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#291 of 419 Rear wiper washer by kitkat250 Feb 25, 2008 (5:41 pm)
Hey does anyone know how the rear washer works?? Mine has never worked the wiper is fine it just won' squirt water out on to the back window. Kind of irritating when you have a really dirty window.
#292 of 419 Losing power in 3rd gear by monterusso Mar 24, 2008 (4:09 am)
My manual 89 323 is losing power as soon as you get into 3rd gear feels to be bogging down and wanting to stall. Have checked the trans oil and the distributor. What else could be causing this? Replies to this message: kujhac (Mar 25, 2008 5:56 am) girlcarbuilder (Mar 27, 2008 4:41 am)
#293 of 419 Re: Losing power in 3rd gear [monterusso] by kujhac Mar 25, 2008 (5:56 am)
Replying to: monterusso (Mar 24, 2008 4:09 am) Fuel filter maybe.   It'd be best if you gave more detail as to exactly what is happening.
#294 of 419 Re: Losing power in 3rd gear [monterusso] by girlcarbuilder Mar 27, 2008 (4:41 am)
Replying to: monterusso (Mar 24, 2008 4:09 am) You gave no mileage info, so I will assume regular pm is needed. These engines must have a full tune up every 30K miles. Change plugs, fuel filter, cap, rotor and air filter as directed by any good service manual I have mention before.   Would not hurt to do a fuel pressure check to make sure it is running like it should.
#295 of 419 Locknut Torque Value by thacher Apr 19, 2008 (3:04 pm)
Hi,   1987; 323 -- How much torque on the locknut that holds the rear drum in place?                                                          Thank you,                                                             Henry Replies to this message: girlcarbuilder (Apr 22, 2008 12:03 pm) thacher (Apr 24, 2008 7:23 am)
#296 of 419 Re: Locknut Torque Value [thacher] by girlcarbuilder Apr 22, 2008 (12:03 pm)
Replying to: thacher (Apr 19, 2008 3:04 pm) You lucked out, I have a factory manual that covers the 87! Which should also be the almost same for 86-89! Our unit is an '89. Rear drum spindle preload tightrning torque is listed at 18.1-21.7 ft. lbs. Bear in mind that is for new bearings. I would tend to go a bit lower if you did a repack at 50K. You could also resort to the old preload method used by many old timer mechanics like myself. I repack mine at 50K after new, then run to almost failure because they are pretty much trash around a 100K any way! By the way, get new nuts for safety sake. No fun driving on three wheels if one comes off. Save your old nuts, because you never know when they will quit selling parts to us! Those nuts where pretty common still last time I looked. Dorman makes them. There is a left hand and a right hand nut! So pay attention. Replies to this message: thacher (Apr 24, 2008 7:23 am)
#297 of 419 Re: Locknut Torque Value [girlcarbuilder] by thacher Apr 24, 2008 (7:23 am)
Replying to: girlcarbuilder (Apr 22, 2008 12:03 pm) Hello,   Thank you for your reply. I'm not even re packing the bearings. I wanted to look at the condition of the rear brakes. So for now I only need to put the drums back on. Looking at the spindle nuts, they look like they have been reused a few times. For sure I will try and locate new ones. So do you think a preload of about 19ft. lbs. would be about just right for my situation?                                                Thanks,                                                   Henry
#298 of 419 old girl mechanics trick, everyone listen up by girlcarbuilder Apr 24, 2008 (2:14 pm)
Resetting wheel bearings without repacking can be bad news if you over tighten! Reason is there is little grease left at times. What I do here is the following. 1) install hub assembly, with spindle nut. 2) tighten down to just snug. 3) remove any center piece decoration on wheel assembly. 4) install wheel assembly with just two lug nuts tight enough to wheel on assembly. 5) go back to spindle nut, snug it up just enough so that there is no play in wheel assembly when you grab top and bottom of tire and tire to shake it back and forth. Back off nut until you have play in wheel assembly and recheck again to see that for sure. Tighten back just enough to take that play out and verify it again. Stake the nut or cotter pin it when you get there. This technique is not for zero tolerance bearing setups! Usually found on front wheel drive bearing systems and "non-serviceable" bearing assemblies. I have found a way to get grease in those expensive things!   On the Mazda, those wheel nuts were also available and I have been getting mine from the dealer for about $5 each. They are about $3 at the parts store if you can get them. Not worth the $4 searching for them at times I feel.
#299 of 419 my 323 might come back from the dead... by needwheels2 May 17, 2008 (2:40 pm)
Hiya girlcarbuilder - I'm back! Guess what, after leaving my poor old 323 to rust in the parking lot for the past half year, a new neighbor came by the other day and offered to work on it after asking the landlord who owned it.They have car experience, tools and a dad who apparently was a former mechanic or something like that. So I'm fixing their computer in trade which is all I can afford...   Today they started on it, checked my fuel pump replacement which they said I did a good job. They they went through the distributor and timing, which there was a great deal of confusion over the wiring as there seems to be two different configurations but in the end I think they figured it out and it has spark. They also agree that it still has compression. So spark and fuel are tested good.   But here's the interesting part. They took off the cover to the timing belt and they insist the belt seems brand spanking new. (I only put on like 5k miles after the last owner). So they are going to check later this week if it's the tensioner?   Anyway it seems like it's in capable hands now so it might come back from the dead and wanted to let you know. They want me to buy the book for it so I might have to cough up the local price instead of getting it off ebay cheaper so they can keep the momentum they have now. Replies to this message: girlcarbuilder (May 17, 2008 4:34 pm) needwheels2 (May 18, 2008 3:16 pm) needwheels2 (May 19, 2008 8:38 am) girlcarbuilder (May 19, 2008 9:09 am) and 1 more... 323gtxrfreak (Jun 14, 2008 11:31 am) and 2 more...
#300 of 419 Re: Weird noise when cold [sschmid] by hatchbackqueen May 17, 2008 (3:37 pm)
Replying to: sschmid (Oct 21, 2007 6:40 am) Sorry, I was too busy to return to the forum. I just bought a Kia Rio Cinco wagon and sold the '92 323 for $600! So no parts available! Sold it to a girl whose brother is a mechanic and he was satisfied after demanding oil and water when he checked the engine out. Glad it's gone to someone who has the skills to keep it running--it was a great little car.

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