Health checking an NA that sat for 5 years
Hey everyone,
I just picked up this unfortunate pair. One's a silver GXL that had an engine bay fire, the other appears to be a red Sport model or something. The red one is a mangled body work mess and rusting to pieces, but had a supposedly operable engine... 5 years ago. Both are 87s. I'm trying to verify that it works and that I can smash it into the silver car and get straight to rotoring. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...3ab49d9877.jpg This is my current game plan. Correct me if there's something blatantly wrong with what I'm doing:
My shitty diagnosis process:
If there's something else to be checked, let me know before I set myself on fire on Friday, when I go try to start it. Also, anyone have any idea how I could make a remote starter switch on the cheap? Would a regular old switch/button rated to 30amps wired directly between the battery and the starter solenoid work? I have the button, crimp connectors, and lots of 16 gauge wire lying around. |
Originally Posted by pzr2
(Post 12192385)
Also, anyone have any idea how I could make a remote starter switch on the cheap? Would a regular old switch/button rated to 30amps wired directly between the battery and the starter solenoid work? I have the button, crimp connectors, and lots of 16 gauge wire lying around.
barring that, the security relay has the starter wire going through it, and you could jump it there. |
Oh, that's handy. I already went ahead and made a generic remote starter that I'll be using on the starter solenoid. I haven't gotten a chance to try it though. The engine in the body work damaged car appears to have a stuck or broken apex seal in both rotors. It's been sitting in an MMO and engine oil mix since Friday. I'll be pulling the exhaust manifold to verify what problem it's had, with fingers crossed that the engine can be saved without opening the engine. I'm thinking it's the more likely case given how long the car has sat for.
On the other hand, the engine fire car's core has been rusted to hell. Probably junk. I'll need to do some soul searching on whether to Turbo-II swap it. |
I definitely have a stuck seal or two. When you read about how to check for stuck apex seals, nobody mentions just how stiff those springs are. I thought the first rotor had 3 stuck seals before I realized I was just being a little bitch. I do have a couple stuck seals so they're currently soaking in some Seafoam Spray. We'll see tomorrow how that goes.
Belts definitely needed replacing though. |
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