'86 rx7
We were not a big fan the 80's red interior, so we dicided to try to re-upholster the interior. Paint the plastic parts and replace the vinyl and fabric. Attached are some before and after pictures of what we have done. Please note that we are missing a side vent on the passenger side, therefore the hole.
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whens the last time this car was started? i highly suggest cleaning the plugs and squirting 10CC of oil into each chamber to restore compression as it sounds like this car has none at all lol. just pray that an apex seal isnt stuck retracted or worse, damaged.
heres what i usually do when it floods so bad it washes all the oil out and you lose compression...
1- cut off fuel supply by pulling a relay or use a fuel cut switch if you have it.
2- remove spark plugs and crank it over a few times to blow the crap out (have some rags there so it doesnt soak wires/hoses/etc
3- clean spark plugs off with sandpaper and some solvent and blow them with compressed air to make sure theres no sand or anything left on them to get in the engine (very important!!)
4- reinstall bottom (leading) spark plugs, squirt 5CC of oil into each chamber in the trailing(top) hole, crank it over by hand a few times if you can to mix it around
5- squirt 5CC more into each chamber(top hole), then reinstall the plugs, undo whatever you did to disable fuel supply, floor the gas pedal and crank it over and it should start
make sure your battery is fully charged for this, and every time you crank it (if it takes more than one try) make sure you are cranking for at least 10 seconds with a 30 second cooldown in between attempts. not cranking for that long will just flood it worse and cranking for longer is not good for the starter.
good luck dude. hope you can get her running.
heres what i usually do when it floods so bad it washes all the oil out and you lose compression...
1- cut off fuel supply by pulling a relay or use a fuel cut switch if you have it.
2- remove spark plugs and crank it over a few times to blow the crap out (have some rags there so it doesnt soak wires/hoses/etc
3- clean spark plugs off with sandpaper and some solvent and blow them with compressed air to make sure theres no sand or anything left on them to get in the engine (very important!!)
4- reinstall bottom (leading) spark plugs, squirt 5CC of oil into each chamber in the trailing(top) hole, crank it over by hand a few times if you can to mix it around
5- squirt 5CC more into each chamber(top hole), then reinstall the plugs, undo whatever you did to disable fuel supply, floor the gas pedal and crank it over and it should start
make sure your battery is fully charged for this, and every time you crank it (if it takes more than one try) make sure you are cranking for at least 10 seconds with a 30 second cooldown in between attempts. not cranking for that long will just flood it worse and cranking for longer is not good for the starter.
good luck dude. hope you can get her running.
Last edited by Cordt; Oct 10, 2010 at 07:03 PM.
