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I've been working on a 99 Mazda 626 for the last 2 months or so, and today, I had the privalege of driving it to work for it's maiden voyage! Such a win for me, this thing has taken up my garage for far too long, and it sat at my moms house for almost 3 years because they thought it had a "cracked block." The mechanic they had apparently wasnt as good of a guy as they thought. There was cardboard in the plug wires at the coil keeping it from getting spark and making it run like crap. I put a ton of hours and around 450$ worth of parts in, including replacing sections of brake and gas lines that rusted out, fuel pump, battery, hood latch, all new fluids, and I drove it around town a few days then finally got funds for radiator fans and installed those today, and she's ready for the road. I found out quick the driver side has an issue, either a bad ball joint, or the brakes are giving me crap because they're too loose (someone didnt put the retaining clips on the caliper bracket years ago, i thought it would be fine but maybe not) and theres a little antifreeze leak comming from around the passenger side somewhere. No major issues tho, transmission shifts good, it goes when i push the gas, stops when i hit the brakes, and no irratic steering other than just needing an alignment (steering wheel is off a little)
Heres a pic of the mazda v the mazdakiafordspire, the problem is going to be deciding which one i want to drive, i don't want to make the other one jealous, maybe i'll switch every day?
Heres a pic of the mazda v the mazdakiafordspire, the problem is going to be deciding which one i want to drive, i don't want to make the other one jealous, maybe i'll switch every day?
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