Recent content by civhatch90

Coming back to this awesome resource as my very amateur skills assemble this back together. Questions: 1. Do I need to apply any silicone based gasket maker to any of the mating surfaces if there is a gasket already included? Attached picture for reference of what the gasket looks like. 2...

Originally Posted by Audios Like others have said the electrical connector at the trans was leaking, we did about a million of these under warranty when I was at the dealers in 02-03. What they should do is remove the electrical plug at the trans again, you can do this if youre handy, and see if...

Originally Posted by steve2016 civhatch90-I have that transmission and my 2005 cdi has 312,000 mi. Typically, MB forums say that the pin connector was a weak link and they changed the O-rings. What would happen is that fluid would wick up the wires to the computer causing problems and this fluid...

Car in question is a 1999 Mercedes Benz CLK320 which I believe has the 722.6 automatic transmission. 75k miles on car. Previous to this incident car ran flawlessly. While driving, the check engine light came on, two miles later I see smoke pull over, look underneath the car and the...

Originally Posted By: JMJNet Did you measure the pressure on hi and lo side? These measurement will determine if the compressor is good or bad. Unfortunately I do not. I know working on an AC issue without the gauges is difficult but due to the AC working at highway speeds I am assuming the...

Car is a 2007 Mazdaspeed 3, 100% stock , 180k miles. Today coming from work all of the sudden the car starts blowing hot air and I check the temperature gauge to realize the needle is 3/4 of the way up, very close to the H. I turn the heating on max and the car begins to cool down. Pull over...

My parents purchased a brand new Outlander in 2007. Not sure what if any is similar to the newer models you are looking at. Theirs has proved to be a great value. Now at 105k miles and it has not had a single issue. Tires, brakes, oil changes- nothing outside of regular maintenance. It is still...

Why not make the axle boots a normal wear item to be replaced at say, 130k miles? Remanufactured axles are very cheap to purchase but I have had no good luck with them. The few I have installed on a couple of different vehicles started clicking within a year. Compared to the OEM axles which...

The CX-7 had a turbocharged version which I believe was the same engine attached to an automatic transmission. Although the Mazdaspeed6 was only made for a few years, the Mazdaspeed3 had a much longer production run and you should be able to source an engine from those much easier than perhaps...