Almost their,, Had my best Friend watch me while I do this he is so good to me always their when I work on cars.. He never leaves my side ,, seriously lol
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My little pile up
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My engine a bit more stripped down
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My parts area and yep lap top was for ROTARY RESSURECTIONS thread on how to remove engine, Perfect write up

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So are you are Puerto Rican? If yes, that probably explains the rx3, the flag and the dog, LOL:D:

I'm a bit :confused: Are you doing the rebuild yourself or just pulling the engine to send to an engine builder?

You mentioned hoping the housings will be ok. If it was me, after going through all the work of pulling the engine out, I would just do it the 'right' way and go with new housings. You mentioned the car was not well taken care by the previous owner. So there's a good chance those housings need replacement - although you would certainly have to take the engine apart to fully confirm. But being an 04', personally, I would just get new housings regardless. You might find other stuff you might need to replace too anyway.

Yeah, that thread from rotary resurrection totally rocks.

Lol no I'm Australian they have more rx3 than ricans lol Jk,, nope not rebuilding my self my good friend is. Engine was replaced once by dealer , and previous owner used premix so I'm hoping housings are good if they look kinda shitty and I got to question someone I'm buying new ones. And this process was not difficult at all thanks to Rotary Resurection , so if I can get 40,000 mi or more I don't mind doing this all over , Jk

Hahaha, Puerto Ricans seem to have an obsession with the rx3s. Lots of nice ones in the island.

If that engine is a mazda reman, then you have even more reasons to want to get new housings. There have been reports of Mazda reman engines that apparently used housings that were below specs. Just sayin'. If you look through the forums, you will see that many people object to the quality of those engines.

Also, it doesn't make sense to me you are wanting to build an engine that at least would last 40,000 miles. I guess I think differently. I would want to build the best engine that I could.

Just curious, how long did it take you to pull the engine from the car following rotary resurrection's instructions?

^ o I defently have an obsession on RX3 my favorite .. And don't get me wrong i want 100,000 miles plus on my engine I'm saying if I get 40,000 miles cuz I'm going to drive the shit out of this car ill be good . I'm going to Chicago on it if all is possible .
And I haven't open engine up yet once my builder has a bit time he will swing by and take it apart but housing look bad or like they won't last I'm getting new ones for sure but what price did you get yours for I've seen them for 650 and it ranges .

I think 6 hours but I have a bad back and I like writing labels on everything I remove and put in sandwich bags with labels and taking pictures , o and I have a bad back so I have to have my son do some work and that's a bit slower . As well I stop to make sure everything is looking good and I have everything label I hate guessing where what goes and it makes it easier and faster going back right.

great work, did you crack it open yet? We had the same issue with aux port clogged. I want to know how your housings look like.

Man my friend has been busy I hope this week for sure .

ok keep us updated

Well here is where my engine stands for now . Been busy my mechanic been busy , sucks,,
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open it lol

get after it. just use the engine manual and follow the instructions you will be good to go.

no need to wait....your just tearing it apart ;);)

I was thinking of doing that but,,,, kinda been a chicken to be honest . Plus I been busy too I hate starting something and then I got to stop to do something for the wife and kids so maybe this week if he don't show up. That way I can just order what I need already .

you can get the short block taken apart in an hour or so...you wont have any clean parts but it will be in pieces :)

If you made it this far i can imagine you can finish the whole thing!

I think there's a link to the factory service manual in the tech folder.

^ I think 9k already sent him the engine Work shop manual. the engine details are not in the service manual :)

now get in there and take that thing apart :lol:

I haven't received anything yet , but today after work I should be done with my Engine Bracket for my engine stand . I had my son cut and measure and he did pretty good so once it's all ready to weld ill have him do the weld plugs and I'll finish the rest. So you can imagine how everything goes so slow since I have my son do lots of the things since I'm hoping he becomes like my mentor CHIP FOOSE , lol in the rotary world lol..
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Here is my 12yr old son welding some plugs on the engine bracket . He did pretty good.
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And the finish engine stand , Engine ready for dissassemble.
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looking good man!

Well today Engine was taking apart ! And parts list for now And things to do ;

Clutch & pressure plate ?..
Rebuilt kit the Atkins 1360 master one or 1200 not sure .
If housings are ok and thier doable I may go with Goopy apex seals and Oem springs ..
Water pump ? Not an emergency looks real good and is not hard to change,
Housings ? He says their good but is my car so I'm taking to a few rotary shops to see what they think. My buddy is real good but if I get 2 opinions from doctors when I'm sick why not a few good rotary mechanics lol..
Rear o2 sensor
Oil cooler flush
Radiator flush
Change radiator reovirus sensor
Check cat

If anything else I miss please add I'm beat waking up at 430 everyday and in bed by 11pm or later sucks ,,

Nice progress!!

Here are some pictures
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