bought a 84 gsl with an automatic (a nessessity for me). bought a battery ,spark plug wires, spark plugs, starter. sprayed a tad of wd40 in the chambers and got it turning fairly easilly by hand. Changed the oil and coolant. The starter clicks when i turn the key but thats it. The car was sitting for 3 or 4 years. i'm just hoping to get it to run for now. I'm planning on putting a little money into it after i get another car sold. I'm kinda' stuck now...what to do? Why won't the starter turn it over? also where can i find a carbon fiber driveshaft or have one made?

 

loose battery contact or bad contact at the starter.

 

uhh, why do you need a carbon fiber driveshaft?

yank the starter and have it tested to rule that out as a bad item.

 

think i'm going to go yank the starter and test it even though i just put it on yesterday. and put new ends on the battery cables while i'm at it. and i dont "need" a cf drive shaft i want one basically because i want to drop as much weight from the drive train as i can because i cant do it with a flywheel like all the manual guys. Gonna' probly' get some really light wheels too.Anyway please stick to the problem at hand unless you have hard info not part neccessity opinions.

 

RX7.com use to sell them for just under a grand. They might know who can make you one.

or you could try this place http://www.acpt.com/driveshaft/driveshafts.html

but spending $1000 to have your car a tiny little bit faster is not really worth it.

 

well i checked the starter its fine and i replaced a little wire that has a connector on it that attaches to the starter. and tightened down the battery terminals. it still only clicks

 

Are you sure that the battery is charged? I know that it's new, but it may have discharged in storage or something.

If you can turn the engine, and the starter is good, it is somehow not getting enough juice. Try jumpstarting the car.

 

well i got the new battery terminal things on and tightened the starter down a bit and got it crankin, but it wont fire up. I put the battery on the charger for a bit.

 

replace your cables, too much corrosion, not enough juice. Like he said^, its the starter isn't getting enough juice to turn over, only enough to make the solenoid click

 

got it runnin!!! i'm stoked on my 250 dollar beater. it cleaned up pretty nice but man ...rx7's are slow

 

You've got an auto, and it's stock, of course it's gonna be slow!

 

carbon fiber driveshaft, someone must play alot of gran tourismo :lmao:

 

*Correction* YOUR RX-7 is slow

 

gran turismo whats gran turismo? you know rx8's have cf driveshafts stock.

 

yeah they are also 30 thousand dollars and have state of the art technologg, neither of those can be said about first gens

 

ya what does mazda know about rotary tuning any way. besides that i think they are cool. thanks to all that offered help. i truelly am enthusiastic about the car. i'm just screwing with your heads calling it slow. i'll remedy that soon enough. thinkin on getting a streetported 13b and an atkins sc setup after i get an old car sold.trying to keep things nice and simple the way an older car should be.

 

new technology eh... i got a light that comes on when i open the door, and stays on so that i can find the hole.... that's all the technology i need!