The disk was marked ''flywheel side" on the outside part of the disk and I made sure that it was in there right. I put the rest of the exhaust back on the car and tried to start it and it wouldn't start. Come to find out my fuel pump has gone bad or some thing. It's not pumping gas to the carburetor, it has power at the fuse, but no power at the electrical connection. So I ran some wire from the fuse to the pump and I thought I could hear it running, but it wasn't pumping gas. When one thing goes wrong on these cars everything goes wrong!

 

I got my fuel pump fixed,the problem was something really stupid.
So now I'm just going to take it to a mechanic.

 

Have you replaced that flexihose along the firewall?

B

 

No, not yet, I can't find any where that sells it. I'm being lazy and not ordering it. I will be sure to replace it before I take it to the mechanic though!

 

Sorry repost

 

Maxzdatrix is fast and easy. Might try rockauto.com too.

B

 

bliffle,

whats the quality like on those rockauto parts? I just surfed there online catalog, and it looks great, but you never know until you order from them.

kenn

 

I will give them a try. Where is mazdatrix based out of?

 

Looks like they're the same as the other outfits on the net. I'll find out: I just put their Raybestos rear calipers and rotors into my 85GSL.

I think that rockauto just takes orders and has stuff dropshipped from the reman factory.

Their customer service seems pretty good.

B

 

I got the new hose and it didn't make any difference, so I took it to a mechanic. The mechanic backbled it?( I tried to ask them what that was, but they never gave me an answer)and it fixed it. It is running great now. Thanks for all the help guys!

 

Good news man! This one really had me stumped...

I believe that backbleeding is when you use a pump to force the fluid in through the bleeder on the slave cylinder. Kind of like bleeding in reverse... If someone knows for sure, please post.

 

I think this is probably what they refer to as "Back bleeding", from page 2 of this post:

"I did my pilot bearing a couple weeks ago and put a new clutch kit in too, but then had trouble with the bleed. I repeated the bleeding a few times, having a helper pump the peddle while I cracked the bleeder valve, but I just couldn't get the air out. It was completely weird, I've never had problems like that with brakes. Finally I borrowed my neighbor's vacuum bleeder, hooked it up, pulled a big vacuum and then sucked almost all the fluid in the master cylinder through the lines in one good blast, stopping of course before I sucked the master dry. Then I repeated this two times. I used some brake fluid, but I ended up with a good bleed and a real nice clutch. Problem fixed."

 

Sorry I didn't listen to you earlier ray green

 

Ray green: thanks for the info. I've got a clutch that's kinda soft on the 83 and I was just about ready to replace MC and SC but I'll try that vacuum bleed first.

B