Yep, I finally got my 1st gen and it owns!! Its not currently running but hey give me time. It got here friday night, and I haven't been able to take my eyes off of it for more then an hour. So yeah its not running but we think that we've got it figured out. I just figured i'd pop in here and let every1 know. Peace

 

Nice . Good luck gettng it running, and dont forget were here to help . Any pictures of her yet?

~T.J.

 

ya i got some. one sec......ok here it is, its my only good one right now. i'll take some pics of the engine and interior too but this is it for now.

 

and thats a damn nice car u have too

 

Had. It was stolen and stripped of parts. Its sitting next to my house waiting for its next life now. Oh well.

~T.J.

 

damn dude that sux, i'm sorry to hear that. My buddy and I just got everything but the motor running. Thats includeing the radio w/tape deck and eq. Almost all lights (the only ones that dont werk are burnt out), including bin lights, glove box map lights main overhead light. and ash tray light....i think its a damn good day.

 

well i just installed a new dimmer switch and a new headlight motor, so its coming along slowly but surely. Peace....oh i almost forgot i know its getting spark and fuel compression is good too so we are kinda stumped, any advice would be helpful.

 

What happens when you crank it over?

B

 

it cranks but no start, a couple of times it seemed like it wanted to start but it never did

 

Open the hood, remove the air cleaner, and shoot some starting fluid in while a friend cranks it over. But just for a couple seconds: don't want to fry the starter or exhaust the battery.

If it starts up and dies, you have a fuel problem. Maybe clogged filter, or whatever. Pump the accelerator and see if gas squirts into the carb. If not, you're not getting fuel to the carb. If it does squirt you got a carb prob.

If it doesn't fireup and start with starting fluid, your ignition is shot. Check for spark by pulling one plug wire and putting near block: should get a blue arc when cranking. Pull plugs and visual check: should be tan, not black or white. Should be NGKs, too. Must have four electrodes. Hell, just replace them. Check 'ignitors' there are instructions in the Haynes and Mazda manuals, and somewhere on this web also.

B

 

Check to make sure you're getting enough fuel flow at the carb. The hayne's manual has the specs on fuel flow per minute you should be getting along with the pressure range for it.

Pop out a plug after trying to start it and it almost starting and see if there is fuel on it. May be that it has flooded.

Check for spark at each of the 4 spark plugs. Check wire resistance and ignition coil resistance.

Check fuel filter.

 

ok well i know that there is fuel getting to the carb cuz i can see it squirt in. It has yet to truely start. the spark plugs that are in it only have one electrode on each and they came with the car. We checked for spark at the distributor but not at the plugs. We tried pull starting it today with no luck so we are gonna do a few things.

 

i havent checked the fuel filter and we will check the wire and coils tomorrow. thx for the help guys you rock.

 

WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Replace those Autolite pieces of crap with NGK's. Check the cap, rotor, plug wires while you're at it. Just for good measure, replace the fuel filter too. (anyone who would put autolites in a rotary wouldn't replace the fuel filter anyway)

 

you can try pouring a just a little bit of oil down the intake. I've used that method to get rx7's started if they haven't been started in a long time

 

sweet thx

 

ok so i got new plugs i did the atf thing just for good measure and we are currently trying to pull start it. Its started a few times but doesnt stay running but we are also trying to work out the atf. its beginning to get better but no luck yet. Any thoughts?

 

ok so now the oil pan seal is gone so gonna need a new one of those, but hey it looked like it needed an oil change anyway.

 

ok well we are gonna swap the ecu on it tonight hopefully that will help. A buddy of mine had the same problem when he got his and he swapped ecu's and it fired right up practicly so hopefully thats the case with mine. Anyway thx for your input guys....Peace

 

What year/model is it? That woudl really help people tryign to help you be able to help you better :]

 

you do know how to read right????

Look at the name of the thread.

 

easy, there, Derf - Pedestrian is trying to be helpful.

 

i wasnt being rude i was just pointing out something....i apologize if i came off as rude i really wasnt trying to be