thanks, i appreciate it

 

Or, heat the 19mm bolt for a long *** time (like 10 minutes), then use a serious air gun. Then it'll come off

 

agreed. but if you are re-using the apex seals, corner seals, side seals, etc. make sure you catalog everything because you want to put all of the seals back in the same position they were in.

you should put them on a hanger, each marked, and dip them in the carb cleaner too.

 

i'm going to go with all-new seals, springs, etc. with all the work i'm putting into this i want to cover everything i can.

 

Exactly. For an FD build, I will not reuse any hard seals or springs, unless the motor is extremely low mileage.

 

my impact wrench (230 lb/ft @ 90 psi) didn't do a damn thing to the 19mm bolt. my buddy's impact wrench (500 lb/ft @ 90 psi) didn't do a damn thing to the 19mm bolt. my buddy's impact wrench on NAWWWZZ (eleventybillion lb/ft @ 120 psi) pulled that sucker out. so now the engine is ready to come apart!!

 

eleventybillion lb ft lmfao.

glad you got it off - imagine doing that by hand!

 

total labor time was only about 20 minutes. it was stupid easy. the camera was acting up so we only got a couple of pics. i'll take some more tomorrow and i'll make sure i get some good ones to show the condition of the housings. i found the coolant seal that was the cause of this adventure.

the tension bolts are all numbered, rotors are labeled, seals and such aren't sorted because they're getting replaced anyway. i've been awake for 28 hours now, so i'm gonna stop now. i'll put up more pics, details, and whatever else tomorrow.

 

carbon... soo much carbon...

 

the lighting sucks, so they look a lot darker than they really are. but yeah, i'm not too happy about the carbon, either.

 

I look a lil "special" in that top pic... :/

 

Wow, great thread! Keep the pix acoming!

 

you look better than me... maybe licking the engine wasn't the best idea

thanks! i try to update this thread every time i get anything done and there's still plenty left to do. i just started some light porting of the UIM and LIM, nothing crazy at all, and i'll put up some pics once i've finished it. i'm also going to try my hand at porting the engine itself. i figure if i'm gonna jump into a project like this, i might as well jump in the deep end.

 

Good work... keep the posts coming.....



in the deep end? maybe like Herblennys and recover EVERYTHING!!! thats also a sweet build.... that is what im going to do some time to my FD just make everything look brand new.... lol lots of work thats for sure.... but well worth it


Prôdigy

 

when i get in the money i'm waiting for i'll be able to get more parts and start putting things together. as i get things together i'll be doing a few write-ups, such as the switch panel i'm putting in.

 

here's a pic of the interior, which is still torn up, but it shows the new steering wheel and you can also see the Blitz DCIV FATT sitting on the transmission tunnel:


there's a ton of carbon buildup on the rotors, which isn't cool. it doesn't help that the engine sat for so long before i tore it apart. oh well, it's getting rebuilt anyway!

here's some pics of the front rotor, housing, and end plate:






here's the rear rotor and housing:




here's the bad seal. the pic sucks, but you can see where the coolant made its way through the seal. the seal broke extremely easily when we pulled the plate off due to the coolant getting through it:


and here's a pic of the mess i've made:

 

okay, maybe there is a lot of carbon

 

heck even with your garage strewn about with parts it looks organized to me.. much more so than my own, and my friends shop downtown

 

i'm trying to keep it at least somewhat organized

 

your gonna need allot of carb cleaner. just soak everything in it for 24 hours.

 

Those rotor housings dont look so good. How many miles on them? Also, to help clean the rotors of carbon, after using carb cleaner and a razor blade scraper, I take a die grinder to them with some green 3M rolloc bristles, works like a charm

 

less than 48k miles... i'm hoping they'll look a little better once cleaned up and i can see what really needs to be done with them. i hope they don't need to be replaced because that's not gonna look too pretty for my budget.

 

Mate, you better kiss your "budget" good bye. I had to replace rotors and housings that I wasn't counting on but at the end of the day, if in doubt, replace it.

I must have been lucky I had no problem with the 19mm bolt of flywheel nut using only cheap air tools.

I went with all new seals, bearings, etc as well. I'm just ready to re-assemble mine now.

Cleaning & measuring stage takes ages, be sure to do a thorough job!

Good luck and keep the pics coming.....I'll keep an eye on this thread!!

My thread: https://www.rx7club.com/build-threads-292/fd-rebuild-down-under-pics-602080/

 

i'm not all too concerned about staying in budget. it was more of a "what i hope to spend" figure, anyway. if the project costs go up, it just means i'll either have to take some extra time waiting to afford certain parts or i'll have to not spend so much money on other stuff. either way, she's getting rebuilt!

i like your thread, looks like you're doing some good work. sorry about those seals and housings, though!

 

That slit youve highlighted on the inner coolant seal is where the seal joins to itself, thats not where the coolant got through (if you look at your new seal, you will see that same strip - and its always placed just above and right of the intake port)

still, it dont matter, at least your getting the build on a bit! Looking good...keep em coming