Finished replacing the struts & brakes on the wife's '05 Buick Century, which we inherited from my dad a couple years back. Struts were so far gone that depressing the pistons resulted in them just staying all the way down in the bores. Totally dead, Jim.

I'd forgotten how much 'fun' it is to work on the undercarriage of a car that had spent years enduring Iowa winters, road salt, and dirt roads. Yuck.

Anyone who doesn't think this is something I did to/for my SA, clearly is not married. Maintaining positive wife faction is crucial to any hobby.

 

damn right, im not married yet, but might as well be and thats the truth, keep the better half happy and sneak in a lil hobby cost here in there... definitely a balancing act




oh... and today I killed my works toner cartridge and a pack of paper printing off EVERYTHING from our online "Mitchell on Demand" for the '85 Rx-7 and the '86 Rx-7... i literally have 2 complete service manuals for FB's and S4 FC's

 

I know exactly what you mean, sadly.

I'm not married yet either, but i actually just went out and got an engagement ring/bridal set today so that status will be changing within the next year. Going to be engaged after i get the ring back from being resized to her tiny finger.

Completely true though DD, I got that cooler and did my hoses on my rats nest tonight after letting her get some clothes she wanted - fair trade off i think

 

^So true DD!

I always say "happy wife, happy life" ....lol



Washed my cars today BUT after hers was washed first

 

well, i drove it. there is a clunk in my steering now when i go from right to left. going to jack it up and check out the front end when i change out my oil cooler which will be on it's way soon. i swear, i can't go near the thing without something going wrong, curse of the rx7 maybe? still puts a smile on my face when i drive it, so i just keep listening to the voices in my head telling me it will be alright

 

I just realized that my deadline for rotary fest @ atco is on my gf's birthday. I hope to be done in time

 

I installed my racing beat header heat shield today, also took pics and video on the whole install on how to make it work because racing beat no longer sells the hardware, but cant make a new thread bcuz I dont have enough posts on here lol, so everyones assed out

 

With your GF or with the 7?

 

Haha exactly what I thought!

I got my e-fan wired in correctly today, a wash, and started cleaning. No more.

I did pick up a welder and all the trimmings for a grad present, exhaust and oil cooler mounts here i come!

 

It was 110-160F inside the car. Coolant temps only went over 185F once, and they only went to 200.

 

I finished up my 3rd brake light instal and finally got my wing bracket finished and mounted. Now to finish the bumper.

 

Nice! Fully adjustable, and professional looking, good job sir.

I stuck her sideways and took her to 110mph today, after my rats nest install she runs like a champ

 

Weekend project:
Racing Beat springs and new Tokico Blues, ball joints, and bushings in the front. Oh, and a new pitman arm.

Whew... Time for alignment.

 

I realized that my FB radiator has come un-soldered from the mounting bracket at one end. Can this be fixed if not where can I get a good replacement. Mazdatrix does not carry them anymore and please don't tell me ebay or other such crap...

Anyone?

 

Mike, I picked up a Champion radiator on Ebay (sorry). Looks great, fits great, works great, and the price was very reasonable.

I got a 3 row version, which fits fine with a 12a. Orion84gsl got the 2 row version, which was snug with a 13b.

I have no problem recommending this radiator. Very solid build...



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Finally finished up with my carb. Tonight I'll re-install it and begin my rats nest removal

 

i drove my FB tonight! i took it to the gas station and bought some beer and then i came home and grilled burgers with an over easy egg on top.! delicious!

 

Fired my FREESH 13B up... Only to find out I used WAY too much oil in my build.

Oh well I'll run it out tomorrow. :P

 

The good news is, after about an hour of trying to remember exactly how to adjust an oxy-fuel torch, I remembered enough about brazing to re-attach the doubler ring to the inside of the air cleaner cover I'm working on. Pretty smooth brasswork, too.

The bad news is, I forgot enough about brazing that I let the center of the piece get a bit too hot for a bit too long, and the cover now remarkably resembles a Pringles chip.

I think I now know why it was spot-welded instead of full-seamed.

 

oOOoo yeah and egg on top is always the right answer!

 

I finished the install of the streetported 4 port with S5 internals into my buddies GSLSE. Now I am about to go clean up my newly acquired SE motor ...and continue trying to track down my wiring nightmare in my SA

 

Installed a new set of NGK wires and then started her up and let her purr for 10 minutes while I took out the garbage. Now I smell like eau de Rx-7.

 

today i swapped out my MAF again, the cruised around for about an hour, spacing out and thinking of what to fix, make, customize, fabricate, modify, build or change next.

BTW auto electronics are weird... I was bored the other day and I used my scope to test and check both of my spare MAF's and the MAF that seemed text book perfect actually made my car run like ***, while the "still in spec, yet could be better" MAF makes my car happy as a clam

 

Drove it to work. Now I have to go to the post office in long beach where my cooler is being held because it is either leaking something or the package is torn. I think it's the former.

 

Started and drove mine for the first time in 2+ weeks...

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