Anyone knowledgeable about Ford Probes?

[Streebek]

http://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/2500599584.html

I have always had a thing for probes...not sure why.  But I was just cruising CL in boredom and stumbled across it and actually started to ponder...could be fun?

I have heard great things, good things, and some horror stories about Probes.  Just seeing if anyone had any personal experience or knowledge to pass along.

[ryott52]

A buddy of mine had one in high school, it was always giving him problems. However, that may have just been a 16 year old with no idea how stuff works trying to take care of a first car.

[karatechop5000]

It's a Mazda... right?

[ryott52]

To Wikipedia!

Yup, based on the Mazda G-platform.

[Streebek]

Yeah...and I have heard that replacement parts are friggin $$$

[ryott52]

Not very surprising, they didn't sell it as the probe for all that many years, and it was fairly poorly reviewed, so there's not going to be a huge support network for it.

[yamahonkawazuki]

about time to replace timing belt

[aussie-gs]

After working on mazdas for 18yrs and doing a lot of work on the k series motors ( 2.5l V6 ) common issues are
Rocker cover gaskets leak oil
Dizzy needs full rebuild igniter fails and rotor button burns out
Air intake tube splits
Oil pressure switch leaks oil
Water pumps leak and thermostats stick
Rear caliper park brake lever seize
Just to name a few things

[yamahonkawazuki]

After working on mazdas for 18yrs and doing a lot of work on the k series motors ( 2.5l V6 ) common issues are
Rocker cover gaskets leak oil
Dizzy needs full rebuild igniter fails and rotor button burns out
Air intake tube splits
Oil pressure switch leaks oil
Water pumps leak and thermostats stick
Rear caliper park brake lever seize
Just to name a few things

yup youtube hte movel. i believe hte engine was a klde or klze series. if it were me, id not get it. there was somethign neat i saw the other day was a maz. 323 with a v6 in it. a car the size of a volk rabbit

[Twism86]

Its a Ford, thats all you need to know. Stay away.....

[yamahonkawazuki]

Its a Ford, thats all you need to know. Stay away.....

naah it wasnt poisoned by the UAW. it was a bastard child of mazda.  youtube ford probe GT. which this car is. htey are ridden with problems. would i have this on? perhaps. the engine overhaul would sell it for me. BUT htey do have hteir history ofgremlins so id have to consider what WILL go wrong. as hte vehicle ages. ive got a 1988 rx7 vert in my driveway now which is a candidate for an engine swap of some sort

[XLAR8]

Its a Ford, thats all you need to know. Stay away.....

naah it wasnt poisoned by the UAW. it was a bastard child of mazda.  youtube ford probe GT. which this car is. htey are ridden (like a GS) with problems. would i have this on? (TV maybe?) perhaps. the engine overhaul would sell it for me. BUT htey do have hteir history ofgremlins so id have to consider what WILL go wrong. as hte vehicle ages. ive got a 1988 rx7 vert in my driveway now which is a candidate for an engine swap of some sort

are you drunk or on drugs  lol

[yamahonkawazuki]

Its a Ford, thats all you need to know. Stay away.....

naah it wasnt poisoned by the UAW. it was a bastard child of mazda.  youtube ford probe GT. which this car is. htey are ridden (like a GS) with problems. would i have this on? (TV maybe?) perhaps. the engine overhaul would sell it for me. BUT htey do have hteir history ofgremlins so id have to consider what WILL go wrong. as hte vehicle ages. ive got a 1988 rx7 vert in my driveway now which is a candidate for an engine swap of some sort

are you drunk or on drugs   lol

excuse me? no im not on either one. experiencing kidney disease. amongs other health problems that will kill me. its called a damn near 10yo keyboard. that sometimes sticks. any other problems i need to be aware of?

[Twisted]

Has that ten year old keyboard been the one to type out more than 13k+ posts on GStwins? It should be retired lol.

Anyways, who needs to be able to spell nowadays when you have a squiggly red line to do it for you 

[bill14224]

Even though they call it a Probe, don't use it like one.  They're too big!

[xunedeinx]

Has that ten year old keyboard been the one to type out more than 13k+ posts on GStwins? It should be retired lol.

Anyways, who needs to be able to spell nowadays when you have a squiggly red line to do it for you 

how about somebody send this man who has contributed 13k posts, of which 200 had relevant information and arent in the last poster wins and 3 word thread!!!   
I keeeed, I keeeedd

Seriously, ill look around, i think I got a spare.

[yamahonkawazuki]

Has that ten year old keyboard been the one to type out more than 13k+ posts on GStwins? It should be retired lol.

