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Re: Just Bought My 1st MX-3

Posted: July 22nd, 2009, 11:30 am
by Inodoro Pereyra
You mean a BP, or a K8?
Anyways, as far as I know, there's no difference at all.

I'm glad you finally got it. :D

Re: Just Bought My 1st MX-3

Posted: July 22nd, 2009, 6:21 pm
by Redline322
It probably came out of a 1.8 sohc protege, look for a stamping, if it starts with f, you are good to go, if it starts with g, you might need to swap axles too because then it would have came from a 1.8 dohc. You should just have to swap on your speedo cable and wire up your neutral switch and reverse lights and be good to go.

Re: Just Bought My 1st MX-3

Posted: July 22nd, 2009, 10:11 pm
by beefmobile
Redline322 wrote:It probably came out of a 1.8 sohc protege, look for a stamping, if it starts with f, you are good to go, if it starts with g, you might need to swap axles too because then it would have came from a 1.8 dohc. You should just have to swap on your speedo cable and wire up your neutral switch and reverse lights and be good to go.
it was def. an mx-3....the manifold was looked really weird on it. i put the trannys up next to each other, and they looked identical, so im not sure about the axles and all......i didnt look for the markings...

Re: Just Bought My 1st MX-3

Posted: July 25th, 2009, 7:14 pm
by beefmobile
well i got everything all buttoned up. everything bolted up real nice, it was smooth operation.

8)

still got a CEL, but the car runs smooth as a whistle.....not the fastest thing in the world but everything works. lol. i really like this car and how i got it to turn out.

thx for all your help and directions, it really helped out (yes, even you, uncamara)

Re: Just Bought My 1st MX-3

Posted: July 25th, 2009, 7:21 pm
by Inodoro Pereyra
Congratulations!
Feels good to know YOU did it...huh? 8)

Re: Just Bought My 1st MX-3

Posted: July 25th, 2009, 8:08 pm
by beefmobile
oh ya you better believe it. never got held up by any snags, usually you run into a few. now i just gotta clean up the interior and it'll be all set for a DD.

Re: Just Bought My 1st MX-3

Posted: July 25th, 2009, 8:19 pm
by Inodoro Pereyra
I do believe it. I have experienced it.
Best feeling in the world. Now your car stopped being a machine to become your "baby".
Enjoy! :D

Re: Just Bought My 1st MX-3

Posted: July 25th, 2009, 10:10 pm
by umcamara
Glad things worked out for you. We love to help, but we also love to say SEARCH.

You'll catch on if you stick around.

Re: Just Bought My 1st MX-3

Posted: July 27th, 2009, 9:52 am
by SuperK
Check the codes please. It could be something simple like an O2 sensor.

Re: Just Bought My 1st MX-3

Posted: July 27th, 2009, 10:59 am
by beefmobile
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

you're refering to mx3kids's thread right? hahahaha

well the light went off, i think after i reassembled everything, cleaned out all the connections, and got it running after a few weeks, i think it just needed a few drive cycles to realize whatever was wrong had been corrected. quite normal for that to happen