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Originally posted by RayRay:
You guys have been lucky. I've had my car for 4 years, from 87k to 137k miles. I got it when i was 17 so of course i drove her hard. I've had the following problems:

-leaky valve cover gaskets
-failed distributor TWICE
-seized idler pulley bearings (snapped the alt. belt, left me stranded)
-clogged catalytic converter (failed emissions)
-alternator failure (left me stranded)
-coolant leak
-ac coolant leak, so i have no ac
-broken spark plug wire

I still have to replace the fuel filter, clutch, and o2 sensors too. There might be more i'm forgetting, but thats all i can think of for now.

you're talking about all those things like they break themselves, umm 'car hit the tree', no it didnt, you drove it into the tree, lesson is to replace/maintaing your car and it will be most reliable car. And yes hondas do need maintenance too, they just dont go 100K miles without ever replacing anything.

Originally posted by lakersfan1:

Originally posted by Gro Harlem:

The 92-94 Distributors interchange and are basically identical.

The 95-97's won't work with our car and still have the gay ignitor problem.

I thought they would work if you just inverted two wires on one of the harnesses?

Actually its 3 wires - Guido was doing it the other way, because he bought an old design disty off EBay for his 97 car - see this thread , just reverse the exchange instructions.

Hondas have god awful distributors to. They are just as bad as ours, the coils and ignitors fail all the time. The only thing thats better is you can buy the parts seperate from the distributor.

Every car has its weak points.

Ooops, sorry, just realized you guys were talking about the GS...

<small>[ April 08, 2004, 05:32 PM: Message edited by: MX3-Freak ]</small>

I bought my MX-3 as a second car to my '03 Protege and I knew it was going to be needing repair work. I have done a lot. All cars do at some point. Just look at it this way, how many MX-3s do you see on the road now? I rarly see any. In fact the only 2 MX-3s my dad has took in on trade at the Mazda dealership since last May I bought. One GS and one RS. The MX-3 GS is by far my favorite Mazda model. If I could have bought a new one I would have instead of a Protege.

hes right, all cars will need to be repaired at some point, ive got charger that im working on, its rare, i never see chargers on road, not '68 R/T anyways, silver with red stipe, I got lucky and i own one, and i know that itll be special car when restored.

I bought my car with 100,298km and now im at 192,000km. I have yet to replace my distributor nor' have I replaced my cap n' rotor & alternater. HOWEVER, i have replaced...

Struts
Right cam shaft friction gear
timeing belt
front valve cover gaskets
fuel filter
thermastat
air filter
intake plastic hose thing
radiator cap
front driver wheel bearing
front driver axle
front passenger axle
front driver stabalizer link
muffler
pipe between cat and muffler (Did this 2 times..)
driver side door lock cylinder
battery
rotors / pads
rear passenger caliper
driver side head light lamp

<small>[ April 11, 2004, 12:02 PM: Message edited by: Quick Sliver ]</small>