My new $80 SA
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My new $80 SA
Bought it from some lady who didn't know much about it and had it sitting on the side of her house for a while. The body is pretty straight with a few dings and scratches. The interior is pretty much shot. It is definitely a project car
Heres a few pics:
Anyways the engine turns over but won't start, I put fuel in it( didn't have any at all before) and pulled the fuel lines off at the engine and it is getting fuel fine. So I am thinking it is a problem with the spark. Are there supposed to be resistors between the spark plug wires and body shown in the 4th picture?
Heres a few pics:
Anyways the engine turns over but won't start, I put fuel in it( didn't have any at all before) and pulled the fuel lines off at the engine and it is getting fuel fine. So I am thinking it is a problem with the spark. Are there supposed to be resistors between the spark plug wires and body shown in the 4th picture?
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nope. A little too late but I hope that you poured a cap full of oil in each barrel to lubricate the seals and handcrank it. (besides, oil helps build compression).
Run a wire from the battery + to both coils + terminals. then start away while pouring gas directly on the carb.
Run a wire from the battery + to both coils + terminals. then start away while pouring gas directly on the carb.
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(f.y.i. if you dont' know what a float in a carb does, it does the same thing as the float in your toilet tank.)
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the car does look pretty good for what you paid!!! along with rebuilding the carb and replacing teh fuel filter, test for spark, and run a compression test, just to see where your engine is at. if the numbers are a little low, atf the engine(prob couldnt hurt anyways). replace all of the fluids and brakes. we may need more pics of the car though. also, here is the link to the fsm's (from trochoid's sig) http://www.wankel.net/~krwright/cars/rx7/manuals.html they will help you out immensly. if you have further questions please feel free to ask. welcome to the darkside!!
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thats cool man! There was a lady with an SA identical to that one where I live, a real rusted out POS. But for some reason she thought she was sittin on un-tapped gold, said she wanted 12K for the car, but since i was into mazdas, she would only take 10 grand... haha, your's is actually nicer than hers was. Sweet project man!