Last night as I was sleeping, and so, and when I woke up this morning, my car was broken into. They broke the ignition coils, and they were 2 seconds away from stealing my car, they flooded my engine, and now I can't start it, I'm totally lost for words right now.

Now the question I have is where can I get a new ignition, should I got to the dealership and order one, or what? New steering column.

 

Did you catch em and beat their ***? Sucks to hear but hey, your car saved itself!

 

well i guess i never thought of a flooding engine as a means of anti theft protection LOL, if you have any junk yards around try them.

 

If they broke the ignition coild, they I would saw that is your reason for not starting. If you cant find any, I have a set of coils and ignitors for sale.

 

how the hell did they break the ignition coils trying to steal it?

 

I didn't want to sound like a noob saying it, I thought it might be simple. But yeah, how? Did you mean ignition switch?

 

Yeah, that would make more sense. Figure out what you need, and I'll see if I have it. Either way, your best bet is the classifieds section or a junkyard.

 

That scares me... I need an alarm sooo bad but I need tires and brakes and a bunch of other things right now too... I have that cheesy 80's alarm system that came from the factory on mine... It waits till you open the door then goes off... No shock sensors or anything... Sorry to hear about your car though...

 

The factory cheesy system disables the ignition system if the alarm is set off. It will not reset unless you have the keys to open the door locks. At least that is what my owners manual says...

Later,
Bill

 

^yup.

A fuel cut switch is a good thing to have too.

Going to a shady part of town or live there? A hidden fuel cut switch will help keep your car there

If you really mean coils then DON'T go to the dealership. You'll get raped. Go to a junk yard and grab them.

Ignition switch.. Not sure but I bet a junk yard car would do it. Then have a locksmith rekey it to match your doors

 

Well I need a whole new thing where i put the key in and turn on the car, so i'm just gonna let it sit for a couple of weeks until i come up with some money

 

Oh, you meant a lock cylinder...

 

that is why. leaver ur car in ur garage .

but damn... they flooded the engine. talk about lady luck on ur side shiet......

if it were me, id get my rotor, tie a rope on it and use it as a mace >DDDDDD and kill em.

next time, leave it out again to make them think that ur careless and when they try to jack it, pop out of the bushes wid all ur homeys and **** em all up.

 

You know i was truly thinkin' that! I was gonna wait out there with a bat and just beat this out of them, but I parked it in my driveway, because I live in an apartment and my old car was in the driveway so it wouldn't get towed so I moved that, and pushed the 7 in

Well in the lock cylinder, the key goes in on the right side, and on the left side the coils are in it to connect the metal pieces to start the car right? and they broke the stuff out on the left side and bridges the two pieces with a screwdriver and it was turning but they were pumpin the gas! and now it won't start! because i tried what they were doing! this hurts me really bad! this is my baby they messed with, and potentially they could of blown my engine, because its having a bad leak. Agh! I want to kill them!

 

i feel your pain brother

 

well in a shady area because i dont have a fuel cut off switch.. i just pop the hood and take out the 30A fuse (ignition fuse).. and close the hood.. put fuse in pocket.. best thing you can do until you get your money straight to wire ya car..

 

Who needs fuel cut, fuel dump to the rescue! Haha that's awesome. They didn't know enough to steal an RX7.

Sorry to hear that they damaged it though. Get an alarm man, their cheap if you DIY install.

 

FYI hey theres a 88 for sale here in the burlington VT area, 1200 new paint and rebuilt engine.

 

I have an alarm I jus took it off my z24 cavalier, and I'm bout to install it soon, once I get it fixed

 

You have a lock cylinder and a starter relay around the steering wheel. The ignition coils that make sparks are under the hood.

 

Ok a lock cylinder and a starter relay is needed........are there aftermarket ones out there?

 

Where is the 30a fuse at?

 

Nrevermind I know what you are talking about now, its right by the battery, thanks for the tip!

 

I was working on a system where if you don't have a fob on your key chain, the engine floods - until I fried the fob reader. I'll get back to that project soon because I'm paranoid about theft. Turn the RX-7's problem into a solution!

 

Junk yard or OEM (Mazda dealer). Then go to a lock smith to re-key the lock.

You might not need both, or there might be another small component in there, or you might have to buy/pull the whole assembly as one piece. I haven't taken a good look in there myself.