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

John Gibbons wrote:

Ben,
    When I bought my 88 Turbo the exhaust was shot, but the owner had a
Mazda lifetime warranty on the exhaust system. The car was not running but
the other guy used his free AA tow to haul the car in to the dealer and have
a new system installed. I bought it from him then and picked the car up from
the dealer on a trailer. The value of the new system off set the purchase
price of the car. It might be worth checking to see if there is any
warranty. Although the Mazda exhaust is expensive it is much better quality
than what I have seen of after market on my 87.

John

 
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