Richmond VA RX-7 Owners
05-16-05 | 08:24 AM
#3477
represent
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From: yorktown
oh yea i need some help...my left turn signal wont work---when i press the lever down and it clicks into place, i can hear the rapid clicking coming from behind the gauges (?), but the arrow light in the dash will not come on, nor will the outside blinkers...the right turn signal works just fine. any ideas? ive searched the forum pretty good and the only similar problem ive found has been the part of the cpu that goes bad, and i dont think thats my problem, im pretty sure its a connection or a relay...anyone with more know how on this, please!
05-16-05 | 08:58 PM
#3478
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FTD Wanna Be
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From: Virginia
Originally Posted by niburu
OOOh I also found that the spring compressors I bought won't fit up front in the car when trying to remove/install the strut assembly, JOY!!! (more sarcasm)
05-17-05 | 09:00 AM
#3479
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From: dinwiddie VA
Originally Posted by niburu
speaking of springs and shox:
I went out to the parents place out in Stuarts Draft (they have a nice huge garage).
I got my rear strut sets removed and found I couldnd't get
the nut that holds the shock onto the mounting plate off.
Unfortunately I don't have an impact wrench just hand tools,
so the shaft of the shock just kept rotating, then I clamped a
Crescent wrench on it. At that point I could get shaft to hold still but the nut
wouldn't budge.
The one shock I put in the vice is now blown, oh yay! (note sarcasm)
Any suggestions? I am about ready to just take a metal grinder to it
and cut the damn thing off.
OOOh I also found that the spring compressors I bought won't fit up front in the car when trying to remove/install the strut assembly, JOY!!! (more sarcasm)
-Dave-
I went out to the parents place out in Stuarts Draft (they have a nice huge garage).
I got my rear strut sets removed and found I couldnd't get
the nut that holds the shock onto the mounting plate off.
Unfortunately I don't have an impact wrench just hand tools,
so the shaft of the shock just kept rotating, then I clamped a
Crescent wrench on it. At that point I could get shaft to hold still but the nut
wouldn't budge.
The one shock I put in the vice is now blown, oh yay! (note sarcasm)
Any suggestions? I am about ready to just take a metal grinder to it
and cut the damn thing off.
OOOh I also found that the spring compressors I bought won't fit up front in the car when trying to remove/install the strut assembly, JOY!!! (more sarcasm)
-Dave-
05-17-05 | 09:02 AM
#3480
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From: dinwiddie VA
Originally Posted by jgordon
oh yea i need some help...my left turn signal wont work---when i press the lever down and it clicks into place, i can hear the rapid clicking coming from behind the gauges (?), but the arrow light in the dash will not come on, nor will the outside blinkers...the right turn signal works just fine. any ideas? ive searched the forum pretty good and the only similar problem ive found has been the part of the cpu that goes bad, and i dont think thats my problem, im pretty sure its a connection or a relay...anyone with more know how on this, please!
05-17-05 | 10:16 AM
#3482
Originally Posted by Zach McAfee
Why do you need to fit the compressors into the front end? Can't you remove the spring assembly from the car without compressing the spring? Sometimes you have to stand on the front rotor for it to drop low enough...
OK I didn't know about the frunt struts not needing to be compressed to be gotten out - this is really the first car I've truelly worked on.
The problem with top shock nuts is that they are essentially seized on, the nut doesn't break loose it just winds up rotating the shaft inside the shock.
I guess I could try hitting with a torch or cutting the tops off with a metal grinder.
The shocks definetly look like they are the original issues with the car.
05-17-05 | 10:55 PM
#3483
represent
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From: yorktown
Originally Posted by 88 vert
Check the obvious first like light bulbs, and the turn signal switch.
yea, i definately already checked the lights--for a while there it would work sporadically, at random times, and then whatever was going bad finally just died...and the turn signal switch is fine, its something between the switch and the lights, and ive ruled out that its the cpu thanks to the forum...does anyone know the whereabouts of any relays/fuses that are in line with the turn signals that might have possibly gone bad?
05-18-05 | 11:31 AM
#3484
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From: dinwiddie VA
Originally Posted by jgordon
yea, i definately already checked the lights--for a while there it would work sporadically, at random times, and then whatever was going bad finally just died...and the turn signal switch is fine, its something between the switch and the lights, and ive ruled out that its the cpu thanks to the forum...does anyone know the whereabouts of any relays/fuses that are in line with the turn signals that might have possibly gone bad?
05-18-05 | 01:05 PM
#3485
represent
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From: yorktown
i think i have it figured out somewhat...i took it to the mazda dealership today and a guy looked at it there, and told me i needed a new cpu, or if i could find it, the hazard light section of the cpu (??) he said the turn signals are wired through the hazard light controls, and if i replaced that it should take care of the problem. i never got the chance to ask, but it seems to me that if the hazard light cpu goes bad, wouldnt that kill both turn signals instead of just the left one? so i priced the cpu and found out, depending on my vin number, a new cpu is either going to be 400 or 800. to the junkyard i go. any other thoughts?
05-20-05 | 11:27 AM
#3492
i say what i want
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From: richmond, va
Originally Posted by brianmcd
hey mike, are you certified for inspections now? My dad's catless first gen needs one.
<3,
brian
<3,
brian
fo sho, i got my license about a month ago. just give me a call sometime.
05-22-05 | 12:35 PM
#3493
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From: dinwiddie VA
hey spencer, i got them springs. Thanks a million, sorry about the phone i got off graveyard friday morning and havent been to sleep except in the car, and the wife was lost when you called and woke me up but we found it with no problem. Nice place you got there, and a nice shop looks like is going up. Once again thanks.
05-23-05 | 02:51 PM
#3494
Originally Posted by Zach McAfee
Why do you need to fit the compressors into the front end? Can't you remove the spring assembly from the car without compressing the spring? Sometimes you have to stand on the front rotor for it to drop low enough...
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05-23-05 | 02:54 PM
#3495
when the strut top mounting plate peices came rainin down
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yup dented and gouged the paint
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yup dented and gouged the paint
05-23-05 | 03:38 PM
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so I'm going to have to cut one of the spring compressors threaded rod because when I compress the spring it angle in front of where the strut conects to the steering knuckle
this is a pic of the new strut without any compressors on it
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so I'm going to have to cut one of the spring compressors threaded rod because when I compress the spring it angle in front of where the strut conects to the steering knuckle
this is a pic of the new strut without any compressors on it
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05-23-05 | 09:01 PM
#3498
Originally Posted by 88 vert
hey spencer, i got them springs. Thanks a million, sorry about the phone i got off graveyard friday morning and havent been to sleep except in the car, and the wife was lost when you called and woke me up but we found it with no problem. Nice place you got there, and a nice shop looks like is going up. Once again thanks.
05-24-05 | 06:40 AM
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From: Virginia
Originally Posted by niburu
not really, when i took the last bolt of where it attaches to the steering knuckle i nearly lost some figers when it shot down about 6 inches - and then I made the big dumb mistake- I assumed the spring had gone as far as it would because on the new set the spring goes to the tip of the strut top and thats it. NOPE - it shot up another 4 inches, didnt hurt me but the car took some damage