Those taillights should fit right in with the license plate mount that usually comes with those...

 

the worst thing is i really give a **** but i still end up with the same standard of workmanship i dont know how i manage =)


interesting that you mentioned that as im pretty sure that the ones i have ordered didnt include the mount. i have been thinking about how i am going to solve it. thing is even if i had got them, the swedish plates i am going to get are 300x110mm so i probably would have ended up bodging them up anyway.
the only idea i had was to either fix a nice peice of metal and cut it to size, or make something up with fiberglass which i really want to have a crack at working with because it seems like it could be useful in so many applications..

today i had to take my trusty daily driver for a safety inspection. i got three demerits.
1. a little bit of play in my right tie rod
2. rear right hand parking brake out of function
3. no wiper fluid.

the reason i mentioned this is that i completely understand 1 and 2. but 3? kamaaaan.. i just thought its a bit exaggerated.. (considering that according to regulations here you can have holes in your floor as long as you cut/grind away the rust)

but i digress.. my main objective today was to get a replacement for the aforementioned temp switch that i had bludgeoned to death with the sway bar.
a little bit of searching on the net led me to believe that i had found a replacement that is also used on the 626 and 323. i whipped down to mazda but it turned out that even though it looked exactly the same i was told that i would unfortunately be unable to use it because it doesnt activate at the same temp. back to square one. i will also add that this time i was there they were extremely helpful and friendly and really interested in rotaries! i must have misunderstood the vibe the last times or the debut of the sun this year has had its usual effect on the denizens of stockholm and myself. (yes, you geussed it. vitamin d and uncontrollable good-naturedness..)

the thing is, i only found one thread about this switch here. its only one page. the thing is im still unsure if i really NEED it. it says that it is for the aws system (cold start?). this has me thinking that considering that the seven is a summer car anyway, wouldnt just waiting a couple of minutes on idle before i drive away make this unnessecary?
the thread descended into a bit of tech bickering so i got a bit confused. (meerkat fact #263. this is easy to do.)

whatever the case, this bloody switch (to me) amounts to a hole in my cooling system which i would appreciate not having.. i also forgot to mention that the guys at mazda could get a hold of a replacement, but this would have cost me 1070kr (167 ferkin dollars!) i can tell you right now that hell will have frozen over before i part with that amount of money for a frickin sensor but im still at a loss as to what to do...

 

Not having an S4 (or even a S4 manual), that sensor is a mystery to me.
Is it normally open or closed?
How much hotter/colder do the "new" sensors trip compared to stock?

A quick read of your posted thread leads me to believe you can just ignore the sensor and be fine.
If the sensor is normally open and closes at a specified temp, maybe joining the two loose wires together is the way to go...but can't say I really know.

Seems to me I've read about this in some radiator threads.
Some aftermarket rads lack a bung for this sensor and folks have wondered what to do.
Might find a more comprehensive answer there.

 

you did all that with your fc with no manual? gawd damn! i salute you sir.

its encouraging that you came to the same conclusion. i had a little bit more of a look around and found this thread and it seems more and more like its ok to just leave it disconnected. they talk about "starting it in gear" which is supposed to bypass it. then theres a load of talk about the bac which, considering i have removed it doesnt seem to apply to me anyway. looks like just waiting a couple of minuites before i drive away should suffice. this was actually one of the first peices of advice i got when i got my first car by my colleague who was an old mechanic. the reason he told me to do it was to let the oil circulate first to avoid metal against metal when cold starting which is probably a good habit to have with regards to prolonging engine longevity which is already an issue where wankels are concerned

i havent read any worrying "dont do that youll blow your engine" type warnings about it so it seems safe enough to at least see if theres any difference with it disconnected. plus it said in the previous thread that its not connected to the ecu so i shouldnt get any warnings either.

i just had a little read through this thread just to recap and see if i had missed anything. looks like risu had told me what to do about the split air pipe ages ago. (thanks risu!) looks like putting a 1/8 nipple in the middle of the blockoff plate to the bac at the back of the engine will do the job. i noticed the other day that i already have some hose for that so thats one less thing to buy.

it was also nice to get a reminder how i have had so much help and support so far with this thread. i wouldnt have gotten this far without you guys and i hope you know that i appreciate it very much!

now im gonna have to go break the piggy bank. i need brake pads..

