Faults and Technical chat for the Mazda CX-3
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zoylander
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by zoylander » Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:56 pm
Strangways wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:16 pm
What about the windscreen wipers that worked on a vacuum system. The faster you drove the slower the wipers worked.
Or the wipers on my 1937 Vauxhall Fourteen, cable driven from the camshaft, which went faster the faster you drove.
This car also had cable brakes, which seldom pulled the car up straight under heavy braking. Happy days!
CX-3 SE 2.0L 2WD Auto. 43.5mpg.
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anchorman
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by anchorman » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:37 pm
Tappets! I wish I had a pound for every one I’ve set. It must be thousands.
CX-5 Sportnav diesel auto. AWD
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Handy Andy
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by Handy Andy » Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:03 pm
Wow this thread is turning into a real nostalgia trip, blimey I feel old.
Gallon of petrol and two shots of two stroke oil - 2/6p (two and six pence) or in new money 13p
Tappets - there was always one tricky one wasn't there
November 2017 - Petrol Sport Nav Auto with Safety Pack and Stone Leather
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AndyRen
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by AndyRen » Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:17 pm
Strangways wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:16 pm
What about the windscreen wipers that worked on a vacuum system. The faster you drove the slower the wipers worked.
Arrgghhh.... Yes my 100E had these - a real pain going up hill in the rain as you had to occasionally lift your right foot up to enable a wipe...
And the 100E was a side valved engine - what a pain adjusting tappets!
(How far off topic can this go?

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16 plate 2L Petrol, 120bhp Soul Red Sport Nav...
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Strangways
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by Strangways » Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:37 pm
AndyRen wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:17 pm
Strangways wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:16 pm
What about the windscreen wipers that worked on a vacuum system. The faster you drove the slower the wipers worked.
Arrgghhh.... Yes my 100E had these - a real pain going up hill in the rain as you had to occasionally lift your right foot up to enable a wipe...
And the 100E was a side valved engine - what a pain adjusting tappets!
(How far off topic can this go?

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Yes I had the 100E and it only had a 3 speed gearbox

CX-3 2.0 Sport Nav+ Automatic in ETERNAL BLUE
MX-5 2.0 Sport Nav Manual in SOUL RED
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AndyRen
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by AndyRen » Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:46 pm
Strangways wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:37 pm
Yes I had the 100E and it only had a 3 speed gearbox
I taught my wife to drive in ours, plus she used it on the test and the examiner tried to fail her on miss-use of the gears until she explained it only had 3 and she *wasn't* pulling away in second!

He didn't like the car from the off... As it was hand painted bright orange covered in aphid legs where they had landed on it in the drying sun

16 plate 2L Petrol, 120bhp Soul Red Sport Nav...
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jtonline
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by jtonline » Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:15 am
AndyRen wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:46 pm
...covered in aphid legs...

09/15 CX-3 Sport Nav, Dynamic Blue Mica, 1.5 Diesel, AWD, Automatic
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