I'm afraid my engine may have blown this morning on the FD. See the thread in the 3rd gen section.

I don't have the time, space, expertise, or inclination at the moment to do it myself so I'm looking to find someone to pull it, rebuild or have it rebuilt, then install it again. I've used Jerry and have been happy with the work, but he is a bit farther. I've also heard of a rotary shop in Olympia and Puyallup, both of those would be a lot closer to where my now, likely dead, FD is located in Yelm.

Any suggestions?

 

its lopey in olympia.
if you have the money to tow it then i would go pineapple.
if not then i would saygo hit up lopie.

 

I wonder what the cost would be to have it taken to Pineapple....? Lopie is just down the road from here so that would be cheap. I'm not going to be able to drive it to him.

 

thats a good question.
or you could try and find someone that would be able to tow it for you...

 

Get ready to see figures in the high $2000 range. Unless its a simple rebuild and no housings or anything was hurt (very unlikely). Also be prepaired to wait a lloonngg time to get your engine done. They had a waiting list the last time I asked them.

 

I think the best bet is finding a friend with a truck and getting a dolly from UHAUL for like $30 bones.

Pineapple does take their time, but if you just popped your seals and IF your internals are good your rebuild shouldn't take cost more than $800-1000, but you never know. They got mine done pretty quick, but I am local and this was my 3rd motor, and it was just seals that needed to be replaced. I laughed at my receipt because it was $95 for a flywheel, $15 in seals and $700 in labor, but motor building is something I like to leave to the pros.

Now if you are gonna have them overhaul your motor, look for some long waits because their garage space is limited, and they dont have anyone on site to do overhauls, they usually have a guy come in and help them on those. Maybe you can have corksport do the overhaul and pineapple build it, they both charge about $75/hr for labor. I think you are looking at around 2 large for this. I think the fastest I've pulled my motor is 6 hours, and thats the easy part.

Good luck man... I know what its like be in this position, I've blown 2 motors...If you bring it down here I might even be able to help you pull it, depending on when I can get my car out of my garage.

 

Sorry to hear that it blew.

Personally I would fully diagnose the motor before you took it somewhere.

 

AAA will tow up to 100 miles with no additional charges. Annual cost is less than $100, IIRC; and you get four free tows a year.

 

I sure don't want to spend $2000, but if that is what it took... that is life.

I just checked. $65/day from the local Uhaul and they have one. My son is driving out with the ECU in my Explorer so if I can't get it running, I'll tow it home.

I definitely don't have the time to pull and reinstall the engine. Not that it takes a lot of time for someone that is competent, but I'm not. I also frankly don't have the room. So I need to find someone that can pull it, and either send it out or rebuild it, then reinstall it. That is assuming that it really is blown of course.

Nice offer thanks. Too bad I don't live down there.

Yeah, definitely, and thanks.

 

Your best bet might be getting a mazda reman like said before. They will do it all, and it has a good warranty.

 

Sorry to hear about your car issues. I would get a compression check

I had to replace my engine recently and I got my engine from Pineapple and had the removal/installation done at Jerry's Little Car Shop. It wasn't cheap but I've been very happy with the results.

Good luck.

BTW, how does the car idle? When I blew my engine it would run OK above 3K rpm, but idled like crap, with the boost gauge moving all over the place.

 

Jerry's little car shop!

 

I think your best bet is to call Rob at 503-233-3878, and ask him how much he'll think you're going to need. CJ

 

Thanks for all the ideas. Read my post in the 3rd Gen forum for the end of the story.

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?p=8214961

 

Good to hear that it was operator error.

If you ever need a hand shoot me a PM. I am just south of you.

 

I have had that happen once before. Glad you got her fixed Dave, does this mean you will be autoxing this weekend.?

 

Good to hear Mr Hays

 

I appreciate it. Where are you btw?

Yeah. The only question is when. I'm in the midst of some very delicate negotiations with my wife as to when I'll be able to autocross this weekend. I should be able to do either Sunday or Saturday. I know I won't be able to pull off both days unless I suddenly become a lot more handsome and charming than I am.

 

You should charm her into joining you.

Oops, posting as Chris

 

Pineapple. I just picked up my FD on thursday from getting an engine/tranny combo done. I live in seattle and i made sure i got mine down to him.

 

I am in Lakehood, oops that should be Lakewood.