nickle in rotor housing
 

today i started pulling my motor apart to do a rebuild and got a big suprise when i took off the lower intake manifold. last rebuild i needed rotor housing and was told by the shop doing the rebuild to buy 2nd gen rotor housings because the are the same except cheaper, with the only differance being a hole in the housing for coolant that the 3rd gen doesnt have. i figured this was no problem they would weld the hole or something instead they used a nickle(5 cents) and some epoxy to fill the hole. i have had a small coolant leak for some time coming from the lower intake manifold and now i know why. here a some pics from my cell phone so they aren't good but sunday i will take some good pics with my digital camera.

Wow....That's some fucked up shit...

sounds like we should round up a lynch mob!

OMG you have to be kidding me! a nickel hahahahaha

J/C on a crutch...... :sad:





Who the hell is the builder responsible for this?

Looks like the builder cheeped out and used 2nd gen housings, which have a extra coolant passage. Instead of sealing it up with a freeze plug, they used the nickel. Often they fail and leak so I would never go that route.

+1

I guess you know to not go back to that shop anymore

dude, i would seriously go there and kick his ass!

Wow.

Quit bitching. At least you got a nickel toward your next build! HEHE. That is fucd up. G

i don't want to out right say the name but its located in queens ny, and specializes in rx7s . heres a hint has racing in its name :) oh and i would definetly never go back

Well....that pretty much is useless info. The shop that did this should stand behind their work.

ya can u give me the name i like the look of that nickel and i'd like the same done to my housings. pls give the shop so i can contact them yay

Got a story along those lines but found a small nut lodged btwn the rotor and the housing. Both were junk. This rebuild was done, I guess, by his neighbor a few years back. He was located in Elmont, NY. I personally hope that he has never worked on any else car after the situation I went thru.

Dude, this was not an oversight. It was intentional. You walked into this place, handed over hard earned money expecting a quality rebuild, and they gave you this crap. I mean, someone seriously thought that it was ok to use a nickel in your engine!!!!!!

This kind of thing needs to be public information so that others don't end up in the same boat as you. Please do us all a favor and post up the name of the shop.


Oh, and good luck with the rebuild. :)

i agree that you need to to inform the forum of the shop.

On a side note I have a good rebuild for sale if you are interested. No nickels in this rebuild :)

This place http://www.rx7s.com/ ?

Mahjik :)

You've got to be shitting me......again.

I'd take the 5 cents and go give them your 2 cents worth...

I COMPLETELY AGREE! The shop sealed the hole with a nickel on purpose, so it would leak and cause problems so you would bring the car back in and they make MONEY! ... so Tony can keep racing his super p1mp3d out RX7 (thanks mahjik, as always a fountain of info)

I would buy the DVD that has the video of you walking back in there with the nickel in one hand and a big :fingersx: in the other :)

But seriously, if I actually paid $$$ for that, I would be filing some kind of claim... my time making that hard earned $$$ is f'in worth it! :coolkid01

Where are the HQ pictures???

I wanna save those images into my HD for future reference when I decide to build my motor... I always forget and use dimes that blow out at WOT.