What's the dumbest things a previous owner did to your RX7?
02-24-13, 08:07 PM
#26
Gs to gslse conversion... Both wiring harnesses were in there. One half hacked out but both connected somehow.
On Iotus' new ride, gslse to carb conversion, main relay fried, bypassed with switches fed off the battery and starter, straight to the coils, bypassed fuel pump start relay because they wanted to tuck away the rats nest wire harness. Man I pulled my hair out for a week or 2.
On Iotus' new ride, gslse to carb conversion, main relay fried, bypassed with switches fed off the battery and starter, straight to the coils, bypassed fuel pump start relay because they wanted to tuck away the rats nest wire harness. Man I pulled my hair out for a week or 2.
02-25-13, 01:04 AM
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Replace the front carpet by first spreading Elmer's wood glue over *the entire floor pan*--including exposed wiring harnesses, electrical connection blocks, temperature sensors, etc.
Replace the rear carpet by first spreading Elmer's wood glue over the sheet metal for the bins. Oh, the metal's rusty? Ahh don't worry about it, it'll be covered with carpet! Just put more glue on the rusty parts.
Replace the rear carpet by first spreading Elmer's wood glue over the sheet metal for the bins. Oh, the metal's rusty? Ahh don't worry about it, it'll be covered with carpet! Just put more glue on the rusty parts.
02-25-13, 08:56 AM
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Replace the front carpet by first spreading Elmer's wood glue over *the entire floor pan*--including exposed wiring harnesses, electrical connection blocks, temperature sensors, etc.
Replace the rear carpet by first spreading Elmer's wood glue over the sheet metal for the bins. Oh, the metal's rusty? Ahh don't worry about it, it'll be covered with carpet! Just put more glue on the rusty parts.
Replace the rear carpet by first spreading Elmer's wood glue over the sheet metal for the bins. Oh, the metal's rusty? Ahh don't worry about it, it'll be covered with carpet! Just put more glue on the rusty parts.
02-25-13, 10:33 AM
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You're a legend my friend.
Gs to gslse conversion... Both wiring harnesses were in there. One half hacked out but both connected somehow.
On Iotus' new ride, gslse to carb conversion, main relay fried, bypassed with switches fed off the battery and starter, straight to the coils, bypassed fuel pump start relay because they wanted to tuck away the rats nest wire harness. Man I pulled my hair out for a week or 2.
On Iotus' new ride, gslse to carb conversion, main relay fried, bypassed with switches fed off the battery and starter, straight to the coils, bypassed fuel pump start relay because they wanted to tuck away the rats nest wire harness. Man I pulled my hair out for a week or 2.
Oh man thank you SO much for figuring out that whole mess! I wouldnt have even known where to start looking!
Cheers man
~Geoff
02-25-13, 07:39 PM
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How about installing a "custom" tow hitch AND using it as a positive selling point! He was also planning a v8 swap, and was hauling a dirt bike/trailer around from the hitch connected by three giant drilled holes into floor of hatch right above rear bumper. I HAD to rescue it.
02-25-13, 08:53 PM
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Well, the last parts car had:
Bondo on every corner of the car, on every panel
Rear control arms held to the frame with chicken wire and Bondo
Angle iron and stainless bolts holding the front frame by the firewall to the rest of the frame
Zip tied oil cooler to skid plate
Custom air pump pipe to straight exhaust tubing
Festering mouse nests
And the list goes on and on...
02-25-13, 09:51 PM
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proud SA care-taker
got the door hinges tweaked... it collapsed the driver fender when i opened it, cut the exhaust off at the beginning of the head-pipe(1/2 and inch from the bolts), gorilla glued a mirror to the passenger visor,put tacks in the front speakers
....oh and my favorite was the magnetic dish inside my air cleaner
but all in all $100 for a 79 with a 04/78 bd i can live with it... i mean i got a complete exhaust for it now... and i tracked down a back seat just have to install it... now i can tell my wife its a family car
.... yeah right its my fun car and no food,feces, or beverages allowed.... so no messes.... i mean kids in my car
....oh and my favorite was the magnetic dish inside my air cleanerbut all in all $100 for a 79 with a 04/78 bd i can live with it... i mean i got a complete exhaust for it now... and i tracked down a back seat just have to install it... now i can tell my wife its a family car
.... yeah right its my fun car and no food,feces, or beverages allowed.... so no messes.... i mean kids in my car
02-26-13, 11:10 AM
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Apparantly lost the bolt that holds the belt tension on the air pump. Overtightened the hinge bolt to compensate. I discovered this when I tried to replace the belts. Couldn't find the bolt to loosen and realized it was missing. Squeezed the belt with my hands and was able to rotate the air pump. Of course the hinge bolt broke off when I was working on this because they had tightened it up until it started to fail.