 

I ordered some ebc ultimax today. and i didnt have to break the piggy bank either! had to take the bog-standard ones for the time being ill be putting in some nicer ones up front when the opportunity (money) presents itself..

 

I only made it to page ten but awesome thread so far subscribed so I can continue reading tomorrow

 

 

I couldn't resist but to click on the spoiler and I have to say I'm a little surprised by the way the writer chose to finish off his characters development. Also, quite a twist? I couldn't have seen it coming

 

hahahaha i actually have no smart retorts for this one.. i shall however do my utmost to escape my impending doom and emerge triumphant with a rx7 with wheels

which reminds me.. next week ill be ringing robban for a status update..

apropos the atmospheric scandinavian scenery, me and a buddy decided to take a last minute weekend trip, anywhere that wasnt stockholm. after meeting at the ungodly hour of 5:30 am, we drove 4 hours northwards to his stepdads villa and will be relaxing there (read grilling, ******* around with assorted airguns and drinking alot of beer and rum) this weekend and doing a little snowboarding.




next week will compose of knuckling down with the seven =)

 

aaah the trials and tribulations of rx7 ownership.. most of them dont even make it past the pilot series.. but im a stubborn bugger....come hell or high water and all that..

 

Heat treating your e-shaft at home...very resourceful (and you even have a spare).
How are your tires coming along, will they be ripe and ready for picking when Robban finishes the wheels?

 

I even added a very nice red wine marinade
At the moment i havent even received my brake pads which had me very surprised when i returned last night. Today just flew by. Im going back to school for a couple months just to get my grades up so that i can maybe have a hope at a decent job in the future so i was running around the whole day buying books and getting my head around this online studying stuff.. The last six months have forced me to realize that something has to change hence the decision but ill be doing it part-time so it shouldnt interfere with the build..
I got a new job today as well. Its only for three weeks doing some construction but it will keep the boat afloat for the time being. Just another day in the life of an immigrant in sweden heheI havent got around to calling robban yet but i shall be doing so tomorrow to get a little status update. Geuss ill have to wait until the weekend until i can get cracking on the seven again..
i have had a look around at tyres and it shouldnt be too expensive but i had better make sure the money rolls in so that i can afford them when the time comes..

 

Got my bits today! the lights were in better condition than i thought! work tomorrow but i have the weekend free and i know what ill be doing

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Please do a detailed write-up- with pictures, of course- showing how to install brake pads into
taillights.
We've all had to do it but we never talk about it, like we're ashamed or sumfing.

 

i just get tired of telling all these noobs to use google search.. everyone knows you just plug the cable at the back of the taillights into the box and presto! plug and play

 

A little bit off the subject but a pretty cool thing happened yesterday. I got put in a swedish skate video! i got a coupla tricks in around 03:23. you will see that although short, the summers here are great!

Fullängdsfilm: Pop Luvit - Artiklar - Tacky.se

thinking reflectively, i have been doing this for so many years and taken countless spills to finally be able to do some of the stuff that i saw in skate videos back in the early 90's. this may serve to explain my stubborness with the seven. anythings possible if you keep at it! i hope it wont take 20 years to finish the seven though haha

 

The 7 will never be finished because no project is ever finished.
In fact, the car isn't even the project, you are.

The experience, techniques and approaches you gather from the project are of far more value than the physical manifestation of your work.

Besides, you don't have any wheels.

 

Sweet little skate vid, the editing was really nice. Were you the one with your shirt off? If so, Jesus Christ! You're a monster!

