My 1991 Mazda 323F

[sifu]

http://www.matkahuolto.fi/fi/paketti...tti/index.html

[Posmo]

Originally Posted by public

I haven't got a clue how much it would cost to have them Matkahuolto'd over here, but transporting two front seats, the entire rear seat and four door cards (don't know if they have electric window switches, that might cause issues/installments) might not be cheap.

http://www.nettivaraosa.com/viewPart...id_part=830057

And here are the wheels I currently have in mind I'm just wondering if the studless winter tyres are any good.

Studless tires are nice because you can powerslide all winter with practically no tire/stud wear. Oh wait.. With studded tires you can always hear the screeching sort of noise the studs make when the slide across ice that's under the snow.

Then again my winter tires are some chinese POS tires on rusty steelies with like 5 studs each left

[public]

Oh yeah, with the old 323 I used to have studded tires turned studless and I replaced them with new crap Chinese ones quite quickly; I only want to slide when I want
The F's originally got 13":s on Nokians all year round, and the winter set looked quite good the last time I saw it.

Then again, the best summer tires I ever had were the de-studded WinterVikings under the Bluebird. Best squeal ever, at lowest speeds ever.

The Matkahuolto option doesn't look too cheap. I'd possibly rather drive there with something that can hold the seats. At least I'd get a road trip with pictures out of it.

[Jens]

Pop-up lights = win ^^
Nice car, allways liked those mazda's

[public]

Thanks Yep, the lights half justify the whole car's existence

[public]

Cleaned the engine bay a bit more, no real visible improvements since the main parts got so much cleaner yesterday. My gearchange squeaks and I attempted to get some gun oil in there, but apparently didn't manage to get it where it should go; the squeak persists.

Looked at the seat attachments a bit, getting the sports seats there shouldn't be too big of a hassle. The guy said that there's no point driving up there to pick the seats up, since according to him, Matkahuolto cargo should cost something like 30 euro. The door cards come off quite easily as well, so if the other ones also have wind-up windows, the swap is pretty straightforward.

[Posmo]

Originally Posted by public

Cleaned the engine bay a bit more, no real visible improvements since the main parts got so much cleaner yesterday. My gearchange squeaks and I attempted to get some gun oil in there, but apparently didn't manage to get it where it should go; the squeak persists.

Looked at the seat attachments a bit, getting the sports seats there shouldn't be too big of a hassle. The guy said that there's no point driving up there to pick the seats up, since according to him, Matkahuolto cargo should cost something like 30 euro. The door cards come off quite easily as well, so if the other ones also have wind-up windows, the swap is pretty straightforward.

Don't use gun oil for a squaking gearbox/linkage, it's far too thin. Just buy a liter of 75W90 oil, take all of the plastic crap off, remove the gearlever and lube everything well. It only costs about 15€(?) and is the 'correct' solution. Oh yeah, and make sure you don't spill the stuff, it's the worst smelling substance on earth.

[public]

The plastic/rubber crap is pretty damn difficult to get off / get back on without breaking anything

[Posmo]

Originally Posted by public

The plastic/rubber crap is pretty damn difficult to get off / get back on without breaking anything

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3703...ES_-_Data_Book

There's your answer

EDIT: Not sure if it's your answer, I downloaded my service manual seperately, so Im not 100% sure that torrent is accurate, but worth a try surely?

EDIT2: NVM, the torrent does contain some service and repair manuals, but mostly just torque wrench specs, etc. useless stuff.

[public]

Those seem to be data sheets, at least the couple I checked. I might need to look for another torrent.

[Dr_Grip]

Originally Posted by public

Those seem to be data sheets, at least the couple I checked. I might need to look for another torrent.

At least over here, every bigger public library has self-help manuals for all cars old enough that self-help manuals were still published. I would gladly offer to scan you one (scanning 400 pages is less than an hour work for a philosophy student) but a german manual most likely won't help you too much...

Look! It's for sale:
http://cgi.ebay.de/MAZDA-323-ab-9-19...3D12%26ps%3D33

[public]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I can pick one up from a parts store in a jiffy

[Posmo]

Originally Posted by public

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I can pick one up from a parts store in a jiffy

Due to the reliability of 80's Fords, you can actually find all of the manuals for them online as torrents Make sure you don't buy Alfamer ones, stick to Haynes, they are much better.

[villej]

Originally Posted by Posmo

Due to the reliability of 80's Fords, you can actually find all of the manuals for them online as torrents Make sure you don't buy Alfamer ones, stick to Haynes, they are much better.

I thought Alfamer ones were just basically Haynes books translated to finnish...

Nice work on the Mazda BTW.

[public]

A light update, I now have the daytime running lights on the bumper.

The troublesome block heater should be fixed now, I haven't tried it yet since it's been warmer outside.

No other changes, except I'm running on studded tyres w/ steelies + wheel covers now.



The steelies should be black; as silver they are way too beater-ish.

[Whappeh]

So how many rallies have you run with it, since you're from Finland and all?

[Posmo]

Originally Posted by Whappeh

So how many rallies have you run with it, since you're from Finland and all?

It's fwd. No self respecting rally driver drives a front wheel drive car

EDIT: here is an example of a typical Finnish rally event:

+ YouTube Video

Must have been like.. 3 fwd cars altogether?

[Whappeh]

A typical Finnish rally event is one corner?

[frankiess]

A tough corner though!

[Whappeh]

I saw that. Those guys in the BWMs couldn't get it right.