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#9876
Sleeper but still slow
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Just letting the OGTA world know, I took my messed up non-working black dragon bolt to an Oreiley's and found another bolt with the exact same dimensions, only this time a known thread pattern that I could match a nut to, and now my car drives! Getting the clutch swapped out ASAP now.
So when I go to the shop (I have access to a shop with a full lift thanks to a friend), I am going to have the following done(actually make that do the following with Geoffry, the BMW owner):
-go over entire car with a torque wrench
-entirely new clutch hydraulic system (master and slave) including a SS line
-DOT 5 Silicone brake fluid for the clutch hydraulics (Doesn't wear seals out, and doesn't take in moisture, so no real need for ever replacing in theory)
-new Master brake cylinder to fix mushy pedal issue (I get a mushy pedal even after bleeding brakes, but I am not losing fluid)
-resurfaced OEM flywheel installation
-brand new OEM clutch
-brand new Racing Beat ordered, Excedy built street/strip performance pressure plate
-new front and rear transmission seals
-Royal Purple "Max Gear" synthetic gear oil
I am excited. I am hoping my friend will get me in the shop tonight
So when I go to the shop (I have access to a shop with a full lift thanks to a friend), I am going to have the following done(actually make that do the following with Geoffry, the BMW owner):
-go over entire car with a torque wrench
-entirely new clutch hydraulic system (master and slave) including a SS line
-DOT 5 Silicone brake fluid for the clutch hydraulics (Doesn't wear seals out, and doesn't take in moisture, so no real need for ever replacing in theory)
-new Master brake cylinder to fix mushy pedal issue (I get a mushy pedal even after bleeding brakes, but I am not losing fluid)
-resurfaced OEM flywheel installation
-brand new OEM clutch
-brand new Racing Beat ordered, Excedy built street/strip performance pressure plate
-new front and rear transmission seals
-Royal Purple "Max Gear" synthetic gear oil
I am excited. I am hoping my friend will get me in the shop tonight
#9878
No distributor? No thanks
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Ahh, I think I see what you are saying Crit. The 3rd ground would be intermittent. I honestly forgot how the wipers worked in that car. Never had them working . Probably intermittent, slow, and fast.
The no 12V any time there though seems to be a problem. Does the switch just do grounds, or does 12v pass through there too?
The no 12V any time there though seems to be a problem. Does the switch just do grounds, or does 12v pass through there too?
I'd check the FSM and know that you've located exactly the right fuse (use the splice references denoted with X-01, X-02, etc.) before you pronounce it "checked". If it's not a bad fuse, then I'd suggest it's some faulty wire on the way into the 4-plug connector.
#9879
OGTA
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Holly, we have come full circle. Over ten years ago you were driving your FD and you left an RX-7 Club business card on my windsheild. I think I still have the card. I'll try to remember to bring it to the next OGTA.
With some luck and Ray's special rotary incense, I hope to have a "new" rotary to show off at the next OGTA also. But right now the odds are better that Holly shows up in a "new" rotary than me.
#9881
Nice!
Tim, maybe you can give Crit a little help with his RX-2 gif, it used to be pretty cool but on my computer at least now it just looks like a yellow lap top opening and closing.
Chris, good move getting the Sexy Pants White One into the shop and up on a lift. After all, you can only do so much on a gravel driveway in a weekend!
Tim, I should know better than to get mixed up with electronic problems, but it seems to me one time I tested my wiper assembly by plugging it into another car with a known working system to find out whether it was the wiring or the unit causing the problem. You must have a spare FB in the neighborhood, right?
Mike, have Faith. The Blue One will rise from the ashes!
Rotary Incense:
[URL=http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh308/grgreen/?action=view¤t=May3073.flv]
Tim, maybe you can give Crit a little help with his RX-2 gif, it used to be pretty cool but on my computer at least now it just looks like a yellow lap top opening and closing.
Chris, good move getting the Sexy Pants White One into the shop and up on a lift. After all, you can only do so much on a gravel driveway in a weekend!
Tim, I should know better than to get mixed up with electronic problems, but it seems to me one time I tested my wiper assembly by plugging it into another car with a known working system to find out whether it was the wiring or the unit causing the problem. You must have a spare FB in the neighborhood, right?
Mike, have Faith. The Blue One will rise from the ashes!
Rotary Incense:
[URL=http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh308/grgreen/?action=view¤t=May3073.flv]
#9884
"Ray, what software do you use to get hose super nice, straight arrows?"
