sweatr

If you use the search option here you will find that information here. You must search. I had a similar question a while back and I found it after a few hours of looking. You can also google that subject.

Shellem

Would anyone by chance have a pilot barring puller and the ridiculously huge socket for the flywheel that would be willing to rent, or even lend out to me?

RX8Soldier

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You'll get a better response by posting in your regional sub-forum

paimon.soror

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Curious on why you think it is a fuse that is causing your issues? More often than not your battery is weak and needs replacing. The clicking you are hearing from the fuse box is the ignition relay trying to trigger.

Shellem

Gotcha! thanks.

Tweaked Tay

The reason why is I literally JUST replaced my battery, plugs and wires. The battery hasn't even run yet, so I have no idea what else it could be.... Aside from the starting motor and fuses.

RX8Soldier

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just because you have brand new parts, that doesn't mean that they are operating properly.
if you have the means, have your battery and ignition coils checked. also, ensure that everything was installed properly. I've done it myself where I realize I forgot a small step on installation

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paimon.soror

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hrmm very interesting.

I believe the only fuses that would affect the actual starter from turning are the mains fuse and the ignition fuse. If you are hearing the clicking, then it isn't the mains fuse. The ignition relay would be making the clicking noise, and a dead relay typically wouldn't click.

Double check and make sure connections are tight, and the battery cables are free of corrosion. If possible, get the voltage across the battery, and have someone read the voltage across the battery while you turn the ignition key.

Tweaked Tay

The battery terminals do have some corrosion, i'll clean and double check.

04Green

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Data.. . Just because it is a new battery, does not mean it is charged. A lot depends on how long it has been sitting. I used to have a car that took a weird battery type with recessed posts. Everyone kept one, but the one on the shelf needed a charge. The film of dust on it was a pretty good indicator of how long it had been there.

poacherinthezoo

Any suggestions for cleaning up a rotor out of an RX7? I picked one up from a local junk yard for $5 because the rotary engine has really gotten under my skin, and I wanted to know what was spinning around under the hood of my RX8.

I'm thinking pipe cleaners, q-tips a big pile of rags and some carb cleaner? Any other ideas?

paimon.soror

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2 options that work well:

1. works the best.... clean with a scotch pad and gasoline (im not joking)
2. let it sit in a bucket filled with seafoam for a few days ... then attack it with a wire brush

I cleaned one of my "display" rotors with a dremel and a high grip sanding tip, but that's one hell of a pain in the ***.
I cleaned another one with a heavy steel wire bit, mind you it cleaned it without issue, but damaged the side seal passages (not that it matters)

the gf helping out


Front one done with a dremel and carb clean, the rear one done with the steel wire bit (see what i mean about the side seal)

J8635621

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Opened toed shoes? That's dangerousssssss

BigCajun

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Hey paimon, people should never use gasoline as a solvent or cleanser. It contains benzene, which is suspected of causing cancer, including leukemia.

J8635621

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Everything causes cancer

poacherinthezoo

I was originally thinking about the seafoam soaking route, but wasn't sure if it would be effective (or if it would require multiple solvent changes to be effective, and thus get pricey). I had not thought of gasoline, but that sounds like a very appealing route to start with at the very least.

Thanks for the input and great pictures. It's very interesting to see how the rotors have changed - particularly the shape of the combustion chamber.

Yes, gasoline is carcinogenic but that's not to say it can't be used safely (my daily job exposes me directly to all sorts of carcinogens as well as various human cancer cell lines).

paimon.soror

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Thats a woman for you ... *hides from the forum ladies*

plastic also produces benzene as a byproduct when it is heated. Ever think about the amount that you might be consuming when you drink from a plastic water/soda bottle

FYI, those rotors are from a FC iirc (and before people get angry, they were trashed rotors and not salvageable)

BigCajun

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OK guys, you can minimalize the risk all you want.
I grew up on a farm and from a young age we used gasoline to clean lots of things. Later I worked as a mechanic in the 70s & 80s & used gas & other solvents stupidly with my bare hands.
We had tanks full of gas filled by tanker trucks that we used to fill our tractors & vehicles with and a hand crank pump that used to splash and leak all over.
My brother & I used to climb & play on those tanks.
He was a mechanic, died at 48 of a pulmonary embolism.
I'm 52 & have leukemia.
Could be a coincidence, maybe not.

catchb52

Your getting a dose of benzine every time you fill up if you pump your own gas. Even the pumps that have the vaporcrecovery systems still give off some. Actually RX owners may get less as we normally check our oil in our cars so may not stand at the nossle the entire time.

Gasoline is a very good solvent if used safely and in good ventilation. No worse than other solvents you can purchase at the hardware store. Xylene, acetone, toluene, thinner etc.

J8635621

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How does a carcinogen cause a pulmonary embolism?

BigCajun

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I didn't say it did. Who knows?
Tell me what does.
I'm just pointing to a potential risk, that's all.
Anecdotal.
Take a bath in it.
Whatever.

StealthTL

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The average Joe worries too much about gas and other 'chemicals' - I make benzene for a living, the real deal not the 1% you get in gasoline.
Fifty tons an hour for over thirty years, sampling, testing, entering tanks that contained vapors, fixing leaking pumps, and I'm still hale and hardy.
Again, just anecdotal, but a little gas to clean parts 'isn't gonna kill ya' - I'd rather get gas all over than sniff that chlorinated brakekleen crap.

06rx8nate

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Hey guys (and girls)

Just installed Tein h tech springs mated with some koni dampers. Front is sitting half inch higher than the rear. It's noticeably higher and left me wandering if something was done wrong? Not Pre loaded properly? Or is it normal to be 1/2" higher??

Any info would be greatly appreciated! I Read thru the forums all I could find was one guy who installed the rears on the front lol. definitly not my case. Thanks in advance!!

RIWWP

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Did you get the front/rear springs backwards? Something being backwards is pretty much the only real reason.

RX8Soldier

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Preloading properly helps.
Ensure you did everything right, then recheck before you put all your tools away