Frogblender

I recently found an '84 GSL for sale for $800 including the costs to tow it to my house. The car itself is rust free and runs extremely well, and the interior would only need a bit of work. The only thing I need to make it road-worthy are new rotors, pads, and a full set of rims and tires. I'm going through the process right now of tracking down some original rims off a parts car; hopefully these will still have good tires on them so that my job will be a bit easier. However, I never really considered myself mechanically inclined, and although I could easily have this car towed to a repair shop, I only have about $1200 for now to work with ($2000 budget minus the purchase price.) I was wondering how difficult replacing the rotors, etc will be for a newbie such as myself? I'd like to theoretically get it done within two days once I have the parts together, but I'm not too sure if I can manage that. Do you guys have any advice as to how I would go about this (guides, tips, etc?)

I posted some pics of it in the seller's lot on Facebook, check it out;
http://hs.facebook.com/album.php?aid...&id=1647420050

P.S. I'm 18 years old, so buying this car and being able to fix it is pretty exciting, especially considering it won't be too much to get it on the road (although I'll have to get a full-time job JUST to pay for the insurance afterwards )

Rx-7Doctor

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Doing brakes on these cars is pretty straight forward. If you are refeering to the front ones, no real special tools are needed. If you are refeering to the rears, there is a special tool that retracts the piston back into the caliper.
The procedure can be found in any repair manual such as a haynes. Or you could download a copy of the FSM per member trochoids link.
You can do these repairs easily. Don't spend the money having someone else do them.
For inexpensive rotors and pads try www.rockauto.com
Don't forget you are going to need some brake cleaner and some wheel bearing grease and get new wheel seals if this is for the front.
If it is for the rear then you need just brake cleaner. Get some anti-seize compound also for the bolts. follow the procedure in the FSM on where to put it.

openshot

that body is really nice.

Frogblender

Just a little update. I handed over half of the cash, the other half which will be handed over when the car arrives. I found out that the rims were not the right size for the car (mistake purchase) which is why it wasn't roadworthy. The engine is a bit finicky but does manage to rev 7000 and drop back to idle without cutting out. It will obviously need work but hopefully it doesn't turn into a moneypit (that's what this forum is for after all )

Hades12

Brakes are Easy to moderate, moderate for 0 experence people. You will need a Metric tool set, screwdriver, C clamp, Plyers, and the special brake tools are nice but not required.

We can walk you through it once you really start.

One tip, Only dissemble one at a time, that way the other side is a reference for you.


The front wheels look like stock steel, Rears I have no clue on them.

Stock Wheels should be easy to find from a forum member and cost you about $100.