Hi
My name is Russ and I live in constantly peeing down Devon. I have a 1982 Mazda 323 wagon. Shes got issues but is still a cool car. Unfortunately I'm not so good with computers so am havin trouble adding a photo........its driving me nuts, I'm a PC my
....! Any help will be greatfully recieved. Been browsing round the site theres some excellent rides here. Found a forum page with a green wagon like mine and would love to ave a chat with its owner. Inbetween arguing with the missus and beatin the kids when they drop bits of food slop on the keyboard, it takes me a while to get around these sites!
Anyway Hi to you all
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARHG just cant get kin pictures on here, call me complete vegtable but it aint happening...Ive sulked as long as I can bear. I will have to get the missus to do it!
Any way heres a bit more about my wagon.....I bought it as a 21000 mile minter a couple of years ago its original right down to the unused fag lighter I love it. All was well until a blind t**t decided to pull out in front of me from behind one of those staggerd bollard things that seem to be everywhere. I hit the brakes and tried to avoid her which meant mounting the pavement. I thought I had made it but pinged a lamppost with the rear quarter. I was gutted. I jumped out and scooped up the bits of my rear light, at first glance the damage didnt look too bad but on further examination I found it was quite bad then really bad. I know a greek guy who owns a bodyshop so I shot round to see him, hes the sort who can repair a rolled coach with a pair of pliers.... He said if I could find a rear light he could repair it. But I couldnt find a light. So I fashioned a lens from the bits I had and drove on. Anyway time went on and after scouring the inernet for bits and not coming up trumps I have to admit I started to lose interest. Then whilst servicing the rear brakes I dicovered that I had a bent half shaft and a kink in the wheel. Great! Then coupled with the fact our computer was playing up so I was sans internet and and the wife and me werent gettin on I just tried to forget about it. Luckily a few months later I managed to track down a rear light from a really nice guy in Wales.. so I beat the rear quarter out and fitted the light as best I could. Also I was working really close to home so I trucked on slowly in the hope that the wagon would be ok. I even managed to get her through an MOT by de-adjusting the brake on the bent side so that the on off dragging action wouldnt show on the rollers. Naughty, but it worked also the tester said he couldnt fail it as he cant see it!!!!!!.And all I got was an advisory word about low effort on that side. Then I had a head gasket go... Kin brilliant.... I got one from my local factor and fitted it, but when I ran her up she started to spew oil everywhere Ive since discovered that theres two different engines fitted to my car, a 1490cc and a 1415cc unit I have the latter and the only difference that I can make out is the oil return from the head is on the right of the car for a 1490, and on the left for a 1415.I never spotted it(blind c**t). So the head had to come off again and the correct gasket fitted. She runs absolutely perfect other than regular oil and filter changes and the usual servicing stuff the engine is sweet. I have been warned to watchout as the heads tend to go porus. but so far mine seems ok. Then a while later a friend of mine who is an "engineer" (more like metro burning lunatic dope smoking 40 year old raver) said he would have a go at straightening my shaft, and I foolishly agreed to let him have a go. Lordy hes made it worse... we did agree that with V-blocks and a dialgauge, and some gentle work with a press it might be possible to ease things a little but no.... within a thousand miles or so the half shaft bearing has started to rumble and I'm worried about damaging the diff and the rest of the axle. My wagon has still only done 37000 and apart from the aformentioned issues is still in good shape for a 25 year old Japanese car. when I bought it I had big plans, an electronic ignition kit of some kind and an alarm (RWD and J popular with banger boys and lots of them live round here) and may be a decent set of rims(Sexy cross spoke deep dish ones like on austrailian wagons) and a couple of inches off the height. I will get some photos on here as soon as my brain can accept that it is the 21st century.
Shes now off the road while I try and source some bits.......
Sorry to drone on...
Love all the stuff Ive read on here so far, anybody got any similar stories would be nice to know I'm not alone!
