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07-14-14, 01:21 PM

350xfire

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Sub Zero starting assist system

Can anyone tell me how to remove the reservoir on a 1980? I have felt around and can't figure out how to remove it and don't want to break it.
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07-14-14, 03:38 PM

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It pulls straight forward. It has an interference fit between the bottle and the bracket on the bottom. It is da** snug (especially if it got rusty), so you have to work it forward from side to side keeping it mostly square to the firewall.

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07-14-14, 04:21 PM

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Cool, thanks.. The other reservoirs came out so easily I was wondering what happened??

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07-14-14, 05:27 PM

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Yep. Yank up hard and toss it in the bin. Dont forget to remove the bracket.

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07-14-14, 07:23 PM

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A bit of band-aid engineering if I ever saw it. Can't wait to get rid of mine.

It's funny; for the 0.01% of RX-7 owners who actually needed it, an exponentially larger number were probably hosed by their rotary flooding after a cold shutoff. Point is I think Mazda's engineering expertise could have been better applied to solve problems that affected a larger percentage of its cars' owners...