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My transmission installation experience goes into two distinct categories, with nearly nothing in between
Slides right in the first time, like it was magnetically attracted
2 hours on my back swearing and sweating and nearly into tears.
IM TIRED. LOL
Finished the car today, re-mounted the driveshaft (remembered to mark it ! ) Re-hung the center section of the exhaust and mounted the starter. cleaned up the work area and finally dropped it back on the ground. Driving it was un-eventful. I was a little hesitant on any full power throttle driving of course i'll take it easy for the first 1000 miles or so. I'll do a drain and fill of new fluid at that time. Car is back!
A couple years late but I finally updated to the NSP software/firmware on my elite 1500. Everything went very smooth I unhooked the coil packs as mentioned on the Haltech Videos. Process took about 30 mins start to finish and it fired right up after that. I’m excited to dig into the NSP software this week and see the differences.
Also just wrapped up a coolant “flush” and refill and replaced some suspicious looking heater hoses as well as the lower radiator hose with new Mazda parts. This gives me some peace of mind for the next few years of ownership.
