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Re: New to rotary scene help!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 12:23 pm
by codge
As lucky says exactly......These engines fail simply because of oil and water neglect.....they won't take abuse.
If you're ex California, now Hawaii, you really want to find a guy called 'Stirling' on USA site rx7.com. He is the serious Nikki carb guru. He rebuilds 'em for fun!!!!....OMG.
If you've any reasonable mechanical knowledge you don't need a service garage.....everything for day to day running can be done by the owner.....they're really simple cars, just a couple of new concepts to understand.
Re: New to rotary scene help!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 1:56 pm
by TOOL
It's not hard to tear down a Nikki for a simple fault and give it an overhaul.
Just don't lose the ball bearings!
Re: New to rotary scene help!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 4:05 pm
by ian65
TOOL wrote:It's not hard to tear down a Nikki for a simple fault and give it an overhaul.
Just don't lose the ball bearings!
as long as you don't mess with the settings too much...
Re: New to rotary scene help!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 9:49 am
by rx7kirby
Picking her up tomorrow keeping fingers crossed that it does not have more issues then what I've been told. Car does not have turn signals so if anyone has a set for sale let me know
Re: New to rotary scene help!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 10:03 am
by TOOL
ian65 wrote:TOOL wrote:It's not hard to tear down a Nikki for a simple fault and give it an overhaul.
Just don't lose the ball bearings!
as long as you don't mess with the settings too much...
The mods are all well documented. Smaller jets, that's the key
Re: New to rotary scene help!
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:16 am
by rx7kirby
Finally got her home. I got some spare part but I dont know what they're are.
Re: New to rotary scene help!
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:02 am
by rx7kirby
Got the car today cleaned her up for a bit fixed the driver side window because it didn't roll up all the way. Also i would like to know if this after market push start would help me use the relay and do a bypass straight to the battery? o.O The cars ignition is taken apart because they said it was bad but it seemed like someone got mad and tried to hot wire the damn thing
What i'm asking is if I should just order some used one and do a plug and play or can someone give me more info on this aftermarket item (
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REVERSE-GLOW-IC ... be&vxp=mtr)
Re: New to rotary scene help!
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 8:26 pm
by rx7kirby
Bump anyone know Bout the push start ?
Re: New to rotary scene help!
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:03 pm
by ian65
I don't know if that push start would work... if the original wiring is still there, it's probably easier to get a genuine 1st gen ignition switch/barrel off ebay and just plug it in
Re: New to rotary scene help!
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 2:23 am
by rx7kirby
Thanks Ian that's what I did still waiting for the part to ship. So my carb I just unscrew it and clean it out? Is there a cleaner that I should use or just whipe off the dust? Is it ok if i use purple power degreaser or is it like a Maf and has sensors in it?