Current Project ~ Basic questions
 

So here is my current RX-7. The outside is nice and pretty still.

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Interior is in nice shape, Most the leather is nice, although the drives side is a bit worse the this side. And yes, that is my steering wheel in the grass... I've been working on the car all day, and some things are pulled apart.
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Things are a bit of a mess under the hood. Missing belts, AC doesn't work and I haven't bothered to attempt to fix yet, summers just aren't that hot up here. Coolant level sensor is replaced with a bolt, it stopped the leak temporarily. I had hoped to find a legit replacement at a local Upull, but have had little luck. My local store can't seem to find a replacement, so the bolt has stayed longer then expected. Any advice as to where to get a replacement? I have found some online, but the places seem sketchy, or are asking for $80+ for the sensor. Occasionally the car realizes the sensor isn't there and complains. An idea how I can ground sensor wire to store the occasional alarm? I am hesitant to try grounding/applying voltage, and I can't make heads or tails of the wiring diagram.

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coolant temp senders are common enough you will find one given some time. it's suppose to ground through the cooling system... I'm not sure the voltage.

Looks like a clean car and doesn't look like the GSL-SE engine bay I saw at the junkyard...

Where's the steering wheel?

steering wheel in grass.
it's a Moo-Moo wheel!..(groan!)
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you can just ground the sender wire for now if you are getting an alarm.It won't hurt anything.Take the harness wire and touch the body of the car..done.

I am under the impression that that it is only a gsl, not a gsl-se. I also thought that the gsl-se didn't start till 84, and because mine is an 83 I would agree, the engine shouldn't look like a gsl-se. Don't know If I have all that info quite right, but that is the assumptions I have been working under. Perhaps I could run my vin somewhere to tell for sure?

Thanks for the tip, I'm actually going to do that before I go off to work this morning. Not really sure what a moo moo is unless your referring to leather? If that is what you were referring to it was a dry afternoon, there certainly wasn't any condensation to damage it. I really wish I had a table or something for parts and work, but I am at my parents house for the summer (college student) and I am happy I even get a spot in the garage.

Anyhow, I was planning on only post this question in the first gen forums, but I guess here will work as well (hopefully) Long story short, my dash lights weren't working for a while, it bugged me so I took the dash off, found the board that dimmer was located on was fried and I re-soldered a bridge into place. Lights work. Sadly I have put it all back together and now my headlights are not going up or turning on.

When I turn the headlight switch (stalk) with the door open my warning goes off, so I think the stalk is fine. Fuses are all good, so are the fusible links on the drivers side. The other switch I dissembled and it seems to be in good mechanical order, no burns or shorts or anything. The switch gets ~12v when the stalk is turned to give the headlights power. I have been able to manually trigger the motors, they are not jammed/broken. I cannot get high or low beams to turn on at all.

Is there anything else I can check to try to get these things back and running?

Humh. Wish I could change the title to reflect may latest questions. w/e perhaps a new thread will be in order once I hit 20 posts.