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by jrh
Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:39 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Question
Replies: 13
Views: 24225

Re: Question

Read 29-01-6 not 11.
by jrh
Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:38 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Question
Replies: 13
Views: 24225

Re: Question

Electrical diagram 29-011-6
It is a pressure switch, normally open .
Input directly to PCM/ECU.
What amazes me is the fact it can 'throttle up' without moving the accelerator pedal. Fantastic cars.
by jrh
Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:59 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Starting issue - maybe!
Replies: 25
Views: 37716

Re: Starting issue - maybe!

Stay away from USA.
Somehow, you need to find another two distributors exactly like yours.
Because you always need a spare.
No idea how trustworthy but sales@ignitioncarparts.co.uk may help.
by jrh
Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:14 am
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Starting issue - maybe!
Replies: 25
Views: 37716

Re: Starting issue - maybe!

As long as the £50 works I am not sure you will be buying anymore reliability by going new Mazda.
In fact , even if you buy new , you still need another one as a spare , always !
by jrh
Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:00 am
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Starting issue - maybe!
Replies: 25
Views: 37716

Re: Starting issue - maybe!

Misfiring is something to avoid at all costs.
If the HT isn't being discharged across the spark plug gap it has to go somewhere else.
That can be into the primary circuits, with all those vulnerable transistors !
by jrh
Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:28 am
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Starting issue - maybe!
Replies: 25
Views: 37716

Re: Starting issue - maybe!

I repeat one 'experience' for new readers. Car 'cut-out'' whilst driving along motorway ,then start and drive normally again. Then again going up Kirkstone Pass ! Cause was one of the three flat spring 'blades ' inside the rotor arm had fallen off, been mashed up by the 6 segment timing 'washer' and...
by jrh
Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:21 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Starting issue - maybe!
Replies: 25
Views: 37716

Re: Starting issue - maybe!

I would have the same thing occasionally, usually after a longer than few days without running and in cold, damp weather.
Probably a plug or lead affected by conditions, once warmed up it was fine.
by jrh
Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:52 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: 1994 2.0 not starting
Replies: 18
Views: 25513

Re: 1994 2.0 not starting

Should have read to bottom of page !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry.
Glad to see it's fixed.
by jrh
Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:49 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: 1994 2.0 not starting
Replies: 18
Views: 25513

Re: 1994 2.0 not starting

So, it is not the battery. It is not the starter motor. Then it must be 'something' between the Ignition switch and the connection to the starter solenoid. Disconnect the lead to the starter solenoid. Get yourself a 100w headlamp bulb, make one lead to earth, the other from the filament connection t...
by jrh
Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:07 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: 1994 2.0 not starting
Replies: 18
Views: 25513

Re: 1994 2.0 not starting

Like cpt wrote, it is just possible the relay contacts to the solenoid are faulty , worth checking First.