Don't we all?

fm

 

I would never

And it sucks man, I obviously feel ya. I love your car too by the way, it's beautiful and you've put so much time and effort into making it your baby.

Significant others seem to assume by listing something for sale that it will sell. In a perfect world this would be awesome, but we don't live in a perfect world.

I'm betting that I'll be able to keep the car since I told her on October 10th (my birthday) if the car isn't sold I'm keeping it for good and we'll just have to live with it and I'll tone it down. I'll sell it for the right price though

 

ioTus,
Yes, I was aware of the fuse in the head. It was fine. I also was aware of one in the tape deck. I didn't check it because I was sure I didn't have it plugged in when I was monkeying about with the aux-in jack.

I went to pick up the car from the stereo shop today and talked to the installer that did the trouble-shooting. They had done every test I'd done. Checked the switched and constant for 12V, checked the ground, and checked the fuses under the dash. Everything checked out. No power to the head...they felt it was the head unit. So I mentioned the fuse in the head.

"There's no fuse in the head unit."

"Uh, yes there is...I had it out last night".

"..."

So the guy says, "lets check the head again". I grab it out of the car and he opens it up (didn't know how...I had to show him). He finds the fuse and it was fine. Tested it to be sure. Yep, it was 100%. Then he opened the tape deck. I was going to tell him not to bother, but for some reason refrained. "This one is no good...I think we found the problem". Swapped in a new fuse and voila:



I was doing the happy dance! For the first time since I'd owned the car, I listened to the radio on the way home from work.

So what happened? I think I must have had the 6P molex plug connected to the deck when I was monkeying around with a mis-wired AUX IN jack. Must have blown the tape fuse, saving the EQ. While I feel stupid for not checking the tape fuse, I feel better that even the guys at the stereo shop didn't know what was up with the head unit. They didn't even realize there were fuses in there.

ioTus, I'll be in touch via PM about your aux in setup...I like what you did.

fm

 

My wife is learning that we don't live in a perfect world.

Good for you.

I've agreed to do my work in the early mornings as to not infringe on our day. I mostly comply. Like your fiance, my wife would *love* it if I sold the car. Not going to happen, and she knows it. Thus the compromise. If you do end up keeping the car, you do need to make good on toning it down. MsDIY's snippet sort of lays it all out...it's really easy to get so into a project and alienate those around you. I have 2, maybe 3 people locally that completely understand why I do what I do. My wife and my 4-year-old are not among them.

Good luck not selling the car.

fm

 

Ugh. Fingers crossed that this will hold. At least you know your metering pump works.

fm

 

I'm real fortunate that I have a very supportive woman who loans me money for car parts and never complains about it. If someone loves you for you they would compromise the most to appreciate your passion. Just a thought, I will never sell my Rx-7, way too invested and deep into it now.

 

Fungus, my 4 year old loves the Rx7. Do you have a seat so he or she can ride? It's a key part of the whole plan. I'm scheming now on a way to pull the storage buns and weld/bolt in some metal to accommodate a 3rd seat for my almost 2 year old. Then we can cruise and give mama a break. That's the big win I'm going for.

 

You can get backseats and put them in. I see them up for sale every once in awhile
in the classifieds. Then you can use a standard kid seat in them and later they can
ride back there an use the belts.

 

Mr. Farrell, I have heard that a kid seat won't work with the tiny back seat. I'd hate to buy one and find it to be true.

 

I used the back seat in my SA years ago and child restraints fit, I had two children that rode many a mile back there. (Its the only reason I was able to keep the car!) looking back I am not confidant they were very safe, but they did fit. This was nearly 30 years ago and child restraint design has changed, so its possible that a modern restraint may not fit.

