Dax's FD return to the road after 6 years sorned

[Dax]

Lol well I only really get the spare time to work on the donkey once the little people are in bed, but that name does kinda fit lol

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[boosted]

Hi Dax...wondering what you did different to me regarding your dash...mine has gone all screwy again lol....in particular anything that you resoldered....all my connections are good and board corrosion gone.

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[Dax]

Hi Jon, not sure to be honest, stripped the clocks down cleaned all plugs and connections and any points of solder, I cleaned along all the tracks on the plastic circuits and removed all screws on the circuit board and cleaned their contact points and flattened out the plastic circuit as best I could that's about as much as I can remember doing. Funny thing is as soon as I flicked the reds on the digital bit lit up as it should showing mileage and I was thinking great I have sorted that at least anyway started her up rev clock works as it should and speedo working fine but the bloody digital display was lit again with no bloody numbers lol not sure what's going on with that like? But the rest is working as it should not sure if that's much help

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[Dax]

Seen this for sale on ebay thought you Guys might be interested in this bodykit lol
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-RX-7-/111982635663?hash=item1a12af6a8f:g:qrwAAOSwiYFXI1KI
Whale side 

[boosted]

About 6k overpriced though.lol.

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[Dax]

Not sure what a whale side kit is lol heard of veilside but not whale hope he doesn't take the HUMP me posting it on here lol

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[Casey]

 

[Dax]

Jon you won't believe this mate just finished putting all the dash plastics back on so took the car for a blast everything great after about half an hour I pulled in to get fuel started her back up and rev clock has stopped working again lol on the drive home it was coming back on then off randomly!!!  The the speedo had a moment for a couple of miles lol I tell ya what this bloody car!!!

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[boosted]

I feel your pain buddy...doubt mine will last long.

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[Dax]

There is one good thing the Boost gauge I wired in at the same time works great tho lol

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[boosted]

So everything working apart from rpm gauge....if you remove again and remove the needle and clock face you will see some screws that allow you to remove the board to get to the back of it ...this allow you to clean this side. . In addition i found that at the exact sweet spot for rpm accuracy my rpm gauge would flicker suggesting the variable pot was worn in this location...i tweaked abit clockwise which means its over reading but works...

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[Dax]

Cool mate cheers will take back apart at the weekend and have a go tell ya what I don't think I would have mind so much but the fact it gave me hope lol the car is just playing with me lol

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[boosted]

Final thing though...just remember to check that low coolant buzzer still functioning once all back in.

[Dax]

Ah he'll I forgot about that yep will do buddy thanks for the reminder

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[Dax]

Well there you go drove the bugger home from work and all clocks working again as they should! As I said before the bugger is just playing with me

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