I found a rx-7 for sale that the guy says "needs a choke shut off valve". I went to look at it, hoping I could get it running enough to limp it home and it turns out he has the whole carb ripped off. So I was looking for someone around the area that wanted to do me a HUGE favor. I need somewhere that I can park this car and put a carb on it. My apartment complex tells me that I will be fined $1,000 if I attempt to work on a car in the parking lot, and I don't have a grand to spare. If I did I wouldn't be looking at 7's that didn't run. The car is on a trailer as of right now, all I need is somewhere to drop this thing off at for a weekend so I could attempt to get it running. I will supply the beer, whatever your favorite brand is. Can anyone help me out?

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Kyle

 

When are you planning to purchase the car and what happens if you can't get it running?

 

Would be looking to purchase the car in the next couple weeks. If I couldn't get it running.. then I would probably do a lot of swearing and throwing stuff. Seriously though, I dunno, I guess it would depend on the owner of the house what happened to it.

 

I would like to help you out as much as I could but if you couldnt get the car running what would your next step be? Take it to a shop or keep on trying. I just don't want a car at my house for a long period of time that may not be possible to fix with limited knowledge on the car.

 

I figured I would just buy another carb to throw on there to see what was really going on and see if I could get it running. Another guy on the forum said it was probably the shutter valve that was shot, but that shouldn't keep it from running completely. I guess what I did with it would depend on what I could figure out. If I couldn't narrow the problem down I would probably have to go to a shop, but I think I would be able to figure it out, I have been working on cars myself for a while.

 

I have to say, first of all, that sucks about your apartment complex, but be careful. About a year ago I bought a non-running rx7 in Prescott that needed "minor carb work". After rebuilding the engine, buying a completely new carb, and plenty of other shiite, I now hope to have the car running by the end of this month. In the meantime it has been sitting in my buddy's yard for close to a year (fortunately he's cool with that) and for what I have spent riviving the beast, I could have bought a GSL-SE in good shape AND had money left over for gas =). All I'm saying is be wary buying rx7s from people who aren't rx7 devotees- they often do not know how to work on them, and damage many components (i.e. our very heat-sensitive rotary engines) in their bungling. Good luck with your project.

 

where in az are you??????