broken Vac. Niple
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broken Vac. Niple
I managed to snap off not one but two of those lovely little Vac. Lines that run every which way along the driver side of the engine.
how screwed am I?
how screwed am I?
HAILERS
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Call the wrecker. The car can't be fixed. If you break one of those the car will implode in just a few miles. Mazda does not sell those parts anymore and they are not interchangable b/t cars, that's why you can't ever find them in the wrecking yard. Federal law prohibits a wrecking yard from selling them due to potential harm that will come to the receiver car and the wrecking yard's insurance does/will not cover this potential liability.
You can identify a car that has one of these units transfered from a wreck to their car. The idle will bounce, the car will smoke upon startup and the car will bogg at approx 3800 rpm (actually 3500rpm because the tach will read approx 300 rpm higher than it should with one of these units from another car). Also the gas milage will be poor, the light switch will go bad, the facia on the radio will crack, the differentials front mount will break, you won't be able to pass emissions, if you have a turbo it won't spool, the wipers will be intermittent, the clock will work only ten percent of the time the idiot lights will light up, the bolsters on the seats will break down, the shifter bushings will disintegrate, the boost gauge will give false readings, you'll get a water low buzzer all the time, and did I mention the pulsing idle???
You can identify a car that has one of these units transfered from a wreck to their car. The idle will bounce, the car will smoke upon startup and the car will bogg at approx 3800 rpm (actually 3500rpm because the tach will read approx 300 rpm higher than it should with one of these units from another car). Also the gas milage will be poor, the light switch will go bad, the facia on the radio will crack, the differentials front mount will break, you won't be able to pass emissions, if you have a turbo it won't spool, the wipers will be intermittent, the clock will work only ten percent of the time the idiot lights will light up, the bolsters on the seats will break down, the shifter bushings will disintegrate, the boost gauge will give false readings, you'll get a water low buzzer all the time, and did I mention the pulsing idle???
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he forgot to mention 9 times outta 10 the engine will catch on fire and the only way to put it out is by throwing empty sprite cans at it, cause thats the only damn thing that will fit in the storage bins, the diff mount will also break.
drill out the broken nippes, tap them, and screw in some new nipples, you might find them and hydroulic stores.
hailers, thats the funniest post ive ever seen.
drill out the broken nippes, tap them, and screw in some new nipples, you might find them and hydroulic stores.
hailers, thats the funniest post ive ever seen.
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Originally posted by HAILERS
Call the wrecker. The car can't be fixed. If you break one of those the car will implode in just a few miles. Mazda does not sell those parts anymore and they are not interchangable b/t cars, that's why you can't ever find them in the wrecking yard. Federal law prohibits a wrecking yard from selling them due to potential harm that will come to the receiver car and the wrecking yard's insurance does/will not cover this potential liability.
You can identify a car that has one of these units transfered from a wreck to their car. The idle will bounce, the car will smoke upon startup and the car will bogg at approx 3800 rpm (actually 3500rpm because the tach will read approx 300 rpm higher than it should with one of these units from another car). Also the gas milage will be poor, the light switch will go bad, the facia on the radio will crack, the differentials front mount will break, you won't be able to pass emissions, if you have a turbo it won't spool, the wipers will be intermittent, the clock will work only ten percent of the time the idiot lights will light up, the bolsters on the seats will break down, the shifter bushings will disintegrate, the boost gauge will give false readings, you'll get a water low buzzer all the time, and did I mention the pulsing idle???
Call the wrecker. The car can't be fixed. If you break one of those the car will implode in just a few miles. Mazda does not sell those parts anymore and they are not interchangable b/t cars, that's why you can't ever find them in the wrecking yard. Federal law prohibits a wrecking yard from selling them due to potential harm that will come to the receiver car and the wrecking yard's insurance does/will not cover this potential liability.
You can identify a car that has one of these units transfered from a wreck to their car. The idle will bounce, the car will smoke upon startup and the car will bogg at approx 3800 rpm (actually 3500rpm because the tach will read approx 300 rpm higher than it should with one of these units from another car). Also the gas milage will be poor, the light switch will go bad, the facia on the radio will crack, the differentials front mount will break, you won't be able to pass emissions, if you have a turbo it won't spool, the wipers will be intermittent, the clock will work only ten percent of the time the idiot lights will light up, the bolsters on the seats will break down, the shifter bushings will disintegrate, the boost gauge will give false readings, you'll get a water low buzzer all the time, and did I mention the pulsing idle???
Oh my ******* God!
lol, almost stupid enough to believe...
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The solenoids that are made of plastic with the two nipples can be had from the wrecking yard or advertise on this forum for one. Should not cost more than five bucks max. There are two types so look closely when you buy another. I'm talking about the ones with a elec plug going to them and they have a blue or yellow or orange or grey or green dot on them.
If you mean that the vac hose was so brittle that it broke in two.....then just go to AutoZone and buy a piece of vacuum hose of the same size and put it on. Cost a buck or so a foot.Probably less.
If you mean that the vac hose was so brittle that it broke in two.....then just go to AutoZone and buy a piece of vacuum hose of the same size and put it on. Cost a buck or so a foot.Probably less.
Last edited by HAILERS; Dec 14, 2003 at 04:46 PM.
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