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Man this thing was sweet!

 

Sparky has finished, all new power feeds, added relays for ignition, fuel pump and rad fan which was previously straight off the key. Car starts great now, and does everything it should.

Have also pre wired the car for EFI, so if I decide to change over its very straight forward now.

Have turned attention to the fuel system, it had a return line back to the tank, and for a carbed NA rotary you don't want any fuel running away from the motor. It also runs the factory fuel lines, so until I get a chance to upgrade the hard lines to 3/8, I've done a small upgrade for now. Blocked off the return line, fitted guage, and 3/8 hose from the regulator. Previously reg was fully open due to return line. Have slso replaced the crusty looking filter  cut it open and found years worth of crap on it

 

 

Sparky thinks he's found why all the voltage drops

Should go faster now too with the weight reduction 

 

 

Will replace all of that, with this 

 

My sparky mate came over today to start on tidying up the looms, they pretty much just grabbed everything from in the bay, and jammed it under the guards. Lots of redundant parts, and mixed matched wiring etc,we wondered if @Roman has worked on this in the past 

The car has had issues with starting and charging, so with fresh wiring for those and rad fans, fuel pump etc will definitely help, we will retain all the rest of the loom for lights, horn wipers etc as those work just fine.

 

Very cool shot^^^^

Umm PFT

 

Fresh WOF!!!!! 

Veeeeerrrrrrryyyyy happy 

 

This is not a rant, and I suppose at the end of the day I will have far more confidence in the car, and more importantly confidence with taking my kids in it, once I’ve finished going over everything. I thought it would be good to put up a current list of what I’ve had to fix here so I can look back and go WTF bro….

 

Still cant really believe how much I have had to do even though the car was;

A.     Sellers quote “not some slapped up banger”

B.     Halfway through a 6 month WOF

C.     Pricey

 

1.      Fitted 18 inch 3 piece Simmons wheels.

2.      Full Red taillights.

3.      Fitted rear ¼ Mazda RX4 badges.

4.      Fitted new Red ¼ reflectors.

5.      Fitted Rear seat belts.

6.      Replaced Leaking water-pump.

7.      Replaced front wheel bearings after having no grease, damaged and worn.

8.      Replaced bent strut and remanufactured Coil-overs, they were a major safety issue.

9.      Made new trans tunnel gear stick cover for massive hacked up hole, and fitted new shifter rubber to seal it off.

10. Fitted large new custom rear mild steel boiler muffler because it sounded awful in stainless – still loud though.

11. Replaced gearbox mount, and modified crossmember so it didn’t foul on the mount as it was before and banging.

12. Replaced worn leaf spring and hanger eye bushes.

13. Fitted new rear bump stops, to stop driveshaft hitting tunnel.

14. Replaced leaf spring pad bushes.

15. New U bolts as threads damaged.

16. Adjusted non-working handbrake.

17. Replaced Missing number plate light and bracket – rewire so it works.

18. Replaced missing window washer system with an under dash hanging bag – wire up as original system butchered and non-existent.

19. Repaired dash indicator lights, because of the Autometer dash setup they had to hack the back of the gauge cluster but failed to properly modify the wiring and bulb holders and their badly soldered joints just fell apart. Fitted new LED bulbs and wiring, and secured correctly so it all works now.

20. Fitted the correct Steering wheel boss as the indicator cancelling part in the one fitted was incorrect and the indicators didn’t turn off after completing a turn.

21. Reconnected horn as was just left unplugged, due to previous boss kit not reaching the contacts.

22. Thermostat was missing and thermo housing by-passed for full flow, coupled with rad fans on full time as soon as key on, meant on a cold day the engine wouldn’t get over 60deg and would run like shit. So I have un-modified housing, fitted new thermostat and a thermo switch to the housing (still yet to wire in with a relay) to be able to let motor warm up properly before fans kick in.

 

Things to do:

Calibrate speedo gauge.

Calibrate fuel level gauge – even though seller promised me he did this.

Deal with terrible wiring around car.

Get reverse lights working.

Fit radiator overflow.

Re make throttle cable setup.

 

Get a WOF

 

Then “maybe” I can start on the actual fun stuff……