nickle in rotor housing
11-16-07, 05:46 PM
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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.
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11-16-07, 07:51 PM
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Well....that pretty much is useless info. The shop that did this should stand behind their work.
11-16-07, 08:13 PM
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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.
11-16-07, 08:32 PM
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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.
11-16-07, 09:46 PM
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11-17-07, 12:43 PM
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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
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!
I would buy the DVD that has the video of you walking back in there with the nickel in one hand and a big
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!