Good progress!

Probably safest to get a new battery. In my experience, most jumper cables just don't flow enough amps. Hopefully you'll get it going with a fresh battery!

 

I agree with Brett, get a new battery, the jumper cables are Mickey Mouse.

A nice thing about 12A's is they don't need a lot of juice to turn over.

Even a cheap walmart battery can last years passed their expiration date.

The el cheapo battery in my LE is 15 years old, works as well as the day it was installed.

 

my old battery died. in part beacuse te old cable connectors were old crap. Napa honered their warranty so the battery was onlr $35.00. i replaced the old connectors so the battery would have a good conection to the alternator. Now it starts like a new Rx-7 instead of like a 38 year ols Rx-7. Savvy?

 

Nice! Not a bad price either

I've had to roll-start 3 of mine in the last few weeks, idk if the cold weather is getting to the batteries or I just need to remember to hook up the trickle chargers back up...

 

You just need to drive them more. Need any help with that?

 

haha, hey you have no room to talk

 

So, I can smell fuel pretty strongly (no exhaust, just exhaust manifold). Brand new battery, sounds slow to me? Thoughts? Starter fluid?

I also don't think the spark plugs are correct, they're single lead. I tightened as best I could. Does anyone have a cheaper alternative to the rb socket?

 

That doesn't sound terribly slow to me. Did it attempt to fire up at all, and have you checked for spark? If you smell gas but it's not attempting to fire up, maybe you have a spark problem. If the plugs are sketchy, throw in a new set of NGKs to be safe. I'm not very familiar with distributors and adjusting them, but perhaps you could have a dead ignitor, I've had that before... Maybe an old guy expert can chime in on what to check there?

 

You certain you have the plug wires connected correctly? Does your tach move when cranking (if not, likely a bad ignitor - they are the same for leading and trailing so you can swap them)? Have you checked for spark with the plug out / grounded?

Stay away from the ether - use carb cleaner instead. You might want to try some fresh pre-mix (2 smoke / chainsaw) in the carb. The oil can help bump the compression if you have flooded it and the seals are questionable.

 

No attempt to fire at all. I haven't done a spark check yet, no spark plug tester, but this weekend I should have a friend that will crank for me so I can muck about with it. I shouldn't need more "exhaust backpressure" from a full exhaust correct? It should at least fire with just headers.

Front rotor, near far is rotor 1 right? And bottom is leading spark plug. That's how I have them arranged. Tach doesn't move, but I think dash is non-functional. None of it lights up.

And I'll get some carb cleaner this weekend. I'll dive deeper into spark plug testing and see if carb cleaner helps it kick. I have MMO, should I use that in the carb, or specifically get 2 stroke?

 

Sounds like progress.

You can test the spark by removing a plug, connecting to it's wire and grounding it out against the 12A.

You should see a nice blue yellow spark, if it's not to sunny out.

Correct on the spark assignments, lower is leading upper is trailing.

If the tach isn't kicking it could mean your trailing igniter is bad, easy fix.

Instead of carb cleaner, use starter fluid. It will work.

 

So I bought a spark plug tester, and I'm getting no power to the trailing plugs, which might also explain why tach isn't kicking! Is there a way to test the igniter vs wires? Sounds like it's all coming together. New problem is that rotor 2 trailing plug won't hand thread past halfway. I think it was flooded a bit, so I was turning it with no plugs in, and now it won't thread easily. Ideas?

 

I'd remove the stuck plug and clean the threads in the housing with a brush and some solvent, always brushing outward.

No trailing ignition is no problem, the car should run and idle without it, so I'd focus right now on getting it running.

 

You guys who aren't driving your 7's should be ashamed.

 

Ray, I didn't know you had a rotary pickup!

 

The guy at the lumber yard didn't believe me, he wanted to know where the truck was.

 

a new addition to my coffee shop, a 1996 Suzuki Cappuccino.

 

How cool! I bet it's fun to drive.

Where ya moving to?

 

Thanks, It's a fun little car; I'm using my mother's house garage until the end of the month. (new owners occupying her house ) my garage, I'm currently working on my 07 335.

 

Cappuccino, the perfect Coffee Shop ride!





How's that new business going Bori?

What's a 07 335?

Anybody going to DGRR this year?

 

It's been super busy, thanks God. BMW 335 (twin-turbo six inline) mod-friendly car; I'm going to try to go this year; last year, I paid for it but wasn't able to go.

 

I am, but the box car is fun to drive. And the Veee vee noises are new and exciting as apposed to the woosh woosh noises from the 7.

 

Happy New Year OGTA's!

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/Forthright...ket-mobile.mp4

Bori looks like that Cappoccino was a good choice:

https://www.hagerty.com/media/market...ki-cappuccino/

 

[QUOTE=ray green;12545122]Happy New Year OGTA's!

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/Forthright...ket-mobile.mp4

Bori looks like that Cappoccino was a good choice:

https://www.hagerty.com/media/market...ki-cappuccino/

good info there 😄 happy new year

 

ran across this rotary Fiat. bet it's a blast to drive.