i was going to rebuild mine, but after taking all the screws off of the top still CANNOT get it open.. im about to just look to replace the thing with a working carb.. my accel pump diaphram is shot.. and i think some of the seats are sticking.. so its either get er open and rebuild or buy a working one..

 

Did you take that big center bolt out? That holds the three pieces of the carb together.

Ray

 

big center bolt? the bolt that the air filter attaches to? didnt know that had to come out

 

Some pictures for when you get the top off.

http://intertron.com/ron/carb.html

 

I tried prizing the top off mine after I got the screws out. Just about screwed it up before I figured out the center bolt has to come out

- David

 

is there any kind of "rebuilding your carb" how-to with pics? once i get this thing open im rebuilding it, no choice as it has been sitting for 8 years.. any help?

 

I did mine on a large white table (white makes it easier to see the small pieces of course). It may help to take pictures on a digital camera and have a computer with the pictures loaded near by. Take notes too! I didn't have any emissions attached to the carb when I took it apart, which made it much easier.
Thats the best I can offer. It really isn't that hard to accomplish, just take a deep breath, be confident and think positive
Good luck

 

"I tried prizing the top off mine after I got the screws out. Just about screwed it up before I figured out the center bolt has to come out"

Yeh that's how I know about the center bolt too. Rondabout has the right idea, you can do it, especially if I can do it.

And yeh, there's more stuff on carbs on this forum than you can shake a stick at, do a seach.

Ray

 

In my sig line is a link to the FSMs and the factory carb manual.
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https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-archive-71/intake-carb-rebuild-how-strip-nikki-down-648376/

this helped me

 

Glad to see that some of you were able to make use of that writeup. I STILL haven't rebuilt my own carb yet. :-) I'm getting darn close though.... Just finished fabbing up the exhaust last night...

 

The first time is always a little scary, but it just gets easier and better after that. But if you start doing it just for the fun of it and decide to try out that stripped Nikki idea, you might want to do something about your habit bdfore it gets you in trouble:

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=648376

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/tuning-stripped-nikki-660381/

 

took it to a shop and had it rebuilt.. yeah yeah i gave in.. its done now.. hopefully we will see if its ready to pick up tomorrow.. rebuild is done and battery was charging overnight

 

I tried prying mine apart with a wedge and a shop hammer. It wasn't pretty, and I was getting pi$$ed!

Then I realized that bolt had to come out.

My wife called me a dumbass for not reading the carb manual better

 

Out of curiosity, what did they charge you for the rebuild. Very few shops will touch a rotary and usually one look at a stock Nikki, they go run and hide, lol.

 

Yeah, I couldn't find a shop within a hundred miles that would touch mine.. so I got good at rebuilding them. Heck, the carb manual makes it easier than anything.

Jon

 

Also the rebuild kit usually has a brief but useful set of instructions that are user friendly.

 

Hey....What did they charge you for rebuild????