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I agree that it should not be used for high current...

Thx to All for having answered. The idea of dummy dashboard switches - say even in a logic pattern of some having to be on vs some off... or mebe just a single switch - that has intrigue. The idea of having it start but sputter is an interesting one, too. What intrigues me about the Littelfuse...

I know the question was re warranty claim... but if it were me, I'd tear it apart and rebuild it (if parts were available). That way I'd be sure it was "right". I suspect you'd need a 20T press.(Harbor Freight one .... cheap).

An ice scraper?

Repurposing a normal switch... that might work well. Mebe a frt psgr seat - seat heater control switch, say...i.e. one on the dashboard

Good idea, re the momentary contact switch, and as others have said, on the wiring to the starter solenoid (by way of a relay that pulls-in). Several of my vehicles are manual... and none have start-stop... 👍

Canada is facing an incredible raft of car thefts, mostly in Central- and Eastern Canada. Cars get stolen, put into containers, and shipped to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, mostly, via the port of Montreal. I'm on the west coast... still an issue, but somewhat less so... My question: if...

100%. I own a '17 Mazda6.

ARCO...I'm afraid I don't quite understand...?? Other than, yes, gears are always in mesh... but dog teeth are not (and can grind)...

I don't disagree... but what I'm saying is that "BW-style" synchro's are used by all kinds of mfrs. Borg Warner, if I'm not mistaken, invented it in the '40's. One other type is the ZF-style synchromesh...

Caveats: i) Not a fancy video, and it's a mite long (I encourage folks to stick with it to the end); ii) English is not the Presenter's first language; he speaks clearly albeit with an accent; and iii) Probably the Presenter ought to call the synchro rings "blocker rings" ('cuz until they...

Yeah, I totally agree. At least I HAVE a crankcase dipstick...

Everyone's sweating this (almost) for nothing. You leave it overnight and make an allowance for a rise due to temp. You gain experience what that rise is with semi-dirty oil. On a roadtrip with brand new oil, well, you start at full and any drop should be minimal due to boiled-off moisture 'cuz...

Somewhat related... my jack has a 13/16" hole that the rotating pad fits-in to. I also have a 4"wideflange (I beam) section that spans rocker panel to rocker panel, with a short length of cold-rolled 13/16" round barstock welded to the flange of the I beam, midspan. This allows me to put the...

I have heard, too, that the SOHC 2.0 and the 5 cyl variant of same (2.5 litres) are very durable engines, albeit rather thirsty. Brother in law has had a 2.5 Golf w/ automatic... for some 11 or 12 years. Zero prbs. Mileage? I don't know his total miles driven (from new)... Nice car though.

@cammyfive79, How do you like the shift quality, cold versus hot? How 'bout the ability to shift smoothly, first to second (due to the fairly significant gear-ratio step between the gears)? How 'bout the adequacy of bottom-end torque (and, indeed, the overall power of the car)?

How do you like the shift quality, cold versus hot? How 'bout the ability to shift smoothly, first to second (due to the fairly significant gear-ratio step between the gears)? How 'bout the adequacy of bottom-end torque (and, indeed, the overall power of the car)?

All it takes is 10-15% of the doorskin sheet metal area to be covered with CLD self-adhesive tiles. CLD is "Constrained Layer Damping"... a butyl rubber/thin layer of aluminum ("foil" or sheet) self-adhesive "sandwich". So easy for the Mfr to do. Also, possibly, butyl "rope" wedged between...

Well, the automatic trans MIGHT outlast the others' transmissions...?

There were three engines available in 2012 if memory serves: 2.3, 2.0, and 2.0 SkyActiv. The latter had just a 'wee bit less of a compression ratio versus current North American SkyActiv-G's... which are 13:1... 'cuz the 2012 used second generation sheet metal, and the firewall could not...