non-Rotary - 323 broke down.

[Martiny]

Could you send me some links?

I have only found discussions on the MX-6 and Probe conversions.

By \'pattern\' part, do you mean a new, but non-Mazda part?

Do you know any yards that have 323s?

[Martiny]

Weird.

I went to go and test the wiring , and I connected everything. I had a plug connected and lying on the air filter, and the next thing, it sparked as I turned the dizzy !    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Put the dizzy in quickly, and the car started.... but only for about 3 seconds, then it died. No spark again.

I cleaned up all the connectors, and made sure of a good earth on the dizzy body.

When it was faulty, and connected, I get 12v on all three wires ?  I dont think this is correct, none of those voltages change if I turn it.


Mazda quotes £30 for pick-up coil, £218 for igniter, and £400 for new distributor!
The 1 on ebay for £89 sounds like a bargain to me !!

[MikeLMR]

I think those links I have seen are for the probe ... it may give you a starting point as the igniter operation should be somewhat similar.

My dad mentioned a company that does ignition components ... can\'t remember the name ... the one on ebay sounds cheap compared to Mazda! ... don\'t know of any 323\'s in scrappies round here ... or any >10year old car for that matter !

[jinx]

Martin- Worth a try?
http://www.carparts-direct.co.uk/parts_for_older_cars.html
Nice helpful people with a huge warehouse who can help alot with the part number matching across models and makes if you have all the details of your car. Not great at everything but surprisingly useful for lots of mechanical/electrical bits.

[oldone]

Midnightspares ?:yes :eek  heheheheheheheh..............

[Martiny]

Ive taken the plunge... ordered a new distributor... £89.

I hope it fixes it !

[Martiny]

Ok I ordered from these goons I found on Ebay, called Iezura . I waited a few days and nothing arrived. So I call them up, and they cant find my part, and they call the courier and they dont have any trace of it. They promise to sort it out and I call the next morning - only to have to remind the SAME guy that I spoke to, about my case. Anyway they promise to send another one, and they will call me when its despatched.

Of course, - no phone call, and no part arrives. Meantime, on their EBay shop, they show 4 in stock, and their other shop, AZ Motors, says they have 50 in stock.

So I call them up again, and they admit they havent got one in stock. So this guy called Kaya says he has "spoken to his boss", and they have ordered more, but they will come in 10 days. Also, I can have a refund anytime I want.

Ok, so I wait 10 days,and meantime I see they still say 3 in stock on their Ebay website, so I put up a question on ebay, asking why they are advertising them , when they have none. The email back saying "thanks for pointing that out, we will remove them from Ebay" , but of course they dont.

After 10 days... nothing, I have to call them. Kaya remembers me this time, then says " I will call you back in 5 minutes" , and that was a week ago, and I am still waiting!

Anyway, while all this was going on, I found a place called "Probe Distributors", who advertise free testing of distributors. I sent my Dizzie to them on Tuesday afternoon, and they call me lunchtime on the Wednesday, saying it was faulty (igniter) and its already fixed !  Â£70 off my card, and it arrived back at me on Thursday ! ---- thats fantastic service !

Anyway, put it in this morning, and.....

The 323 lives again !!!!!

[MikeLMR]

Glad my diagnosis was correct ... told you it was common Mazda\'s even break down in a reliable fashion :rollin

[Bramble]

Good to hear its fixed. Im pondering what to do with my 1.6 carb H reg 323 Executive at the moment. The tax just ran out and I am not sure whether its worth selling, I dont really need it as an everday car anymore as I have a cheaper to run diseasel on the road. I think it may be better for track use but to trash it on circuit almost seems a waste of such a reliable little car.