So has anyone gotten a look at the shop manual and seen what kind of wiring diagrams are in there? If so, I'd love to see some scans posted. I'm mostly interested in the wiring to the LED display, as it would be great to tap into that and show some silly things up there. Also, the wiring for the TPMS reciever has recently come to my wish list. I desperately want to get a shop manual for myself, but, alas, have not found a source of one.

 

Supposedly you can get them from the parts department of your friendly neighborhood Mazda dealer. As I recall, they run about $175 USD. Haven't tried to get one myself yet, but I'm VERY tempted...

 

I saw them all today in person. I'll se if I can get them posted on here soon.

 

Someone told me that there is a service you can pay for that will allow you to download shop manual pages as high-quality TIFF images.

Supposidly there is an anual contract that is like $450, but there is also a 24-hour account for like $30 or something and it's not supposed to be bandwidth limited.

I can't remember the website name though. I'll have to get back to you on that or if someone else knows, post it.

Obviously, if you already use this service it would not be legal for you to just post the images here. I'm just mentioning this as an alternative for those of you who would like to get the whole thing. I'm guessing you could download the entire manual in less then 24 hours if you have broadband.

 

P.S. I too have gotten my mazda dealer to print out certain pages of their manuals. That is always another option if you only need one or two.

 

I may be wrong, but I strongly suspect that you won't find that level of detail in there. The diagrams will show you the wire colors and plug layouts, but the modules themselves will be shown as generic "black boxes." All that sort of stuff is designed to be replaced as a module these days.