Used 2nd gens, what part broken most often?
 

this is a poll for what is broken most often on used 2nd gens

here is my list,

on all 3 of the 2nd gens ive owned they have all had this broken:

all 3 had: 1 broken door handle, broken radio surround, broken radio antenna, broken console, missing demister grilles, idiot light surround, sun visors gone or broken.

what about you guys??

I would add these:
power window switches
wiper switch
differential mounts
logicon
power window regulator

Anything that gets held in by screw breaks at the point the screw goes in I've noticed.

The part that breaks the most....the 2nd gen. Can the car be considered a part? :)

James

I would have added exhaust/6 ports to the poll...Max

Most of that stuff is what happens when you let your car bake in the summer heat. I'd invest in an rx7 carpet dash cover from Victoria british, a tint job, etc..

I'd say the #1 thing is the engine wiring harness managers (no big woop), paint above the exhaust pipe, hatch struts, power window linkage, etc..

I got jipped, I only have 4 ports!!

diff mount!!!

Other than that, the sail panels(triangle pieces on inside of where the side mirrors are.

god damn you hit it right on the head:bash:

oooooooh oooooooooh i have one.

Pulsation Damper :mad:

oh and every piece of interior cept the dash

Wow, S5's are awesome...:D :D

You forgot wiper switch?!?!

That get's my vote, under other of course. Of course, my sun roof always needs a little bump to get it going...

pasenger side motor mount......

I think you guys are also missing a few more... my I have the one rx7 and between me and my friends we have had 10 rx7's.... And i think in every single one of them...

not one... had

a Working Horn
or
A Working Clock

we had to resolder that stuff...

1.the screw copming out of the blinker lever.
2.wiper switch
3. passeger motor mount
4.wiper switch
5. map senser ground
6. horn
7.clock
8.sunruff
9.diff mount <---------god I have done that one to many times
10.logicon
11.shifter bushings
12.TPS <---------god I have done that one to many times
13.viser plastic pieces



BUT I still love them :cuddle:

Wow, all these posts and no-one has these yet:

- Headlight switch and harness.
- Radiator (those resin tanks are time bombs)

My vote goes to:..............

1) Wiper switch
2) Power antennae
3) Sun roof
4) Electronic Lock
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hmmm....nothing else :D

I froze 3 4 piston front caliper

All the switch mount posts on the inside of the dash cluster.
This kind of thing is normal for >10 year old cars.
By the way, I have a great fix – Bondo Marine Epoxy Putty Stick. You knead a small snake, wrap it around the post to beef it up. A whole new post tip can be formed with a short piece of tube (cut from a radio antenna) filled with epoxy putty. You mold the hole with a nail while it’s still soft.
You can reinforce any interior plastic with this stuff. Just mold a patch on the back side. If it breaks off later, rebond it with super glue..

My vote goes for:

The owners bank account.........

Wowow, a thread from the grave, but it sure made me look back and realize how much I've replaced/spent on my Rex (in no particular order):

Power antennae
Clutch
Brakes
Door handles
Thermostat housing
Almost all rubber hoses in engine bay (kinda expected, but...)
Thermostat, O2 sensor, various caps and sensors

and I will need new oil lines and new rotors (just the rear ones, but I'll change them all with slotted anyway)

...and I still havent had the time to fix the wiper switch :(

Everything works fine now, hope it stays that way for a couple of months ;)

WINDSHIELD WIPER switch!! :mad: :ar:

Wow, I still have something to look forward too!
I have most of those...
I'll add:
top will not close...91 Vert.

Hey, I've owned three (one was a parts car) and all three had no comp on rear rotor but I don't see that listed. How about making "rear apex seal" an option?:D

1. Wiper switch (or its internal relays actually)
2. Logicon
3. Clock/idiot light assy (cold solder joints)
4. CPU (controls horn, idiot lights etc) cold solder joints.
5, The circuitry in the heater/air conditoning mtr housing(causes low fan speed).
6. The differentials front mount (only a gun pointed to my head will get me to jack my car using this point).
7. The a/c relay located in front of the radiator.
8. Acv on turbos (the switching diaphram gets cooked making it non-funcitonal. N/a's last forever).
9. Turbo's sliding roof (learned early not to open it fully and how to press down on it to make it shut).
10. Shifter bushings. The turbo's shifter was a guessing game until I put two conical bushings out of two spare transmissions in it. Used two top conical bushings salvage from the spare transmissions. Shifts like a champ now. (gonna buy the real bushings....soon).
But kudos to the ECU and the pop-up head lights that have never given any sign of trouble, never ever.