Last edited by dougingraham; 02-26-13 at 11:12 AM.
02-26-13, 02:29 PM
#43
Dumbest thing the previous owner did? Hard to remember that far back, as I've had the car for 24 years or so.
Probably the dumbest thing they did from their standpoint, was selling it... unless you count the cheesy sheepskin seat covers they had in it. Otherwise, she came to me fairly unmolested.
Probably the dumbest thing they did from their standpoint, was selling it... unless you count the cheesy sheepskin seat covers they had in it. Otherwise, she came to me fairly unmolested.
02-26-13, 03:13 PM
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dumbest thing???
on the '82 that i had, it would be thinking that he was capable of installing a sound system. he cut and spliced wires that i still have trouble figuring out the logic to - including the fuel pump, which ended almost burning the bloody car up with me in it one night.
on the '84 that i still have, it would have been the 7 pound radiator cap he installed! sold it to me saying that the water pump was bad.
on the '87 that i still have, holy mother of God ... wiring debauchery, missing/broken interior panels - both in the supposed name of sound. then there was all the missing pieces in the engine bay, the cut up air filter box, the bullshit wheels, spray painting the car with little to no prep, what appears to be a trailer hitch, bullshit exhaust, cheesy pedal covers and dual wiper blades. finally, i haven't quite figured out what's the deal with the clutch yet and the shifter is quite loose.
needless to say, i have A LOT of work ahead of me.
on the '82 that i had, it would be thinking that he was capable of installing a sound system. he cut and spliced wires that i still have trouble figuring out the logic to - including the fuel pump, which ended almost burning the bloody car up with me in it one night.
on the '84 that i still have, it would have been the 7 pound radiator cap he installed! sold it to me saying that the water pump was bad.
on the '87 that i still have, holy mother of God ... wiring debauchery, missing/broken interior panels - both in the supposed name of sound. then there was all the missing pieces in the engine bay, the cut up air filter box, the bullshit wheels, spray painting the car with little to no prep, what appears to be a trailer hitch, bullshit exhaust, cheesy pedal covers and dual wiper blades. finally, i haven't quite figured out what's the deal with the clutch yet and the shifter is quite loose.
needless to say, i have A LOT of work ahead of me.
02-28-13, 07:06 PM
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one of the previous owners installed drum brakes on my gsl cuz he damaged the discs and spooled the diff so its locked permanent. not that i care much. car is still a blast to drive and the locked diff is fun in the rain.
03-03-13, 10:37 PM
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PO swapped a 13b in, decided to carb it not knowing what they were doing, and carbon locked it. they would start it once a month and just let it idle for about 10 minutes. seat uphoulstry is horrible looking, and the "new" "short throw shifter" has so much slop and play its unreal. atleast they upgraded the oil cooler and gave me a nice monza exhaust.
03-03-13, 10:55 PM
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Dumbest thing haha some of these are pretty stupid
The previous owner of my car had weeds growing up and around it and two Rx5s (not giving location of those I want them!) for and I qoute "protection."
The previous owner of my car had weeds growing up and around it and two Rx5s (not giving location of those I want them!) for and I qoute "protection."
03-04-13, 09:06 AM
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hmm lets think here, the FC had this huge fast and furious tach in it that destroyed the perfect condition dash.
my FD has sharpie to color the seatbelt clickers, upgraded bov on a comletely stock engine, no rear view mirror, "didnt bother him", cheap looking carbon fiber wrap on all the interior accents, and he put those god-awful Super Advans on it.
my FD has sharpie to color the seatbelt clickers, upgraded bov on a comletely stock engine, no rear view mirror, "didnt bother him", cheap looking carbon fiber wrap on all the interior accents, and he put those god-awful Super Advans on it.