Cliff\'s 1st Gen Purchase - Goldie

[A7RXY]

Cheers RG ....

[CHC (RIP)]

Well the cat got a bit ****ed off banging its head on the inner garage walls so I had to push Goldie in to the drive to work on her.  The problem is the brakes are binding and there is a strip of timber along the threshold of the garage about 25mm high.  So have to drag the car over this hump before it would come out and with the brakes binding ....... yeh I was getting more than a little fed up and **ackered.  So when it finally came out the first job was .... you guessed it, took out the front pads which were binding - phew this makes it a lot simpler to push and drag.

So done that and took out the remaining front seats and black carpet (bloody colour scheme for this car is so bizarre - gold, grey, brown, black and Kermit Green (think the PO was either colour blind or had a weird sense of humour).
Now I can survey the interior to establish where if anywhere the rust is hiding - found some close to the n/s seat-belt mounting point.  Nothing too severe and can easily be cut out and plated up.
The other major areas i.e rear floor pan to inner wheel arches etc are all fine - except for that ****dy green paint!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr - something is going to have to be done to the interior colour scheme and double quick time too.
The inside of the rear end looks pretty good too but have found some minor rusting to the bottom rear of the n/s quarter window - again looks quite a simple repair job.
Then the rain came again and stopped play unfortunately.
:Hammer
 

[Ian65]

that\'s good news Cliff.... not too bad at all. Once that green paint has gone it\'ll look a different car!

I had the same issue with binding brakes on my donor car.... I had to soak the pads with WD40 ( they were being scrapped anyway)  to try to get the wheels to turn.

good that the radius arm mounts are sound.

[CHC (RIP)]

Really pleased with the body on Goldie, I know the PO said in the advert that all welding had been done but you never really know until you strip down to the bare essentials so to speak.
I still haven\'t looked properly underneath yet but the signs are more than 70-30 in my favour (I hope anyway).  I do know however that the petrol tank will definitely need looking at as I\'ve managed to have a sneak preview of the tank top.  So when I start the underside this will be the first part to be taken out for full survey and treatment.

Yeh I know I\'m moaning about the green but if that is the only major problem with the body I wont complain.  I\'ll see if I can remove any but if all else fails I\'ll get my own rattle can out with the proper colour - then I\'ll be happy.

[syebba]

Cliff,
U got me confused,u won\'t see the green after u put the interior back?
ta stu..

[CHC (RIP)]

Cliff,
U got me confused,u won\'t see the green after u put the interior back?
ta stu..

I know Stu but knowing that it would still be there lurking underneath - just waiting - urgh horrible, it has got to go !:eek  For me it just has to be right.

[CHC (RIP)]

Weather been preety grim today so had to struggle in the tight fitting garage.
Took rear bumper off and found the usual flaking paintwork and rust on the bumper framework - no priority for this yet so it can wait.
However, found rust monkeys had attacked the rear lower valance - so this does need treating. Question is, can a new lower valance be purchased or will I need to get out the welding set and stainless plate? Anybody any idea?

[CHC (RIP)]

Also - having a scout around in the engine bay and noticed that the manifold below the carburetta is different from that on JAZ.
I\'ve taken a few photos, can anybody tell me what this is?  Oh and by the way, I\'m a bodywork man not an engine man so please excuse my ignorance on this.
:o

 

[syebba]

I\'m sure i\'ve posted in the past about rear valences,i\'ve seen them somewhere & for not a bad price,think £85 > £100 approx,i\'ll have a long hard think where i saw them & get back to u,if i find them,can\'t even remember if they were in UK  or not,duh!
Ta stu..

[Ian65]

Weather been preety grim today so had to struggle in the tight fitting garage.
Took rear bumper off and found the usual flaking paintwork and rust on the bumper framework - no priority for this yet so it can wait.
However, found rust monkeys had attacked the rear lower valance - so this does need treating. Question is, can a new lower valance be purchased or will I need to get out the welding set and stainless plate? Anybody any idea?

try a mazda main dealer Cliff. I bought one  for my S2 ( it was a few years ago now) It was about £80 and was a genuine panel. Fitted perfectly and looked the biz

[CHC (RIP)]

I would much prefer to replace (with original part) as I want it to look good rather than a throwback from the reject department at a scrapyard.

[captainbizzaro]

Also - having a scout around in the engine bay and noticed that the manifold below the carburetta is different from that on JAZ.
I\'ve taken a few photos, can anybody tell me what this is?  Oh and by the way, I\'m a bodywork man not an engine man so please excuse my ignorance on this.
:o
 
 

These replace the thermal reactor and allow removal of the air pump giving you a freer flowing exhaust route. Quite a common mod-NEV had them and so does Rexanne.

[David Nock (RIP)]

There should be a blank plate on the Inlet Manifold not that Xmas tree of unused pipes. To me it looks like somone\'s part-removed the air pump gubbins but not done the whole thing.

Looks like the OMP rod is hanging unattached to the pump as well.

[syebba]

try a mazda main dealer Cliff. I bought one for my S2 ( it was a few years ago now) It was about £80 and was a genuine panel. Fitted perfectly and looked the biz

Cliff i\'d go this route,daves purchased one a few years ago,i knew i\'d seen/heard they were £80>£100 approx.
 
The usual places abroad also do the rear valence,mazdatrix,phils rotary shack,black dragon etc.Looking through my old posts phils rotary shack had some genuine outer cills.
 
ta stu..

[CHC (RIP)]

There should be a blank plate on the Inlet Manifold not that Xmas tree of unused pipes. To me it looks like somone\'s part-removed the air pump gubbins but not done the whole thing.
 
Looks like the OMP rod is hanging unattached to the pump as well.

I knew you guys would know what was going on here.  Yeh the story was the original engine was burning more oil than normal and found the \'tips\' had worn.  So the PO exchanged an engine from another rx7 he had - this was the better engine apparantly.  The eBay said quote "
I did have two of these cars and when the tipps went on this one I replaced it with the engine from the other as this one by far had the better body.
I tried the car today and it turned over but did not fire up, a new battery and clean through is needed I imagine. This engine has never been drifted and was running the last time I used it about six months ago".
So guys, no wonder it didn\'t fire up then - where should I look for information/details on how this set up should look like to determine whether I should be purchasing new/refurbished parts?
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