I see that one all the time too, I've been in his house once but he wasn't home at the time. I drive down that road every day because I work all over severna park and arnold.

There's a black fc on one of the roads behind the arnold McDonalds on Ritchie Highway and Arnold rd. And I've seen a silver FD in the annapolis area somewhere back off of St. Margarets, I would have to look at a map to remember the road, in that case his neighbor said it wasn't currently running.

I also noticed yesterday a white vert. fc for sale on ritchie highway between arnold and severna park, northbound side.

 

Good day to all...

I have read this thread off and on for about a year now, you folks sure seem to help each other out a lot....thats great.

Now for business, I think I need to replace the clutch on my S4 TII, does anyone know of a good shop that can do that without snatching the gold filling out of my head to pay for it. I normally take my car down to Bret @ RP in Manassas Park, but I'm not sure if it will hold up for the trip from Waldorf. Or could I do the work myself (I have adequate mechanical skills, but have never replaced a clutch)

Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!

 

Clutches are a bitch. Especially the part where you have to reinstall the transmission. It usually takes some rocking back and forth of the engine, even with a transjack it's not THAT much easier. It usually takes me about 6 hrs to do it by myself with jackstands and a trans jack, and a creeper. Creepers make things so much better. It gets pretty expensive to have someone do it. Usually 350-500 depending on labor rates.

 

know of any good shops around southern md ?

 

There is one... they will do the job, but they might take you for a ride on the charges. PM daten on the forum and ask him about them. Mckearney automotive by fedex field.

 

That would be.. (from google, phone may not be current..)

KEARNEY RACING
1223 Marblewood Avenue
Capital Heights, MD 20743-1232

Phone: 301 322 3240

They don't seem to have a working website anymore.

I had them replace my clutch a couple months ago. I provided a new clutch disc, pressure plate and bearings. They provided a replacement flywheel when it was discovered mine was cracked. They also fixed a leaking transmission seal and problem with the slave cylinder.

The original price quote was $350. The actual charge ended up being $999.70.
Part of that is the $200 for a used flywheel.

So about $800 for labor and misc parts/fluids.

They do a lot of work on rx7's. I've read about Kearney on here and my car wasn't the only rotary in their garage that week either. I've only heard good things about them but that was more than I was expecting to pay.

 

Alright, school starts tomorow, wish me luck on my senior yr! this summer went by so quick =[, thanks Jason for a awesome learning experience at the 7 farm, Theo for towing my car and teachings of the FB, Myk and Dak for koo time at Otakon. I probly won't be posting much anymore but I'll catch you guys at the meets!

 

Thanks for the info on Kearney, i'll give them a call in the am.

 

awwwwwwwwww crap school starts just in a few mins

 

When you want to get it done? I've done plenty of clutch jobs on sevens. I'll help you out.

 

I wish I only had to go to school. I've been at work for two hours

 

quit your whining buddy ... you're not the only one with an insane work schedule


its nice to be able to leave work at 2 though


i'm gonna try and get out early today btw.... so i'm at your place when you get home so we can "unburden" your driveway

 

Been gone for a while. I'm kinda back and kinda not.

Status of my FC... Broke some exhaust stuff, including and exhaust manifold bolt. Ended up removing the motor and having the bolt whole redrilled and tapped, that didnt hold so had a thread insert put in and now that issue is fixed. While reassembling the motor, broke on of the original metering oil lines, ordered replacement, should be here wednesday and then the car should be back on the road shortly after. (And I'll be selling it shortly after as well to make room for the Ram 1500 or F-150 I'll be buying soon.

Status of my FD... We'll after much battling with engine importers and a little financial strife here and there, the motor is finally in transit. Verified it with its tracking number and it should arrive thursday. Problem is... due to so much difficulty with just getting the motor I ended up getting an entire J-Spec front clip. Anyone have a forklift to get this damn thing into my garage? I contemplated looking into the legal BS of converting my car to right hand drive but off of speculation alone, I don't think I want to do that. At any rate the motor and trans will be here this week.

Ken... I'll be getting in touch with you soon so I can get that MS off your hands. Sorry about the delay. I'll probably buy a newer MS off of you now that it looks like they're available and I know you've been workin on one

Last thing... any of you going to Tail of the Dragon on Sept. 10. If I have the motor swapped in the FD buy then I'll be making the trip.

 

I really have to see your car. Thats the main reason I've been driving all the way to columbia to the meets. I usually hate piston engines in seven, FD especially, but yours and jimlab's projects intrigue me for some reason.

 

enjoy it while you can. you get a summer vacation. i can't remember what that's like.

 

1000 bucks to install a clutch? Damn did you atleast get a reach around?

 

13Beast: Welcome back!

And all you kids going back to school, good luck, I remember how much I hated school X_X Just remember, those people who say these are the best years of your life, well, they're crazy or on drugs or something. I donno. Just hang in there and try to learn something :p

Oh yeh, and I work for Montgomery County Public Schools :p

 

i loved school... i love my job too ... but there was a certain freedom you enjoyed while in school that you have to admit you at least kinda miss now

 

Err, the V3 board that I have is for my own project car. It has also never been tested on an rx7.

The one I originally built for you is still sitting there waiting.

Ken

 

Or did you mean you still want the one I built for you, and you want a v3 board in addition?

 

school was awesome. you could make your own schedule ... pick a class in the late afternoon on mondays for those crazy wkends. or no class on mondays. you can roll into class with sweats and flipflops and no one cared. you could bail out of class or have someone cover for you.

summer's off .. spring break, winter break, public holidays, snowdays ... life was good back then.

 

there was a huge amount of freshmens today

I think the school population just dobuled

 

You guys MISS school?!

Your jobs must be HORRABLE X_X

 

I sure as hell don't miss school. I hated school.

 

roflmao, lol I just read up, lmao our thread is the highest # of responses on rx7club.com! thats awesome!rofl and I started it but I have 250 posts? there are more pages on this forum than my posts total! wtf! btw RX7's suck!