Bought another RX-7 need electrical help
06-18-07, 02:33 AM
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Bought another RX-7 need electrical help
Bought another RX-7, need electrical help:
OK. I Bought another 85 GSL-SE but the only thing is that this car has been sitting in a barn for almost five years since it last run... no kidding. It has just under 160,000 and was only used to tow a tractor for all of those miles believe it or not. As if things could not get worse this guy let his kid mess around with the wiring/isolated parts of the engine to learn about car over the past five years (at least hes learning about rotaries and not boingers...). Now the ONLY reason I have decided to get this car is that it was fifty dollars... and I got the engine to work before I bought it. Now I am excellent with engine work but when it comes to electrical well wiring diagrams are spotty and sketchy and contradicting at best when it comes to the GSL-SE so I was wondering if anybody knew of any place that had better wiring diagrams then the ones that are in the FSM as his kid dismantled half the freaking car... I'd kinda like to not have to resort to ripping the harness out of my other one...
Also the shrivs at the car parts stores around here no longer sell the fuel filter for this year or the heater hoses... I figured I could use an 86 filter, anyone else think that would fly? But I need all the rad/heater hoses as they exploded when I finally got the engine running, does anyone have any suggestions as too I could not be stuck paying $85 dollars to mazdatrix for $15 worth of molded rubber. Also the idiot kid decided to learn what happens when you hit a pressure switch terminal with a hammer or something... so I need to change the A/C pressure switch. It is inline (or so it looks) does that mean I have to depressurize the whole damn system to just replace that one switch or is it actually sealed off... I'm sure I will have plenty more questions to come.
OK. I Bought another 85 GSL-SE but the only thing is that this car has been sitting in a barn for almost five years since it last run... no kidding. It has just under 160,000 and was only used to tow a tractor for all of those miles believe it or not. As if things could not get worse this guy let his kid mess around with the wiring/isolated parts of the engine to learn about car over the past five years (at least hes learning about rotaries and not boingers...). Now the ONLY reason I have decided to get this car is that it was fifty dollars... and I got the engine to work before I bought it. Now I am excellent with engine work but when it comes to electrical well wiring diagrams are spotty and sketchy and contradicting at best when it comes to the GSL-SE so I was wondering if anybody knew of any place that had better wiring diagrams then the ones that are in the FSM as his kid dismantled half the freaking car... I'd kinda like to not have to resort to ripping the harness out of my other one...
Also the shrivs at the car parts stores around here no longer sell the fuel filter for this year or the heater hoses... I figured I could use an 86 filter, anyone else think that would fly? But I need all the rad/heater hoses as they exploded when I finally got the engine running, does anyone have any suggestions as too I could not be stuck paying $85 dollars to mazdatrix for $15 worth of molded rubber. Also the idiot kid decided to learn what happens when you hit a pressure switch terminal with a hammer or something... so I need to change the A/C pressure switch. It is inline (or so it looks) does that mean I have to depressurize the whole damn system to just replace that one switch or is it actually sealed off... I'm sure I will have plenty more questions to come.
06-18-07, 04:01 AM
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does this help? http://www.wankel.net/~krwright/cars/rx7/manuals.html
06-18-07, 07:40 AM
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the fsm is the best place for the wiring diagrams. you'll have to tell us what wires are destroyed and i'm sure some SE guys will chime in and post pics for you and help you figure out whats going on. i've had two SE's so i'll help you as much as i can. if it were up to me, i'd buy the correct hoses from mazdatrix and do it right the first time. save yourself the headache and spend the money. as for the fuel filter, i always got mine from napa. dont be afraid to post some pics of the car. it sounds like you got a great deal!!!
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