Ben Baltrusaitis wrote:

Hi everyone,
    I'm looking at buying a 1987 RX-7 hatchback. It has some rust on
the rocker panels. It was setting for 7 months for sale, but it did
start. Unfortunately,
it was started before I got there so I don't know how hard that was.
I do know the battery was and is dead. There may be a short as the
battery wasn't
supposed to be very old, but it won't hold a charge. I have a test
meter.
Motor sounds smooth, although there is an exhaust leak or a cracked
manifold where the pipe bolts to the manifold.
There is a toggle switch on the left lower dash that must be turned
on to supposedly operate the fuel pump???? It was rigged-as the wires
come out of the
engine compartment, over the fender and then through the door
opening, with no holes drilled.
The oil gauge doesn't work, although the owner didn't know it! (How
can you drive a car and not know the oil pressure gauge shows zero?)
I'm thinking its going to need some major electrical repairs.
Also, I saved an e-mail that talked about gotchas on an '86 (Hans
Conser). Seems the exhaust is very expensive on that. Am I correct in
assuming that the '87
exhaust is just as expensive?
In any case, the guy is down to 700 bucks and I plan to buy it on
Tuesday. I would appreciate any comments.
Thanks very much!
Ben

Too much money!  Cobbled fuel pump switch indicates the car floods
easy, generally means low compression, in need of a rebuild like most
2nd gens.  Better way is to use the relay under the dash for the fuel
pump cutoff switch, someone was clueless.  Oil pressure sender is
common failure, sometimes they take out the gauge too.

Hans

 
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