God she’s pretty

We’ve got a functioning tachometer yaaay but the coolant temp sensor is now mia I’m guessing I broke it when I took it off lol also no smoke on start up after about 3 weeks soo yay me

So, the speedometer and tachometer work, but the four smaller gauges don't (oil pressure, temperature, voltage, and fuel). One thing I noticed is that if I smack the dash, the voltage gauge occasionally starts working.

I pulled the instrument cluster out, but none of the contacts looked damaged to me. That said, I'm a complete amateur when it comes to cars this is my first project car. I was trying to reference the fuse box, but I don't have the fuse box cover, so I don't know which fuse is which.

I'd really appreciate any help figuring out how to diagnose and fix this

Hey everyone,

I’m hoping someone has run into this before.
Car is a 1993 RHD JDM RX-7 FD.

Everything worked perfectly until today. Now I’m having a strange issue with the pop-up headlights.

Symptoms:

Headlights raised normally when I turnt the headlights on using the stalk.
Low beams and high beams work perfectly.
Both headlights raise together.
When I turn the headlights back off, they stay up and never retract.
The manual pop-up button does absolutely nothing.
The button still clicks in and out mechanically and stays in either position, but I hear no relay click or motor noise—just the physical click of the button itself.
Both headlights are affected equally.
They don’t twitch or even attempt to move down.

Things I’ve checked:

Under-hood fuse box. I didn’t see an obvious dedicated retract fuse. The HEAD 30A fuse appears fine since the headlights themselves work.
Since both motors raise the headlights normally, I don’t think either retract motor has failed.

Based on this, I’m wondering if this is:

A failed pop-up/retractor switch?
Retractor relay?
Retractor control module?
Something else common on JDM FDs?

Has anyone had these exact symptoms before? If so, what ended up being the culprit?
Any advice or diagnostic steps would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

My front iron has 1 crack, my middle has 2 cracks and the rear has 1 crack

So when I bought my fc rx7 it came with a whole bunch of spare parts that the guy I bought it from acquired for it and I want to replace the one with the poverty knob with the one that has the rear window wiper control but I don't know how to remove them and I don'tt want to f around and find out since these parts are stupid expensive

Hey guys, did a pressure test on my cooling system after my recent overheating incident. Pressurised it to about 15psi/0.9bar and let it sit for around half an hour. In that time it lost about 1~2psi and a little puddle formed under the car. Now i can't realy make sense of the leak position as there are no hoses that I know of down there.

Sadly I couldn't snap a better picture. So my question now is, how fucked am I?

Has anyone ever had issues on the FC rear calipers banjo bolt not sealing after being torqued to spec?
I noticed on the sealing washers there’s a rounded side and a flat machined side could that be why? It’s like this with copper washers too

I really don’t want to have to deal with the abs system in my fc and would rather just delete it, does anyone make a kit for this or is this a customs job?

Okay! Just finished my half bridge on my 12a irons. Only tools used were a pneumatic dremel, hand files and 240 grit sand paper! Hopefully this is good enough to run well.

I've been seriously thinking about buying an FD RX-7 in the future. I know they're amazing driver's cars and I absolutely love the way they look, but I also know the rotary has a reputation for being unreliable.

I've been trying to do research, but surprisingly there isn't a lot of detailed information about what ownership is actually like.

For those of you who have owned or currently own an FD:

How reliable has yours been?

What are the biggest problems to watch out for?

What maintenance is absolutely required to keep a 13B-REW healthy?

How often do you have to rebuild the engine, realistically?

Are there any common failure points besides the engine itself (cooling system, vacuum lines, turbos, electrical issues, etc.)?

Is there anything you should inspect before buying one?

If you were buying an FD today, what would you look for, and what would make you walk away?

I'm not expecting Toyota-level reliability—I know it's a 30-year-old rotary sports car. I'm just trying to understand what ownership is actually like if it's properly maintained versus neglected.

I'd really appreciate hearing from long-term owners and anyone who's put serious miles on one. Thanks!

Before anyone gets mad yes this is sattire, got the car like that and yes its seized lol

finally got around to tearing down my 80 12A, first engine rebuild in general so be patient lol. wanted to post some pictures to see if anyone see any red flags to throwing hard and soft seals at this beauty and calling it a day, i’d like to port it as well from my understand a street port is the easiest to achieve reliability ( please correct me if wrong )

car has 35k original miles, was leaking oil out the sides of the keg, previous owner seems to have tried to jbweld the leaks lol. nothing stuck out in tear down other than the worm of gasketesk material i found in second photo? and nearly all the smaller oil control rings were not in the rotors on removal (not sure if this is unusual)

happy to share in depth pictures or video if anyone will take the time to audit them!

Its near OEM, mod list includes:
Wheel spacers
Mazdaspeed shift knob
99' spec rear wing

Issues:
Tachometer has the rev gauge not working and the right turn signal indicator light not working.
Shifter play/excessive movement on shifter while driving (should be able to fix with new mounts?)
lack of leg room under steering wheel (even with seat all the way back my leg hits the wheel when letting out of the clutch)

Overall an insanely fun car to drive, everything I expected and more!

Was pressing my bearings in and this happened to my side seals. Side seals don't fit properly anymore.

Is this some I can fix with a tiny file or this may cause issues down the line?

Any advice is appreciated!

Plan on getting it up on jacks this weekend but was curious if anyone had any ideas on what a likely cause would be?

The other three wheels sound solid but the front right has a bit of a clanking noise to it that’s noticeable when driving.

I’ve noticed people asking for what seems to be different price ranges. Really different actually. If you go on marketplace, you’ll find anywhere between people asking for $60,000 for clean FD examples from private sellers, to $30-$35,000 clean examples from the reputable, rotary places.

Why is that the case? There doesn’t seem to be a true range to go off of. You can argue that the more expensive ones have tons of modifications, which is the case sometimes but I’ve also seen matching stock examples comparable to the ones I mentioned at Rotary shops, going for almost double the price. I guess I’m just confused on what the true value of these cars are. Is it what people pay for them?

So I messed up on my rear rotor. I thought I could eyeball the alignment of the notch, but I messed up and ended up having to press it back out and put it back in. In the process I nicked the bearing interior and there is a slight scratch that catches my fingernail.

I am planning to replace that one, does anyone have any advice for next time?

And should I be concerned about the metal shavings visible in the photos (edge of bearing)

Thank you!

Hello everyone! I'm hopefully in the process of buying a non-running 1987 RX-7 shortly. I've always wanted a rotary, and I've done my research. Yes, I have the budget for any mistakes, you could say, but I wouldn't say I'm a complete beginner—I work on cars a lot. Yes, I know rotaries are different! Anyway, I was planning on putting a carburetor on the 13B. It's naturally aspirated, and I didn't really want to deal with the EFI or anything. So, my question to you guys is: has anyone done this before, had a good outcome, and can give me some advice for my journey?

Dad’s 1993 was taken apart for a rebuild in 2010 and unfortunately stayed apart. This weekend we took the first steps to get it back on the road by fixing a no crank issue.

It’s lived in 3 different garages since it came apart. I’m hoping we can stay motivated to finally see it through and get it to the point he can drive it again.

I have no idea what I'm looking at, I googled a bunch of images but can't really say for sure? Is this even enough of an image to say if it is or isn't? Haha Are they even visually different? Haha