All the aftermarket radios look too flashy, so I am keeping stock with a slick hidden FM hijack box for aux input.

Plus I like the retro look.

Wait..you're worried that your speakers will be too loud? 🤔As long as they're not clipping, you should be fine. I doubt there's a gain control on the factory head unit. @wolfwood

Search for the head unit gain control location online though, you might come up with something.

@everyone. Anyone here know about rotary engines?!?

Yes. Don't buy anything with one. You break a seal?

Ohh no I just got a rx7 pretty much for free not running tho

Hold on, lemme grab muh popcorn

Haha

Do people swap them or nah? I don’t know anything about rhemb

What year? It's pretty easy to do an LS swap in those cars IIRC

And yeah people who want to stick with Rotary usually do the cosmo swap

Rotaries are just too much work to maintain and cost/performance ratio your better off with something else. The lack of torque is real, and real bad

83 or 85 not sure. I know it’s a first gen tho

And I’m no sure if I’ll ever do anything with it tbh i don’t know shit about cars besides simple stuff

I had never heard of rotary/wankel engines before, so I spent some time watching some videos. Very clever design. It's too bad it dumps so much fuel out the exhaust.

And they have to inject oil into the chamber to keep seals intact so you are literally burning oil, by design, and have to refill it periodically.

The Mazdas sound pretty awesome stock, but many videos seem to feature modded cars that sound like sputtering chainsaws or something.

They are different

I may try and sell it to someone who wants it being I don’t have the time or money to do anything with it

Or know how

Btw I completed the speaker replacement in my truck, and there is no more volume issue. It seems the old speakers were simply blown out that much, frequencies squishing together, that they got annoyingly loud.

The new ones are quieter, with more clarity and soundstage, so I'm content. 😃

A buddy called me and said his John Deere L110 lawn tractor shut down on him in the middle of mowing. All electrical appears to be out. At first I thought it might be a PTO safety switch, but that doesn't explain why the tractor is getting zero juice; its headlights and instrument panel won't light up. I had him charge the battery - no help. I then had him bypass the battery (12 volt) with his car battery (12 volt) - no help. I haven't looked at it myself yet but any ideas jump out at you?

Ignition switch?

Maybe but would that cause it to shut down in mid ride or cause the headlights and instrument panel to fail?

@Deleted User check continuity from battery terminal to fuse box, then from fuse box on

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Dont know where else to post. My center console is stained from sweat how do I remove it? It's not vinyl its fabric. Carpet shampoo maybe?

@Mark Vandal I'd try something like this:

Lots of great resources, mark

https://youtu.be/Y2yiBJSlnuw

This guy's channel is great

Replaced my 12v center console charge port with dual USB today

Plug was proprietary, but it had the right connections, so I sawed the plastic piece in half

To make it fit. Red wire contains small fuse to protect cars electronics, just in case

Bonus, vinyl wrap overtop of plasti chrome accents. A feature on most modern cars that looks cheap and gross

Nice!

Anyone ever put cheap sound deadening materials in their car before?