Anyways, who needs to be able to spell nowadays when you have a squiggly red line to do it for you 

its posted a majority of them. and alot of my online gaming. so its not been treated nicely lol. but cant find another one like it

[pookiebear]

here is how it should go only if you can get the probe for $200 or less .....I did this, you must beat my story:

Driving home from work one day I see a 1976 pontiac ventura...  think pontiac's version of the chevy nova. guy wants $400 so the window sticker says. As I am looking at it in all it's primer-ed glory, he pulls up and yells out $200 and its yours. I pay him $200 and get the current title too. No shaZam!. Liability insurance was $60 for 6 months. So I am in it for $260 big... I drive it to softball games and just do general stupid stuff with it like offroading it and driving it down stairs and shaZam! I do now on a supermoto. 3 months later the wifes car breaks down and she needs a timing belt installed. So 3 weeks her car is out of commission until I can get it fixed.. she is driving the ventura. AND PISSED about it. awesome stuff. She gets her car back and all is right with the world......

Here is the kicker. WWE is in town at the civic center. We take the ventura and park right up FRONT by the door. people are pissed we get out and people are shouting hey you can't park there!!! and I say "OK" and walk in woooo! no shaZam!. come out and I had even left the doors unlocked and the ventura is still there!!! so I get in and drive the shaZam! home. it goes on craigslist the next day and I sold it for $250. Awesome.

Now if you think you can beat that story with the probe purchase then I give permission to buy the probe and chronicle the mission of awesomeness in this thread for us all to enjoy. If you can't beat that story then do not buy the probe because they are craptastique cars of FAIL.

[yamahonkawazuki]

here is how it should go only if you can get the probe for $200 or less .....I did this, you must beat my story:

Driving home from work one day I see a 1976 pontiac ventura...  think pontiac's version of the chevy nova. guy wants $400 so the window sticker says. As I am looking at it in all it's primer-ed glory, he pulls up and yells out $200 and its yours. I pay him $200 and get the current title too. No shaZam!. Liability insurance was $60 for 6 months. So I am in it for $260 big... I drive it to softball games and just do general stupid stuff with it like offroading it and driving it down stairs and shaZam! I do now on a supermoto. 3 months later the wifes car breaks down and she needs a timing belt installed. So 3 weeks her car is out of commission until I can get it fixed.. she is driving the ventura. AND PISSED about it. awesome stuff. She gets her car back and all is right with the world......

Here is the kicker. WWE is in town at the civic center. We take the ventura and park right up FRONT by the door. people are pissed we get out and people are shouting hey you can't park there!!! and I say "OK" and walk in woooo! no shaZam!. come out and I had even left the doors unlocked and the ventura is still there!!! so I get in and drive the shaZam! home. it goes on craigslist the next day and I sold it for $250. Awesome.

Now if you think you can beat that story with the probe purchase then I give permission to buy the probe and chronicle the mission of awesomeness in this thread for us all to enjoy. If you can't beat that story then do not buy the probe because they are craptastique cars of FAIL.

LMAO nice

[xunedeinx]

here is how it should go only if you can get the probe for $200 or less .....I did this, you must beat my story:

Driving home from work one day I see a 1976 pontiac ventura...  think pontiac's version of the chevy nova. guy wants $400 so the window sticker says. As I am looking at it in all it's primer-ed glory, he pulls up and yells out $200 and its yours. I pay him $200 and get the current title too. No shaZam!. Liability insurance was $60 for 6 months. So I am in it for $260 big... I drive it to softball games and just do general stupid stuff with it like offroading it and driving it down stairs and shaZam! I do now on a supermoto. 3 months later the wifes car breaks down and she needs a timing belt installed. So 3 weeks her car is out of commission until I can get it fixed.. she is driving the ventura. AND PISSED about it. awesome stuff. She gets her car back and all is right with the world......

Here is the kicker. WWE is in town at the civic center. We take the ventura and park right up FRONT by the door. people are pissed we get out and people are shouting hey you can't park there!!! and I say "OK" and walk in woooo! no shaZam!. come out and I had even left the doors unlocked and the ventura is still there!!! so I get in and drive the shaZam! home. it goes on craigslist the next day and I sold it for $250. Awesome.

Now if you think you can beat that story with the probe purchase then I give permission to buy the probe and chronicle the mission of awesomeness in this thread for us all to enjoy. If you can't beat that story then do not buy the probe because they are craptastique cars of FAIL.

I have a win almost as win-full..

Neighbor down the block had this white grand marquis that been parked in the driveway for years, had moss all over it, w/e, got it for 1,000.

Bought it, fixed it, shined it up, and resold it for 2500 after driving it for 4 months.