Cliff\'s 1st Gen Purchase - Goldie

[CHC (RIP)]

Crazy things batteries. I thought I killed the one in my mx5 last winter while I was having megasquirt problems, did quite a few mornings of full charge, crank for 5 mins then flat till it was only giving me 20 secs of cranking from a full charge. So bought a new one in January and over the last few weeks its been weaker and weaker at starting. Two days ago it was flat when I came to start the car, dropped the old battery in thats just sat in the shed for the last 11 months and it fired right up and has been fine since. :S
 
Sounds like JAZ should be the daily drive if she\'s more reliable than the rangie

Looks as though the battery issue with my Rangie just might be due to an alarm / electronic problem. Hopefully could find out more tomorrow/Wednesday.

[CHC (RIP)]

Oh yeah,brake master cylinders,i\'m sure i got a brake master cylinder repair kit from mazda too,so it\'s worth checking for availability & price on an item you require.

Have given a list to agent for various parts Stu and already had a few NLA\'s - one particular being the petrol tank sender unit although the sender gasket is available (£3.14 I think).

[Ian65]

Have given a list to agent for various parts Stu and already had a few NLA\'s - one particular being the petrol tank sender unit although the sender gasket is available (£3.14 I think).

Atkins rotary have genuine mazda senders in stock...

the standard s2 & s3 sender

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-Rx7-Rx-7-1981-1983-NEW-Fuel-Level-Sensor-/230456533589?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35a847a255

plus the GSL-SE sender with low fuel light sensor...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-Rx7-Rx-7-1981-1983-NEW-Fuel-Level-Sensor-/230456533589?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35a847a255

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[Steve-A]

Ouch thats a shame about the window Cliff!

Alarms = more trouble than their worth especially on older cars in my opinion. Hope you get it sorted

[Ian65]

Whilst waiting for the \'Trustan 23\' to dry for the rear valance, went back to removing the side window seal so nearside window can be extracted - managed to free both the bottom (horizontal) and diagonal legs.  Now working on the vertical leg (last one thank goodness).
I tried using the MIG wire in \'cheese wire\' motion but takes for ever so resorted to using a hacksaw blade (in reverse direction) so I was cutting with the reverse stroke.  This cut through the sealer better but still takes quite some time.
Having managed to free the diagonal leg I now understand why the rust found it\'s way in to the bottom of the hatch window section -rust has taken hold in the diagonal metal so this needs to be removed when the window is out.  More photos to follow when window extracted.
 

well done getting that glass out intact Cliff... they\'re a sod!

[CHC (RIP)]

Atkins rotary have genuine mazda senders in stock...
 
the standard s2 & s3 sender
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-Rx7-Rx-7-1981-1983-NEW-Fuel-Level-Sensor-/230456533589?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35a847a255
 
plus the GSL-SE sender with low fuel light sensor...
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-Rx7-Rx-7-1981-1983-NEW-Fuel-Level-Sensor-/230456533589?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35a847a255
 
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Now that\'s a good shout on the \'Sender\' Ian - shall bear this in mind, Ta

[CHC (RIP)]

well done getting that glass out intact Cliff... they\'re a sod!

Not quite there yet Ian - sorry if my wording was ambiguous (now that\'s a good word for a Tuesday evening), still working on the vertical leg nearest the door.

I\'ve managed to cut through the seal working from the inside going forwards (my guess about 50% through it\'s depth) but feels as if I\'ve hit metal.  I now think that the outer steel protector (on the glass) actually wraps around the glass so there is a hidden lip on the backside - is this correct?
I need to move the blade between this lip and the body so I can finish the job and yes it is a stubborn sod too.
The glass now rocks up and down (with a little force) so I know I\'m almost there but somehow need to cut through the final section of seal.  I\'ll stick at it.

[CHC (RIP)]

Ran out of the trustan 23 rust preventative product and haven\'t been able to trace it so I bought another product today - \'Jenolite\'.  This is currently used by the navy and also ship repair yards for treating corroded areas - better than hammerite and associated products I\'ve found.
This can be costly but managed to find a seller shipping 2 x 500ml bottles for £13.75 with free p+p, here is the link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260663809178&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

[CHC (RIP)]

Now that the feastive season is over it\'s about time I got back to honest graft on Goldie - actually I\'ve done some work but finding it difficult in the current garage.  So I\'m moving her back to my own garage and putting \'RAZ\' into the other so work can commence.
I\'ll post some photos of work done recently to the rear underside.
Cliff

[CHC (RIP)]

Oh - managed to pick up another glass roof from eBay yesterday for Goldie, got to have her looking her best for when she is finished.

[CHC (RIP)]

Well I thought I\'d have a start at the underside of rear end so out can the rotary wire cup brush and drill on the nearside (just forward of the rear lights) and then found heavy corossion.  Remembering that the advert for the car originally stated that all welding had been done?
What had actually happened was the corrossion had been identified.  So rather than cut it out some \'bright spark\' decided to hide it with a steel plate and weld it in.  Then to compound the issue neither the new plate or original area had been trreated to stop the rust and so I\'ve finished up with this (1st photo)

So I ground the plate off from inside the boot area and the evidence is (2nd photo)

Then to finish off temporarily have treated the rust with Jenolite and primed (3rd photo) until I get round to cutting the section out and inserting a stainless plate and welding up.

[CHC (RIP)]

Then I continued onto the offside - same area and have a guess what?  Yep similar issue but on a smaller scale (phew).
Only this time I haven\'t yet cut out the so called \'new metal\' but have treated the underside in preparation.

[CHC (RIP)]

Then progressed to cleaning the complete rear underside

[Steve-A]

Thats a real shame that someones basically just made life harder for you by doing such a botch job!

I guess the only thing you can say is its a good job you\'re doing this properly or some of that rot would be well hidden and fester away until the car became too far gone to bother with.

[CHC (RIP)]

priming.......