![]() I thought you might like a little tour of the work I have been doing. The idea was born out of perhaps boredom and a certain amount of whimsy, but I have been finding it thoroughly satisfying. Since then, I have been really sinking my teeth into the project of converting it into a little rolling living space. We came to an agreement regarding payment, and No How, No Way, my little Mazda Protege. About a month ago, a friend was selling this little beauty. For the last two years I’ve been doing that sans automobile. Anyway, here is my new car:Īs you know, and the little tagline at the top of this page says, I’m a bit of a wanderer. I have an inkling that she is a lady knight, a Dame, but so far a first name has eluded us. I thought I would take a few minutes to show you why I have found myself sitting on a computer less and less. I know that it has been a little while since I shared my thoughts on a particular topic with the internet community. MPG's are decent, low/mid 20's with about 90% city driving.Dame (Accepting Suggestions in the Comments Section) He's learned how to drive a 5 speed and is looking forward to being the full time driver in a few months. I'm starting to suspect some of it is an airflow induced harmonic with the roof rack cross bars, but haven't removed them yet to test the theory. I see what others are saying about a "boomy" interior. It's not exceptionally fast and really seems to wheeze out at the top end, but the low-end torque is decent for a 4 banger. Overall, the car is one of the easier I've ever owned to work on. We've done a coil pack replacement, wires and a new intake trunk. We did some suspension work to get rid of the groan/clunk issues common to these cars. Kind of a litmus test for POR 15 for me, since most of these rapidly return to the earth in this part of the country. in the LATCH manual for your Protege, a center lower LATCH installation 'borrowing' the innermost lower LATCH anchors from each outboard rear seating position is allowed if the child restraint manufacturer allows an installation with lower anchors spaced 370mm (13.7 inches apart). We coated all the usual trouble spots with POR 15 last fall and seem to have made it through the winter without any substantial rust issues. Just looked back at this thread for some info in some of the suggestions, and thought I'd bump it with an update. Head restraint To raise/lower: Pull up/ hold release button (6) and push down. Seat back angle To adjust: Lift and hold lever, lean forward or backward to tilt seat, release lever 5. Raise/lower rear of seat Turn dial backward/forward 4. Raise/lower front of seat Turn dial backward/forward 3. has small hands and it will ultimately be his car, so he'll just have to plan to get greasy. Lift lever and hold, slide seat, release lever 2. The engine bay looks a little tighter than the Hondas we've been looking at, but Kazoo Jr. Anything that hasn't occurred to me that needs to be done ASAP? How are these to work on? The underside is very clean, so that's good. Its got 140K on the clock, everything works and, overall, its remarkably clean for a 14 year old car. (Yes, I'm aware it probably started from the inside) There's a bit of a creak from the rear of the car, so I'm assuming shocks and/or bushings will be needed in the not too distant future. There's one VERY small rust spot on the rocker cover which I'll clean out. I'm planning to slather the inside of the wheel arches with POR 15 and hope for the best. This one is pretty clean and the wheel arches are very solid. Bought an 02 Protege 5 this morning even though I haven't really done my homework on them. usually a "learn me" thread predates a purchase, which would make lots of sense, only I didn't do it that way. ![]()
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