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finshed my auto to manual swap yesterday...runs real smooth...did it myself and a buddy helped me a bit...everything was too easy...

i just have a coupoe questions...

1. how do i fix the blinking hold light?

2. i cant take the key out of the ignition without holding down that cable...how do i fix that?

3. sometimes my idle isnt steady...why would this be? tps?

4. how many pints of tranny fluid is required? i only put 4 in cuz thats all i had...what if i use that Lucas oil treatment or whatever, is that good stuff?

not sure about pints but i am pretty sure it calls for 2.8 quarts

you need 5.7 pints of tranny fluid

1. how do i fix the blinking hold light?

2. i cant take the key out of the ignition without holding down that cable...how do i fix that?

3. sometimes my idle isnt steady...why would this be? tps?

Originally posted by mxprecidia:
1. how do i fix the blinking hold light?

2. i cant take the key out of the ignition without holding down that cable...how do i fix that?

3. sometimes my idle isnt steady...why would this be? tps?

The ECU may be wiggin out from the conversion. I have not done a mazda conversion so i really cant say but the ECU's are diffrent between the two.

Unless your going to swap ecus i would suggest removing the hold light from the cluster. This will involve remoing the cluster but once its out just twist the bulb and it pops out (IIRC).

Follow the cable to its source. If its a electirc sensor bypass it. either way follow it to its source and find a way to remove/bypass it. =]

i dont just want to get rid of the bulb, i think it might be messin with my engine...because i dont have a steady idle at all...it jumps from 700 to 1500 rpms...its so annoying..and i did swap ecu's when i swapped the tranny.

What engine is in your car? If it is a SOHC, you may have givin your car the infamous idle syndrom prematurely. If you switched ecus for the MT, then you should run correctly. However, it might be possible you need to manually adjust your idle after the ecu swap. Going out on a limb with both of these ideas, so you might want to try the second one first since it is free <img src="http://img68.photobucket.com/albums/v20 ... hild40.gif" alt=" - " />.

Good luck

What is the infamous idle syndrome? My idle is jumping around, and I was hoping that I'll cure it when I do my BP swap since I'll be replacing and cleaning up the MAF and everything else.

Originally posted by mxprecidia:
i dont just want to get rid of the bulb, i think it might be messin with my engine...because i dont have a steady idle at all...it jumps from 700 to 1500 rpms...its so annoying..and i did swap ecu's when i swapped the tranny.

Sounds like it's time to pull any ecu trouble codes occurring to see what really gives.

If you want to Discuss the Lucus issues..


http://www.mx-3.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=001416#000000

Originally posted by John Long:
What is the infamous idle syndrome? My idle is jumping around, and I was hoping that I'll cure it when I do my BP swap since I'll be replacing and cleaning up the MAF and everything else.

As I asked precida, what engine do you have. If it is the SOHC search the 4cyl forum for idle fix, or something along those lines. There is quite a long thread related to this. There are a few things that seem to clear it up to an extent. The cause and best fix for this problem are a mystery for the most part, but there are some good theories out there.

If you plan to do a BP swap soon, then I wouldnt bother trying to fix it. It seems this problem is specific to the SOHC alone. Good luck with both your swap and idle.

<small>[ July 07, 2004, 01:48 AM: Message edited by: MX3-Freak ]</small>

no no i have the dohc