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nice one. yeah i checked online with VOSA and from the VIN number my VDS code for emissions test don\'t match rx7 on their chart. jap import has more power than uk model dont they as well so emissions would be slightly different.

found this the other day looking into it!

http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/repository/Emissions%2017th%20Edition.pdf

ah ok. nice word \'fouling\' had to check it up on wikipedia lol. yeah when it was warmed up fully I did give it blast and did seam to settle down a bit. nice tip as well. fingers crossed for mot..... :s

cheers

Hey people,

My car hasn\'t got an mot at the moment so starting the car up every other day (mot next saturday).

couple of days ago it was completely fine and ran no problem. however just now I started her up and black smoke came out the exhaust (running rich due to how strong petrol smell was) until she warmed to optimum temperature then disappeared (baring in mind as you well know it isn\'t cold at the mo lol) , but at the same time was idling at approx 1000rpm revved the car then jumped up to 1400rpm, when revved again, then went down to 1k for a second when i realesed accelerator then straight back to 1.4k and popping every now and then through out the whole time engine was running.

any ideas guys???

going to get my oil changed along with mot as well as oil filter change and fuel filter if there not to difficult to change and a full service by a specialist.

thanks in advance,

Si.

Hi peeps,

I have lost reverse and 5th on my 1996 fd. Reverse went first then 5th
Think reverse has eventually stopped 5th from working from possible
broken gear???

Any way just incase i have bought a gearbox from a 97 fd as a replacement
if i needed a new gearbox.

Any ideas how much it would cost in labour to fit a gearbox at all?

Cheers

Si.

Thanks for replies and sorry for late one! Turned out to be flexi hose. £24 in total and clutch now works

cheers guys!

thought so how much and how difficult to change? thanks for ur reply bud

Clutch pedal stuck to the floor!! Advice would be great!!!



Hi people,


Driving my rex (\'96 fd) last night and from no where i couldnt change gear and clutch wouldnt come back up again1 managed to pull it back up and sprung back ok, but press it again it stayed back to floor again. once i was taken back home, thanks to brake down recovery, i left it for an hour and deided to have a little dig around. managed to change to each gear (withought cluth pedal) no problem.
am i correct in thinking its either master or slave cylinders???
when i broke down rang the rac and they said they would b around 90mins....great!!! tried to ring home...no answer. tried to ring my bro who lived 3min walk from where i broke down then my mob battery died!!! so i decided to take the short walk to my bro\'s worried about the rac not being able to contact me. pressed his buzzer more times than i have had rebuilds...no answer. seen a pay phone not far away and was gona ring home again to let rac know my mobs died. had 20p on me...minimum charge for phone...60p! fantastic! so decided to go back to my rex and pray and hope rac turn up. eventualy they did thank god. however couldn\'t tow the rex due to how low they are. waited another 30mins for flat bed truck. he came and took me home
worst part of it is that when i got home my dad and his mate were drunk. after telling tem what happend they started to laugh...why....because they were in town about 100yds from where i was and seen the flatbed truck and joked it was me and got  a taxi back home....couldn\'t script that! hahaha

Hey peeps,

my rex (fd3s) has been off the road for a while thanks  to engine going boom boom (x2 lol), but now running, however had my MOT  today but failed on 2 of my tein coilovers because they were leaking  oil. Not sure on model number yet...

Just need to know if Tein coilovers are serviceable to replace seals? If how much roughly?

Also thanks to boom boom cash isn\'t plentiful at the mo, so if anybody has any D2 Racing coilovers...are they any good?

Cheers people,

Si

thanks for the replies guys guys, traced it back to the back of the dash and is for exhaust temp lol

Having starting issues with my 1996 FD and came across this loose in my engine bay but not sure what it is?!



Cheers,

Si.

Without in depth knowledge but seen many a documentary i can agree, you often feel sorry for the "mule" whose only chance at feeding his family comes from taking a risk.

Legalise the lot of it imho, tax it, put duty on it and make sure its pure! Just how many criminals would you literally shut down over night

Did anyone see the programme they had on about drugs in scotland and the efforts to seize stem the flow, quite incredible, after ludicrous amounts of police time etc they estimate they only stop about 1% of the amount of drugs coming into scotland!

I agree about legalising! Think how much revenue it wud generate for uk as hole and save money on drug operations
Etc... That would sort out our countries issues! Most of our illegal drugs is because the yanks did
And uk followed suit I.e cocaine and lsd ( which us military forces invented! Lol)

liking the scheme of the rex! :cool

Hi peeps, sometimes i look at my rex and it seams it requires a spoiler to finish it off for the time being but then sometimes it doesn\'t?! im 50/50 on this one and wanted to know what you guys think? these are the pics i had when it was up for sale on piston heads a while but nothing has changed far as body other than rear spats. thanks

look below amy winehouse!

Seen this on Sky Anytime Documentary menu! lol