Back to a virtual car again!!!

sadgoth · September 01, 2008, 09:53:57 AM

Well on Saturday I lost an Apex seal

so the car is off to Dorset again for engine failure investigation:Grrr

There goes the chance of running at Japshow then

:2Confused

G@NDY · September 01, 2008, 10:01:32 AM

Someone that seems to have worst luck then me

feel for you buddy. What a pain in the a$$

Hope Matt and Tim can sort it soon.

BlitzBoy · September 01, 2008, 10:08:53 AM

bummer dude, did you have chance to get fully mapped in the end?

nikp · September 01, 2008, 10:11:02 AM

What a bummer

grinder · September 01, 2008, 10:34:17 AM

bloody hell matey - thats terrible news

TiddlesRX7 · September 01, 2008, 10:51:21 AM

Don\'t really know what to say. Hope you get it fixed and back quickly. Terrible news.

Brett · September 01, 2008, 10:53:16 AM

Unbelievable - you obviosuly weren\'t driving it fast enough! :spank

Is it under warranty?

pdtaylor18 · September 01, 2008, 03:10:53 PM

Sorry for you mate and especially at all the work done so far. We have had an horrendous last few months with engines going pop, weather? Hope its an easy fix and cheap!!! get it fixed soon though, you may still gt to Japshow Finale or the NEC show ?

Prof · September 01, 2008, 03:48:24 PM

Total bummer - can\'t believe this is happened - seems to be something in the air near us - as I know of one other rotary engine also with problems (and not mine).

I was hoping to park next to you at the next Reading meet - hope you get it sorted soon Mark.

Brett · September 01, 2008, 03:53:50 PM

I\'m not even going to bother starting mine up in the present cliamte!!! :evillaugh

TiddlesRX7 · September 01, 2008, 04:36:12 PM

Out of interest, How much roughly is a rebuild kit for the TII? Around Â£900-Â£1000? Excluding housings etc.
I know you won\'t need a full kit I\'m just getting an idea of price.

Brett · September 01, 2008, 04:41:40 PM

You can\'t really tell until you take it out - its never just the engine parts that need replacing, there will be some other aprts that need to be replaced too.

L18M · September 01, 2008, 04:47:54 PM

oh.. bad news!
hope u get it back up n runnign soon =)

Prof · September 01, 2008, 04:51:59 PM

Quote from: adereed;530253Out of interest, How much roughly is a rebuild kit for the TII? Around Â£900-Â£1000? Excluding housings etc.
I know you won\'t need a full kit I\'m just getting an idea of price.

I\'ve seen seal kits for as little as Â£250-Â£300. If you have to replace a rotor housing - then they would be nearly Â£300 new - chances are you may only need 1, and if you\'re lucky or doing a rebuild before it lets go then you may well be able to reuse your old ones.

After that you need an engine stand and a plate for mounting the 13B on. Then it\'s just all the usual sealants, hylomar, some vaseline or similar substance to hold the seals in place whilst you rebuild it, and a clean workspace to put it all together.

There are a few \'special tools\' needed for cracking the engine open - Haynes guide has some details as does the Field Service Manual - and you should also get the rebuild DVD\'s to help you along

TiddlesRX7 · September 01, 2008, 05:09:19 PM

I\'ve got a block with a blown tip (front rotor) so would need 1 housing and 1 rotor straight off plus the full seal kit. The motor has done 77k (in miles) so the other half should be ok fingers crossed. I honestly thought the kits were more than that. I\'ve even been looking at importing a kit cause I thought they were really expensive over here.