Does anyone know of a good auto repair shop for Rx-7 repairs in the Milwaukee, WI area?

 

Hall Mazda in Brookfield...their rx7 guy's name is Randy...he used to live behind my work and he's got a sick rx7

 

Whatcha need done?

 

I'm hoping that I don't need any major work done at this time. The car is an 85' Mazda RX-7 GS that I bought new in May of 1985. It is stored for the winter 6 months of the year in a heated garage. It has never seen snow or ice. The rest of the time it is parked in my garage at home. It only has 66,000 miles on it and has been maintained very well. It is all original equipment except fpr the power antenna . However, last fall I noticed some smoke coming out from under the hood when I parked it after driving it for awhile. I looked and saw that it seemed to be on the right side. I thought that it was a minor gasket leak as I didn't see any undo use of oil. It turns out that the leak was do to a broken oil metering line. I hope that I caught it in time and didn't ruin the apex seals etc. It still runs fine. (Yeah I was ingnorant in that I didn't know about the oil metering system!) I am looking for an all round shop that is familar with the rotary engine and can do good work just in case it needs to be rebuilt.

 

Yeah, Randy at Hall Mazda does good work, and he has one SICK FC Rx-7! He is the only Rotary-Tec at any Mazda dealership around here that I trust to work on my car.

If you are worried about your engine, Randy just did my compression test last week. It was like $70-90 at the dealership.

There isnt any Rotary specific shop around Milwaukee, probibly the closest would be A-Spec down in IL.

 

$90 for a compression check?!?!?

 

holy hell dude seriously 70 to 90 for a check? a tester costs like 10 dollars at harbor freight.

 

how hard is it to jack up a car take out 2 plugs and a circuit braker?

 

They did the compression test while changing the fuel filter (I got too lazy to change it). Im guessing its about $70, the test should take about 40 min and their rate is $100/hr.

They didnt break the bill down for each job performed, just total time billed.

 

I understand that you really can't get accurate compression readings with a compression tester that is normally used on a piston engine. This is because the normal tester will only read the highest compression of the three rotor chambers per rotor. You nedd a special tester that is usually found at dealers or rotary specific shops.

 

we are located 45 min south of milwaukee and even own a rotary compression tester;

www.protegegarage.com

 

Yep, thats exactly why I took it to the dealer.

 

Thats not totally correct. You just have to pull the valve out of the bottom of the gauge and you can see the compression numbers just fine.
Thats how I test all my engines