-sean

 

I hear ya sensei! thinking about it your absolutely right. if anything were to happen to the seven (god forbid) it wouldnt be a complete loss i have definately learnt alot though this little project. robban said he was going to go to his cylinder-dude on friday. i assume he will be giving me an update this week instead.

thanks sean! if we had better weather here i would probably have more fun things to do then train at the gym hehe. its kind of a side effect of the winters

this weekend felt a bit short and i didnt really get much done. thats what happens when you drink wine with your neighbours till 6am..
anyways i peeled myself out of bed around midday and got down to the garage.
i was actually there yesterday for a couple of hours and test fitted the s5 tails. straight away i noticed that on both of them, the edge furthest out at the bottom of them had been broken off. i dont know how it happened. either in transit here or from me to the garage. it was just a bit sucky really because the fella that sold them to me couldnt have packaged them any better..
i went and got some epoxy glue and made the best of the situation..
thats some cut off bit of some random plastic box that had some fuses in it.. should work as a flexible reinforcement. no automatic carwashes for this old girl in the future or i can say goodbye to those..




you would have to look close to notice the crack so ill just have to live with it i suppose.. it felt a bit sacrilegious but i chopped into the body to make space for the tails and then sprayed them with a bit of clearcoat to protect the metal from rust.




im so glad i got them. they really really make a difference! i wont even say how long i just sat there mesmerised by them. the reverse lights and blinkers worked fine. i managed to get the front brakes on and because there wasnt a bracket for the brake line on the coilovers i had to bodge one up. its not very pretty but ill have to fab up something nicer later on. it will work as a temporary solution for the moment at least.




I bought motor oil, coolant and brake fluid today and realised that theres nothing really stopping me from putting everything together and starting her up. Ill be trying to get that done throughout next week with what time (and energy) i have. the work im doing at the moment has turned out to be quite physically demanding and im tired as a dog and hungry as a wolf when i come home everyday. its a good thing i'm a meerkat

 

Looks sweet with the S5 lights. I did the same thing (sat there and just looked at them) when I mounted a pair on my old S4.

 

Then television was invented and your whole world changed.

 

It's kind of weird when you go in for the first start. When I did mine I kept going over my list trying to find something I missed even though everything was checked off!

 

thanks man at least i know im not alone in gawking at them like they would magically dissapear if i blinked hehe.

then video games were invented and an entire generation went to pot. in more ways than one

that reminds me of two things, a very embarressing situation where i forgot to refill the cooling system after doing something with the skyline when i was alot less knowledgeable and overheated the engine (now im more knowledgeble but still in a perpetual state of confusion) and that i have to assort all the cruddy bits of paper i have in, on, and around the car and put them together into one comprehensive checklist. this reminded me actually about something i had been meaning to ask on here that didnt even make it on to my list.
it concerns the connection of the split air pipe.
i found it in a earlier post on here by risu. am i to assume that i can fit a 1/8 fitting like the one on the left..



into the middle of this block-off plate..



and connect it via a hose to the split air pipe on my rb header to activate my auxiliary ports?
i swear i had asked this before but i couldnt seem to find it in any of my recent posts. i must be going mad..mad i say..

 

sorry for the inactivity over the last couple of days but its quite easily explained. pure fatigue.. itll be nice to catch up on my sleep this weekend and by that i mean just a solid 8 hours.

i was actually at the garage last wednesday and got a little bit more done.

rear brakes complete..



and i trimmed down the registration plate holder to size so that it would fit between the s5 tails..




i spoke to robban and his cylinder dude had been caught out by the most nefarious of viruses, the common cold. he wont have the time to get down there until next week.
i also have a pair of nice spanky new american size registration plates on the way! serious respect to the poor sod who had to cut through all that red tape to get them allowed on rx7's. after speaking with one of the adorable ladies at the transport authority (read ill-humored, tetchy and downright unhelpful) for five minutes, i was already living out murderous fantasies in my head. in short, they arent very nice people. usch fy.

i went and bought the last couple of bits i need for tomorrow on the way home from work. tomorrow i will be going to the garage early to put everything together again and bleed the brakes. i mean to start her up tomorrow. i have butterflies in my stomach right now and its gradually worsening. the weather has made a big improvement today. it was actually frickin glorious. as long as the weather report is correct, tomorrow should be much the same! fingers crossed.

 

I too am hoping for a productive Saturday, so good luck to us both.