I've been using this forum for technical advice for a while now. However I've never posted anything. I've always been able to find the info w/o having to ask. This site is awesome! You guys have done a great job. I've loved 1st gen's for 20 years now. Only for a couple have I attempted working on them. And my attempts have been futile for the most part.

Right now I have two fb's. An '84 and an '85. The '85 is a gs w/ a moon roof and power windows. When I bought it a couple years ago, it ran roughly, and overheated quickly and blew a lot of white smoke. Through the research I did on this site, I came to the conclusion that the o-rings were bad and the coolant was getting into the combusion chambers. I pulled the engine (12A) with the intention of rebuilding it. But when I couldn't get the flywheel off, I got discouraged.

A couple weeks later a neighbor of mine stopped by and asked about it. He said he had an '84 w/ a good engine and I could have it if I wanted it. So, I pulled the engine out of it and put it in the '85. Now all I have to do is put everything else back in, drain the gas tank, and see if I can get any of the compression back & finally get it running. I'm skeptical that it will run cause when I turn it over by hand w/ the plugs removed there is no compression. I will try the old ATF treatment, but if that don't work, I'll have two parts cars.

 

Whenever I search the classifieds, I rarely see anybody from Arizona. Yet I see Rex's all the time.

 

i am also new here and are looking for technical advice, since I am new to rotary engines. Also I just need a thread to up my post so i can finally post in the 2nd gen thread

|I apologize for the flooding

 

two parts car + one good car = one really good car! just keep up the hardwork and it'll all come together.

 

alot of us are over at azrx7.com

 

hi buddy

 

It's summer, we are all inside with the AC running at 110%.

RK

 

welcome

 

welcome aboard. check the similar post in this section for other AZ folks