My new rx7

[myatt1972]

I should have some bits knocking about, I will have a look for you tomorrow.
Keith...

[captainbizzaro]

An African Sparrow?

[myatt1972]

An Oozlum Bird? (google it)

[CHC (RIP)]

A monkey looking for his wrench? :rollin

[CHC (RIP)]

A faucet on the drain hose?

[syebba]

A Dodo once thought extinct?
Is that how you spell it,oh well who cares.!

[CHC (RIP)]

...an elephant or perhaps an illegal immigrant - gone on, give us a hard question? :rollin:rollin

[sanbob]

A couple of pics of last weekends work - not had time to get them on til now lol
 

 

 

 

 

[sanbob]

Well a few guesses were close and made me burst out laughing:rollin:Giggle but sadly no cigar hehe as you can see from the top pic there is an old g clamp holding the bottom of the oil metering pump on lol on the upside there not coming off without a fight seized solid.
 
The rest are of the new rad and how it will fit in once finished this weekend i know the fan looks small but it is the right one for this rad so hoping it will do the job fine otherwise ill be using the mr2\'s fan.
 
Just got to fit the thermo switch, refill the cooling system and test it all out and then The Duke will be back in action untill i tackle the metering pump - my main fear of that is i dont know if the old bolts are just missing or snapped off  so need a replacement set so i know how long the bolts are if i have to drill the old ones out.
Cheers guys.

[myatt1972]

Well thats what I call "belt & braces", mole grips and a G-clamp, nice!:D
 
Didnt have time to look today but will pull one off an engine tomorrow, my guess is the pins are snapped off, could be fun.

[sanbob]

Well thats what I call "belt & braces", mole grips and a G-clamp, nice!:D
 
Didnt have time to look today but will pull one off an engine tomorrow, my guess is the pins are snapped off, could be fun.

Haha could be fun or could be an absolute nightmare lol cheers Keith

[myatt1972]

Ive taken a pump off today and saved the pins, when you know what you need let me know.
Keith...

[sanbob]

Cool thats great i\'ll give you a shout when iv tested my pump to see if its working then i\'ll get the tools off the engine and scout the best course of action with the bolts, not gonna do it for a few weeks tho just finished changing the rad and my back has given up on me again (i\'m gettin haggard lol).
 
I\'ll get some pics up tomorrow of the new rad fully in place - ran out of light today before i could get some shots but had a good run out round the york by-pass an hour ago and all was well bar my front right indicator not workin - i moved the wires while puttin the skid pan back on so think iv knocked the contact out of place hehe.
 
Had a good day working on the Duke today my little girl helped me all day - think she wants to be a mechanic wen she grows up lol.
cheers

[CHC (RIP)]

Rad looks good Rob and neat with the electric fan - makes me think whether I should change both of mine over to electric, quieter and probably more fuel efficient too.

Quite strange to have had the moleys and g-cramp, as Keith says a belt & braces job - perhaps one of the po\'s was a plumber and his way of securing when unable to use bolts at the time.  Must admit I\'ve never come across this type of fix before - even on my 1960\'s cars.
I hope the final fix is easier than the worse case scenario.
Cliff

[sanbob]

new pics