 

My little girl has no ill will against my fb. In fact, I have a great video of her sitting in the driver's seat turning the wheel back and forth, having a great time. My wife, however, will probably never let her get in the car as it's got no back seats. I can't blame her...I already feel like a frog on the freeway. With no crumple-zones to speak of, I shudder to think of what would happen if a soccer mom in her SUV plows into me from behind while texting someone about picking up milk at Whole Foods. :/

When she's older, we'll get a booster seat, a helmet, and to auto-x she'll go.

fm

 

not true! everything in front of the radiator is crumple zone, although a modern car will probably go over...

in the rear basically everything behind your head is a crumple zone.

i've seen some pretty badly crashed FB's in the junk yards and it always looks like the driver would/could have walked away.

the NHTSA doesn't go back to the FB, but the FC had a 4 star rating for front and side, which is comparable to the 240 volvos... the E30 BMW is the bad one, its 3 star front and 1 star side

so its not 2013 4 star crash rated, but in a 35 year old car its pretty good.

 

My thoughts exactly - as much of a royal pain in the **** it is getting those things out / back in, at least i know my engine is well lubricated!

 

I stand corrected. I still feel exposed in the car. And yeah, I suspect that in a frontal, most cars would sail right over the front of the car. Still will be a hard sell to get my wife to let my daughter go grocery shopping with me in the FB.

fm

 

didn't work on mine ... dusted her off and sat her outside with the youngin's while I worked in the garage beautfying some parts for the one on the trailer that will become the "Stop Bullying" campaign car ... it's expected at an event Sept 29th and if it's running well enough good chance will be driven to Sevenstock

 

That's supposed to start at the 6:00 mark. Oh well.

 

Silencing more noises under the car. The RB catback is very close to the bumper, but it's not hitting it. What it is hitting is the bumper support under the car...there's a welded on tab on the top side of the cat back that's hitting when I hit bumps or when I step on the gas. I put a 1/4" thick piece of foam rubber mat (puzzle flooring) between that tab and the bumper support. It's wedged in there pretty tight so should stay, and should keep things quieter.

The other two things that were making noises were the two hardened rubber exhaust donut hangers that I'd left on from the old exhaust. I removed the brackets that held those useless things on and stored them away with my other stock exhaust stuff.

Tomorrow morning I'll take the car out for a quick ride to the recycling place to drop off a bunch of stuff. An added bonus...I can weigh the car and see where it stands now that the all of the suspension work is done. It was 2400 lbs even when I weighed it with stock suspension, stock wheels, full interior w/no spare.

fm

 

just changed the brake master cylinder, no I have NO brake resistance, and a hissing sound!

 

There will be a vaccuum hose to the power brake booster double check that is is on and on well

 

Removed the rear area trim panels for painting on the right side. Took photos of the before and after. Installed the painted parts back on the left side. Prepped for painting the removed parts. SEM Burgundy is good stuff as you can tell from the photos. It is not an exact match but everything in these cars has faded to different extents so if you want it all to match perfectly you will have to paint everything. Heck, I suspect when the cars were new the color match was far from perfect. The last photo is of the rear side window surround. The PO mounted tweeters to these so I plugged the hole with thickened epoxy. The left one is plugged and painted. The right one you can see the concrete through the hole. It is a couple of inches below the screw hole.

Process. Use the specified SEM cleaner type. This removes all dirt and wax and preps the surface for the paint. Paint it. It is about as easy a spray paint as I have ever used. Very forgiving. You would have to try to make it run. I used three or four very light coats to cover the white of the epoxy fill in the plug. What will it look like in a couple of years? No idea. But it was so easy to apply you could do it again when you felt it was necessary. I dont know how it would be if you tried to change colors completely but for over coating a faded piece is it excellent.

 

Cleared another long-standing project off the work bench - way is clear to finally install my LCA. On Monday. Have to work the store tomorrow.

 

he doesn't have great pics, but i did the door panels, ebrake handle, and rear panels in like 1999, and they still look ok. that car is a trooper! its been mercilessly beaten since it was new, by anybody and everybody

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generati...a-area-992465/

 

Today I slightly enlarged the primary fuel jets on my stripped Nikki, and drilled the AP banjo and nozzles. Definitely better in town, and the opening of the secondaries is much smoother. And warm starts with just a flick of the key, no pedal. A nice bonus.

 

well still powder coating and mocking parts in place on the Stop Bullying car ...

 

Looks very very clean keep it up