Cliff\'s 1st Gen Purchase - Goldie

[captainbizzaro]

I\'ll take a picture of NEV\'s old 12A so you can see what it should look like around the inlet manifold area as it\'s out it\'s nice and easy to photograph.

[CHC (RIP)]

Good feedback on the rear valance guys - will post update when sorted.
Ta
Cliff
:Thumbs-up

[David Nock (RIP)]

I\'ll email you the instructions for fitting 1) a Janspeed Stainless Exhaust and 2) a Double \'S\' system. They both say the same thing but give details on what to do with the air pump, i.e. blanking plates etc.

I would say that\'s a start point before firing up.

Don\'t forget some premix in the fuel (100:1?) if the OMP isn\'t attached.

Then it\'s the usual, turn it over to get lube oil round, check/renew plugs (put \'em in oven to warm \'em through), clean inside distributor cap/rotor arm, then a blast of aerostart down the air cleaner and stand well back!

[captainbizzaro]

I find having a wild unhinged look on your face usually helps proccedings.

[CHC (RIP)]

I find having a wild unhinged look on your face usually helps proccedings.

No problem with this one then   :Giggle

[CHC (RIP)]

I\'ll email you the instructions for fitting 1) a Janspeed Stainless Exhaust and 2) a Double \'S\' system. They both say the same thing but give details on what to do with the air pump, i.e. blanking plates etc.
 
I would say that\'s a start point before firing up.
 
Don\'t forget some premix in the fuel (100:1?) if the OMP isn\'t attached.
 
Then it\'s the usual, turn it over to get lube oil round, check/renew plugs (put \'em in oven to warm \'em through), clean inside distributor cap/rotor arm, then a blast of aerostart down the air cleaner and stand well back!

Thanks for that Dave, quite a way off this as yet but obviously very much in my mind and will probably come back for more advice later.
:cheers

[CHC (RIP)]

Petrol tank now taken out.
A damn good clean up required.
A few areas appear a bit \'touch n go\' so all bare steel areas were treated.
 
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[CHC (RIP)]

A few photos after the initial treatment.

[CHC (RIP)]

Followed by underside investigation to see extent of corrosion - always expected with RX7\'s I would have thought.
What I did find (which infuriates me) is that a plate has been welded in on the boot space floor, n/s rear seam but instead of removing the bad metal from underneath, whoever did this left the rotten metal to fester and cause more corrosion - so this has to go and be made good.  No doubt it will probably be the same on the o/s seam.
:mad:

[CHC (RIP)]

It came to the end of daylight so back into the garage for a further prod and poke around at paint bubbles @ the n/s rear hatch channel and more corrosion found.
It has also attacked the bottom section of the n/s rear window frame so will need to remove the glass - any suggestions for the easiest removal method would be welcomed.

[Ian65]

I don\'t think there is an easy way to get the quarter light glass out Cliff, I\'ve always found it a real b*tch You also need to be so careful not to scratch the black surround on the glass. I\'ve probably broken as many as I\'ve managed to get out successfully.
Factory manual says use wire to saw through the bonding compound but that hasn\'t worked for me. I use a long flat bladed craft knife to slowly cut away at the bonding.
It\'s a horrible job..... good luck.

[captainbizzaro]

Ooh blimey-those windows are bonded in. Probably one of those windscreen removal tools would help or something along those lines.

[CHC (RIP)]

I thought as much guys, that\'s why I posted this question - good job I\'m not waiting for this job to finish :Laugh:Laugh

[CHC (RIP)]

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

Went to my local Mazda Agent today (about 1 minute from Cheshire Oaks), well what a *loody waste of time that was!  "Our computer system only goes back the 1985 FC model - is that it he asked?" (pointing at a picture of an FC - he had seen JAZ not 2 minutes earlier which is a totally different shape from the FC and he\'s asking me is that the shape? Duuuhhhhh "I don\'t think so"  To be followed by "there\'s nothing we can do for you" - there\'s more life in a rice pudding than that dealership!

So taken my custom to another Agent in Wallasey and they are asking Mazda Japan for details and assistance on procuring the rear lower valance - information to follow.

Failing this, I\'ll be contacting Silverstone Autosport in Queensferry for their assistance - I actually said I\'d try them back in August but never found time nor reason to approach them - so all is not lost yet.
:Hammer

[Steve-A]

Hope the dealers come through for you Cliff, when I phoned the local dealer to enquire about brake lines, i think it was, and said it was 1984 rx7 he pretty much reeled in horror saying \'thats an FB isn\'t it\' then said they couldn\'t help. haha.


Thats a real shame that there\'s extra rot popping up as you dig deeper into the car, especially after it initially looked like it had been all fixed by previous owner. Hopefully thats the last of it!

I\'m somehow warming to that green! :S I\'ll almost be that she\'s lost a bit of character when its all gone:P