You get those arrows as part of a proprietary software package that is only available to tenured professors Billy, sorry. (But I might be able to bootleg a copy in exchange for a ReSpeed R&P kit for the FB).
You get those arrows as part of a proprietary software package that is only available to tenured professors Billy, sorry. (But I might be able to bootleg a copy in exchange for a ReSpeed R&P kit for the FB).
#9886
Needs More Noise
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We have an impromptu meeting setup for Wednesday night. Dave Meditz and family will be in town for a bit. He has been in Iraq for the last year and is here on leave. IIRC, Dave has over 100 rotary cars in his collection.
Shall me say normal place, Wednesday night?
BTW, Holly, He would like to stop by Downing Atlanta Thursday.
-billy
Shall me say normal place, Wednesday night?
BTW, Holly, He would like to stop by Downing Atlanta Thursday.
-billy
#9890
Sleeper but still slow
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Shop experience turned out horribly. Couldn't get the flywheel nut off. It says it's 350 ft pounds but it has to be WAY more than that. I used the racingbeat flywheel stopper and flywheel wrench with massive pipes for extra leverage, and 2 friends, All I managed to break loose was really more like breaking apart. I bent the RB flywheel stopper...........so I threw the old cluch and pressure plate back on,and I have spent 10-12 hours basically just changing the transmission oil and putting in a new cluytch hydraulic system.... not fun. Oh, and the clutch slips even more now....
I will need help tackling the actual clutch... Crit, you think the impact could get off my super crazy 1/4 inch steel plate braking flywheel nut?
I will need help tackling the actual clutch... Crit, you think the impact could get off my super crazy 1/4 inch steel plate braking flywheel nut?
#9891
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"Ray, what software do you use to get hose super nice, straight arrows?"
You get those arrows as part of a proprietary software package that is only available to tenured professors Billy, sorry. (But I might be able to bootleg a copy in exchange for a ReSpeed R&P kit for the FB).
You get those arrows as part of a proprietary software package that is only available to tenured professors Billy, sorry. (But I might be able to bootleg a copy in exchange for a ReSpeed R&P kit for the FB).
Hey Ray- Do you happen to have any non-electric FB mirrors in your stash of parts gold? I need both but will take one if anyone has one.
#9892
No distributor? No thanks
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Chris, I've never come across a flywheel nut that my little 550-lb IR impact wouldn't get off, and it's not particularly strong. You can borrow my 54mm socket and take it to a diesel shop with BIG impacts, or try mine. Up to you.
Billy, if you talk to Dave I'm down for Wednesday, but also have lots of stuff in boxes to talk to him about.
Billy, if you talk to Dave I'm down for Wednesday, but also have lots of stuff in boxes to talk to him about.
#9893
No distributor? No thanks
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And you thought you've seen old-schools.....
From one of the best threads I've seen in a while: https://www.rx7club.com/old-school-other-rotary-63/%2A%2A%2Apictures-march-14-socal-meet%2A%2A%2A-892507/
From one of the best threads I've seen in a while: https://www.rx7club.com/old-school-other-rotary-63/%2A%2A%2Apictures-march-14-socal-meet%2A%2A%2A-892507/
#9896
Rotary Freak
We have an impromptu meeting setup for Wednesday night. Dave Meditz and family will be in town for a bit. He has been in Iraq for the last year and is here on leave. IIRC, Dave has over 100 rotary cars in his collection.
Shall me say normal place, Wednesday night?
BTW, Holly, He would like to stop by Downing Atlanta Thursday.
-billy
Shall me say normal place, Wednesday night?
BTW, Holly, He would like to stop by Downing Atlanta Thursday.
-billy
I can speak with Dave Wednesday to see when he might want to come to Downing/Atlanta.
#9897
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And you thought you've seen old-schools.....
From one of the best threads I've seen in a while: https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=892507
From one of the best threads I've seen in a while: https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=892507
When the weather gets nice we need to do a Saturday morning meet and drive. If I can ever get the Blue One running.
#9898
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Anyone play softball? Tuesday nights, think it's a 14game season with a double elim tourney, fields are at the end of runway #3. Not sure of the cost, plus you will be responsible to bring the beer 1 week.
#9900
umop ap!sdn w,I
Another bylaw infraction?!?!? Should you be able to post a Tuesday night event that would interfere with your once a month Tuesday night OGTA meeting???