Well, if that's the case, then spring installation would be an interesting task to tackle.
Are you working on the weekends or something that you can't make it before 4pm??

 

Stuck working on Sat till 4. Plus if Greg makes it out, he doesn't get off work till 3.

Where is the grass hopper?

I think Kevin did his springs by himself, would be useful to have him there too.

 

Yeah ive dont mine on two of my old cars, its pretty easy as long as you have the spring compressor.

Unfortunatly i cant make it out this weekend, big family get together at my place on Sunday and i have to spend all saturday getting it ready

 

I'm in, pm me ur address plz Neo

 

wcs,

You've got a PM.

Notice for anyone else who's making the trip up, I only have 2 jack stands and no real jack. All I've got is the CX-7 jack to play with.
I've got a good set of wrenches and rachets.
Anything else you guys need, please feel free to bring it along.

See some of you tomorrow.

 

Hey Neo,

I have some extra jackstands (they have a v-divit that ok?) and a jack as well (Michellin brand) mind you, it's a bit high (at lowest setting) so it may not be low enough for your FD...can you pm me your address?

 

chris, i wish i could come help out with this, but as we already discussed i already have plans. I wish i could be there for when you get it running again but i guess i'll have to settle for seeing it at the next meet.

jay, good luck with the springs and all but as i told you today, i wont be able to swing it tomorrow and i dont know about sunday. How did things go with your brake issue?

 

gonna skip this for work. have fun.

 

Alright, see some of you guys tomorrow. I sent out the PM's for those who requested it.

I hope it won't take too long.

What does everyone else have to do to their cars?

Thanks,

 

Foot well's (if i can find the bag Rotary Rasp sent them to me in...) I still have an exhaust to do, but i think i will do that at home, thing is too big to transport...

 

Sadly Greg nothing happened. After I met up with you, I drove over to RPM, and they weren't there. Left a msg with their Fabrication guy. Then went over to WCS' house, but he hadn't got back yet.

We were gonna tackle it today, but none of us has a clue how to do it. The DIY on the forum is still up, but all the linked pics don't work.

Pretty much have to figure out how confident I am at 4, and then drive to Orangeville to attempt.

 

Well, thanks for the help guys. Good to see some of you care!

At least I know phobi tried to show up. Unfortunately he missed me by 5min's.

Update on the car:
She fires. But she refuses to hold idle. I tried firing it and quickly getting on the accelerator, but nothing. The car refuses to accept throttle input.
So my next guess will be to replace the TPS sensor.

Good to know I can depend on some of you to give me a hand whenever I'm in trouble. :p

Oh well... I'll order the part later in the week, and hopefully next weekend I'll have the car out.

Thanks,

 

^ Man o man, that is one depressing post... Sorry about your troubles Neo

 

rx8thunder,

Don't sweat it. It's not like you guys have alot of experience with the 7 as it is.
So don't worry about it.

I'm just fustrated when everything is done to keep the car in the best shape possible, and then she starts throwing a hissy fit. That's what I hate. Freakin thing is taken care of like a freakin collectable, and she refuses to cooperate.

I'm chatting with a few of the FD guys to see if my suggestion is correct.
So far, they're telling me it shouldn't affect the part I thought was faulty. So I guess it's back to the drawing board.

 

Neo, what about taking it to Mazdees or RPM for help?

 

Well, if I had the type of money I use to have, I would've towed the car to Mazdees already.
However, since I'm out of cash, and I want to know how to troubleshoot the vehicle on my own, I want to solve it on my own.
I know it's not going to be big or anything. I just need the proper tools so I can get the car on the road.

Unless Joe at RPM is able to make a house call, I really can't afford to take the car anywhere. Not unless it's under its own power.

 

So Im at WCS' house, we managed to get the strut assembly of, but guess what, the bafoon I am, I rented the wrong compressor.

 

OMG Jay, WTF??? LOL

 

x 2

 

Ya im a jackass, i rented the one for the seperate coil and shock combo, sigh CDn tire guys dont know much.

 

hey neo I think if you ask jeo to come by he will he is a good guy and he know alot about 7's.

 

Dude,
I was there, or at least where I thought was there.
I was late but I showed!
I was driving around that little crescent for a half an hour trying to find someone.

(switching topics I wasn't aware I had an alter ego posting for me.... Jay)

 

man, you know i would have helped. It just didnt jive with my schedule this time. No need to claim some of us dont care. i have virtually no life until the summer, then everyone wants favors and there are some things i want to do for myself and so little time....*sigh*.

 

No worries guys, I was just fustrated the thing wouldn't start. Just venting.
I know the majority of you guys would have shown up. As I said, I was pressed for time, and when the thing didn't want to work for me, I kinda gave up.

I left the house at 4:30pm.
I got there at 12:40pm.

Sorry if I missed some of you.

I'm going to attempt again this coming weekend. I found someone who's got the software/hardware. So I hope we can troubleshoot the problem.

 

I got the spring compressor I need, or going back up to WCS' for install!