My 1st Gen RX-7

[CHC (RIP)]

Hi Paul,
When you get around to thinking of replacing or fixing the rear hatch gas struts, here is a company that can do them - cost around £32 plus p+p  :-
SGS Engineering
Unit A6
Cranmer Road
West Meadow Industrial Estate
Derby
DE21 6JL
Tel: 0845 880 1255

Cliff

[automatic18]

Thanks Cliff I\'ll check it out

[automatic18]

Went for a short drive in it tonight as my trip away has been postponed. All was well until the front nearside brake started seizing up Let it cool down for half an hour then got home ok, I\'ll get the wheel off tomorrow and have a look. Front calipers may need stripping....
 
Oh and can someone tell me where the fuse is for the cigar lighter? The cover of the fusebox shows one off to the side somewhere but can\'t find it. I know its probably right under my nose...
 
cheers
 
Paul.

[antnicuk]

A nice looking car you have there.

you can fit a second hand 13b starter motor.  Its very easy to remove the original one and the 13b is a straight swap and will start the car a lot quicker.

[David Nock (RIP)]

Haynes diagrams show cigar lighter on a 20A fuse (15A for the S3 car), together with boot light, interior light and other things. Are they all working, in which case more likely to be a connection problem or past wiring mod?

Trouble as always, Haynes is not the exact diagram for every model.

[automatic18]

 
here\'s the fusebox cover....? There are only 14 fuses inside the box. Don\'t know if it means there are two others for the fuel pump and the cigar lighter..

[CHC (RIP)]

 
here\'s the fusebox cover....? There are only 14 fuses inside the box. Don\'t know if it means there are two others for the fuel pump and the cigar lighter..

Hi Paul, haven\'t looked at JAZ yet but on the r/h side under \'ACC\' it does say 10A CIGAR - wonder whether that could be it?
Cliff

[automatic18]

Yeah thats what I mean, it\'s labelled on the cover diagram, but the fuse is not in the fuse box. Unless it is common with the \'Washer / R Wiper\' one, or a fusible link?

[Steve-A]

hmmm. I\'ll have a look at my fuse box in the daylight tomorrow for you, but I\'m pretty damn sure I\'ve pulled the fuel pump fuse before for de-flooding so if I can find that again hopefully I can find the cigar fuse!

[CHC (RIP)]

 
here\'s the fusebox cover....? There are only 14 fuses inside the box. Don\'t know if it means there are two others for the fuel pump and the cigar lighter..

Hi Paul, here is a photo from \'JAZ\'.
The two fuses drawn on the lid are to the r/h side of the actual fuse box:-
1) IG = RED 10A (botom right)
2) ACC = YELLOW 20A & BLUE 15A (top right)
What I haven\'t done is taken these out to see what doesn\'t operate but think this should enable you to fit them and find out yourself.
Cliff
:Thumbs-up

[Steve-A]

You\'ve beat me to it there Cliff!

[David Nock (RIP)]

Again from the wiring diagrams, the cigar lighter is on with the clock on S1 and S2 models.

Also on this circuit are interior lights and boot light.

That 15A \'clock\' fuse is my bet.

There is also an illumination lights fuse which is 10A. That powers the dash lights when the lights are on. The cigar lighter has an illumination light as well, which I think is what it\'s referring to for the 10A on the fusebox lid.

[automatic18]

Well, after 12 weeks working away, I arrive home to.... this
 

 
I wanted her to keep the other car parked behind it to discourage thieves. The bit in Pulp Fiction where he specifically reminds her not to forget the watch.. well I specifically asked her not to bump it... gaahhh well no point dwelling on it I suppose.
 

 
Not had a close look yet but one of the side brackets is cracked off, is there a metal plate under the bumper? What are the chances of getting a new bumper? She seems to be of the opinion I can go down the local halfords and get one off the shelf...
 
Am now contemplating taking it to a specialist and getting this and the couple of rust spots sorted. Gonna try and sort the starter motor, lighter, brakes and servicing in the next 2 weeks. Nothings ever easy eh!

[Ian65]

That\'s a bit gutting Paul.
The good news is that it\'s an easy fix. The rear bumper ( and the front one come to that) is just a plastic outer cover over a steel inner beam and the plastic cover just clips to the beam. If you unbolt the bumper from its brackets ( you can leave the brackets on the car), you can then carefully unclip the cover and put it onto a new or good second hand beam.
You won\'t straighten the bent one. Once they bend, the metal stretches at the same time and you\'ll never get it back to where it came from.
You need to get the plastic cover off the beam as soon as though because if it stays distorted for too long, it tends to want to stay like that and can be a pain to get it to sit right, especially at the corners.

You could always put on a good complete second hand bumper but then you\'ll have to get it sprayed and hope to match the paint.... much better to use your own existing cover if you can.

I\'ve got a spare rear bumper beam that you can have for free if it\'s good and straight.... I\'ll have a look at it later and let you know what condition it\'s in.

cheers,
Ian

[automatic18]

Thanks Ian that doesn\'t sound too bad then. I just wish she\'d told me as it happened a while ago and its been left on bent, and the paint is crazed round the number plate lights . I might just take you up on that offer of the beam! Do you still have that master cylinder for sale too?
 
Pulled the starter motor off today and gave it a strip down and a good clean. Fires every time now. Ordered up all the service parts so will do all that next week and change the discs/pads also. I\'ll get the bumper off tomorrow and have a look at that cigar lighter. Need a satnav!
 
However! Having problems getting it to run. It will fire for a few seconds, rough idle then stall. I suspect it is fuel problem, maybe fuel pump? The fuel pump is running with the ignition on but its quite noisy (although maybe this is normal for an old Rex..?) - but it really is tapping away back there! I\'ve got a new fuel filter on the way.