speed manual?