My name is Russ and I live in constantly peeing down Devon. I have a 1982 Mazda 323 wagon. Shes got issues but is still a cool car. Unfortunately I'm not so good with computers so am havin trouble adding a photo........its driving me nuts, I'm a PC my
....! Any help will be greatfully recieved. Been browsing round the site theres some excellent rides here. Found a forum page with a green wagon like mine and would love to ave a chat with its owner. Inbetween arguing with the missus and beatin the kids when they drop bits of food slop on the keyboard, it takes me a while to get around these sites!Anyway Hi to you all
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARHG just cant get kin pictures on here, call me complete vegtable but it aint happening...Ive sulked as long as I can bear. I will have to get the missus to do it!
Any way heres a bit more about my wagon.....I bought it as a 21000 mile minter a couple of years ago its original right down to the unused fag lighter I love it. All was well until a blind t**t decided to pull out in front of me from behind one of those staggerd bollard things that seem to be everywhere. I hit the brakes and tried to avoid her which meant mounting the pavement. I thought I had made it but pinged a lamppost with the rear quarter. I was gutted. I jumped out and scooped up the bits of my rear light, at first glance the damage didnt look too bad but on further examination I found it was quite bad then really bad. I know a greek guy who owns a bodyshop so I shot round to see him, hes the sort who can repair a rolled coach with a pair of pliers.... He said if I could find a rear light he could repair it. But I couldnt find a light. So I fashioned a lens from the bits I had and drove on. Anyway time went on and after scouring the inernet for bits and not coming up trumps I have to admit I started to lose interest. Then whilst servicing the rear brakes I dicovered that I had a bent half shaft and a kink in the wheel. Great! Then coupled with the fact our computer was playing up so I was sans internet and and the wife and me werent gettin on I just tried to forget about it. Luckily a few months later I managed to track down a rear light from a really nice guy in Wales.. so I beat the rear quarter out and fitted the light as best I could. Also I was working really close to home so I trucked on slowly in the hope that the wagon would be ok. I even managed to get her through an MOT by de-adjusting the brake on the bent side so that the on off dragging action wouldnt show on the rollers. Naughty, but it worked also the tester said he couldnt fail it as he cant see it!!!!!!.And all I got was an advisory word about low effort on that side. Then I had a head gasket go... Kin brilliant.... I got one from my local factor and fitted it, but when I ran her up she started to spew oil everywhere Ive since discovered that theres two different engines fitted to my car, a 1490cc and a 1415cc unit I have the latter and the only difference that I can make out is the oil return from the head is on the right of the car for a 1490, and on the left for a 1415.I never spotted it(blind c**t). So the head had to come off again and the correct gasket fitted. She runs absolutely perfect other than regular oil and filter changes and the usual servicing stuff the engine is sweet. I have been warned to watchout as the heads tend to go porus. but so far mine seems ok. Then a while later a friend of mine who is an "engineer" (more like metro burning lunatic dope smoking 40 year old raver) said he would have a go at straightening my shaft, and I foolishly agreed to let him have a go. Lordy hes made it worse... we did agree that with V-blocks and a dialgauge, and some gentle work with a press it might be possible to ease things a little but no.... within a thousand miles or so the half shaft bearing has started to rumble and I'm worried about damaging the diff and the rest of the axle. My wagon has still only done 37000 and apart from the aformentioned issues is still in good shape for a 25 year old Japanese car. when I bought it I had big plans, an electronic ignition kit of some kind and an alarm (RWD and J popular with banger boys and lots of them live round here) and may be a decent set of rims(Sexy cross spoke deep dish ones like on austrailian wagons) and a couple of inches off the height. I will get some photos on here as soon as my brain can accept that it is the 21st century.
Shes now off the road while I try and source some bits.......
Sorry to drone on...
Love all the stuff Ive read on here so far, anybody got any similar stories would be nice to know I'm not alone!
;D
