Since buying your beautiful 3rd gens, there have obviously been things that have gone wrong. This thread isn't about what you've upgraded but what has broken from either beating on it to hard or just because. What have you had to replace on your FD since you bought it, what has gone wrong?

 

Mine has been pretty good to me so far(knocks on wood). The only major thing I've replaced was the trigger wheel and sensor.

 

Everything!





vaccum hoses
solenoids
coolant hose
dp
need to replace suspension

 

Engine (rebuild)
Transmission (rebuild)
Turbos (under warranty)
Clutch/pressure plate (because of psychotic chatter)
Driver side motor mount
Rad (punctured)
All coolant hoses
Intake Thermosensor
AST cap
Drivers side rear caliper
Rear pillowball busings
Multiple Bose amps
Bose headunit/cd (damn bose)
Sunroof weather stripping
Shift **** (cause the leather self destructed)
Front bumber (because of nasty sagging)
Paint

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. All this $$ just to end up with a stock car that works like new. Gotta love an early 92 build date.

 

My Damaged Goods

Engine
Differential
ECU
Air Intake Temp Sensor
Lots of hoses and couplers
Bushings
Front Driver side control arm

 

i bought my car in march and after putting almost 200 miles on it the coolant seal blew . So i have replaced hte engine, motor mounts, flywheel, clutch, and radiator hoses....so far

 

I've owned the car since new. It has a little over 32k on it now and I've never had to replace anything except spark plugs and tires. Hate me, if you must.

 

I boulght my FD last June with 71k on the clock. I now have 75+k The only thing i have done is change the oil 3 times.

 

My car came with the wrong drivetrain so I had to replace everything...

 

i go through tires really fast =\

 

radiator... and a few coolant hoses, and ast. FIRST DAY OF OWNERSHIP. owner didn't tell me about the leaking coolant.

 

Other than general maintenance issues the only things I have replaced are the diff seals.

 

radiator, radiator hoses, front half of engine (don't ask), exhaust

have owned the car for about 1 year (18k miles). seems like I keep running into things I have to replace cause the previous owner never knew what the hell they were doing.

 

HAD to replace?

my clutch cause the person who installed it previously didnt do a good job however the clutch is still good so i didnt swap it out

and thats it thank god

all the other mods were options that i chose..

 

Plugs, wires, coils, fan switch, fuel filter, new tires, seat skins, dash vents near window, dome light cover, radio, headlight cover, bumper cover and waiting(over a month) on hood+fender to arrive from ASI so I can put a fresh coat of paint on it.

 

-engine
-2 transmissions
-clutch
-various bushings
-brakes
-front swaybar mounts

 

-New engine (old one not worth much more then scrap metal, got new one from Ray Crowe)
-Turbo (old turbos were going so went single turbo)
-Basically all the Wiring harnesses
-Clutch lines
-Clutch Pressure plate
-Backup light switch
-Engine undercover
-OMP lines
-Ignition Coils
-etc.

 

My girlfriend

 

new motor
all check valves
rebuilt turbo
5th gear syncho
clutch
tires
brake pads
rear pillowball bushings
1 rats nest solenoid
FPD
LIM gasket
all coolant hoses
all rats nest hoses
oil pressure sending unit
spark plug wires
rear antenna
repaired bose system
2 batteries
o-rings on fuel injectors

 

I know I'm gonna leave something out...

-O2 sensor
-Motor mounts
-FPR
-EGR (replaced with 12v relay)
-Turbo coolant hoses
-2 hoses associated with the HVAC system
-Water pump
-Clutch and associated bearings
-Catalytic converter
-Headlight cover
-Belts
-Oil pan
-Rear main seal

And probably tons of other misc stuff, but that's the bulk of it.

 

I bought mine pretty heavily modified, but
motor
replaced the BNR twins with a single
fuel pump
fuel injectors
intake/boost hoses
clutch/flywheel
tires
brakes (pads and disks all around)
and multiple other general maintenance items.

 

Altenator
coolant hoses
AST
cat back muffler
engine mount
driver's window control arm
It's in the shop now: suspension bushings/ alarm system

 

Engine
Motormounts
5th gear synchro
Wiringharness
Passenger interior door handle

 

I think the real question is what HAVEN'T you had to replace?

 

Bought the car stock at 65,000 miles with new engine, nothing but problems first year.
Blew the motor from thermostat broken.Catylic converter fried my turbo's,aftermarket alarm was tapped into my AT tranny ECU power wire, and wouldn't go into fourth gear,thought it was a bad ECU, just bad alarm installed,and the power window's broke the control arm for the window.
main things replaced,
thermostat
motor
turbos
tranny X2
rear main seal X2
map sensor hoses
Misc. vac hoses when they went bad
oil pan gasket
ECU X 2 auto and manual
few sequential selinoids
FPR
headlight cover's
cigar lighter
slave and master cylinder
drive shaft
clutch/flywheel
differential and seals
AC compressor
odometer
window switches X3
window control arm
tires/rims
catylic conveter's
radiator and hoses and lot's of other stuff
i have Mazda service reciepts that add up to 35,000 dollars. One good thing it was stock, and i had a aftermarket warranty, with $50 deductable,it just sucked that i couldn't replace the parts with aftermarket parts, i felt that i didn't want to void my warranty with altering from stock form.Warranty is gone now, and now i spent sh&t load on aftermarket.