The ToD or time of Death for my RX-7 last night. That is when I gave up on it. I pulled the plugs out and had a white milky substance coming out of it. That could mean that water was in the motor. I had a really hard time getting compression out of the front rotor housing as well. So I just called the ToD on it.

Now I need to find another motor for it. I have a few in mind, but I don’t know how the deals will turn out. I also need to get the motor that is in this car out and of to a junk yard or something.

What is really sad is that I have not had the fundings to get the other one out of the tow yard. I guess I will see what the manager says about it because the apartment community is supposed to be paying to have it towed back and taking it off of rent. Oh well, live and learn. My only hope is that the next motor will last longer.

Tags: RX-7, motor, compression, ToD

I have posted an add on craig’s list, selling my RX-7s. I just can’t do it any more. I don’t have to money to take are of these cars the way they should be taken care of. They have caused me to be late for work and other things. You can get to the posting here.

it is a very sad day for me because I loved these cars.

Got p this morning to start up the ol’ RX-7 and she wouldn’t start. Oh for the love of God! The hours that I have spent working on this car to keep it running.

I sit here bitching about the fact that I work on my own car by choice. I really do not want to pay someone to work on my car. For one, it is hard to find someone that knows how to work on the car. The motor is a rotary, and just not your run of the mill piston motor. A simple motor with complex physics.

A while back the motor over heated and it has been down hill ever since it seems. I’m not sure if the problems that I have been having is a direct relation to that over heating incident. I do know that it is starting to drive me crazy, and my crazy I mean mad.

I wish I had the funds to put another motor in the car. Right now I am having to fight to keep it on the road. Maybe I will get a ton of traffic and linkbacks so that I will be able to make more money from the adds on the site.

Tonight I will go home, change into work on car clothes and start all over again on the trouble shooting. I think that I will swap the fuel pump out as well this time just in case that is causing the problem. I hope that my spark plugs are not fouled out beyond recovery. I really don’t look forward to replacing them twice in 2 months.

If you fee like donating to my RX-7 cause, mark [at] mouseclone [dot] com is my paypal address. Thank you in advance to any proceeds.

Tags: RX-7, car trouble, failed to start, frustrations

Well I did some needed to be done work this weekend on the RX7. For those of you all that don’t know, I have an 84 RX7 GSL. It is in better condition than the 83 GS I own. The 83 has a blown motor though. /cry. So I wanted to build a small walk though for people and hell, because I can.

First off we have the water pump. I is located right below the alternator.

Next we need to remove the fan, and fan guard.

Next we have to remove the belt and alternator. The slide bar for the alternator will also need to be removed.

You will next need to remove the main pulley so that you can remove the water pump.

Next you will need to prep the new water pump. Place a bead of sealant on the water pump, then put the gasket on it, and then another bead of sealant on the gasket. You will want to let this is for about 10 min.

Now put it all back together.

You may notice that there is another belt on after the completion. I wasn’t sure it the water pump was slipping or not so I put on a 20 inch belt. It goes from the water pump to the crank pulley. This will give me 1/2 belt contact with the water pump instead of 1/6. This is a trick I picked up from RX7 Club. The people there are great and very helpful when it comes to rotary motors.

Well I need to get the post ready for Voice Mail Monday. Hope you all enjoyed this, I should have a few more post up tomorrow about how the weekend went.

Tags: RX-7, water pump, auto repair