Wow, same color combo as my friends! Ill have to tell him hes got a collector car!
So with a little help from my friends, we have a running driving Mr2!
Jacob stopped by to lend a hand, and the 3 of us got the motor under the car, and up into place in about an hour. We then worked for another 3 hours or so fiddling with hoses, wires, and vacuum lines. Didnt quite get to first-start that day. The next day we topped off the fluids, bled the cooling system, threw in the battery and tried setting the timing. It was way off, had to rotate the distributor several times before it was close enough to adjust. Next issue was fuel related. One of the fuel injector seals had a tear in it and sprayed fuel everywhere. Im pretty sure I lubed them during install but it must have snagged. I had some spares and made quick work of replacing them. After that she fired right up!
Went for a test drive and came back with a new list of items to address.
One of the retainer clips for the shift linkage popped off and we lost 1st gear. Amanda panicked, I got it home in 3rd and ordered a new clip.
The windshield washer didnt work, turned out to be a busted pump, we snagged one from the parts car.
An output shaft seal on the transmission is leaking, Im working on that. Oreilly had a replacement but it has a metal retainer and wouldnt pop in without a seal driver. I put it in the freezer in hopes a second attempt will go smoother. That worked when I had trouble with the freeze plugs on the Rx7. If it doesnt work Ill get the OEM seal or rent a seal driver kit.
Car drives straight but I may get an alignment anyway when we get the inspection sticker. All the gauges are working, but the engine bay fan is stuck on. Not sure if its supposed to be. I know it is triggered by an engine bay temp sensor so Ill try swapping that from the parts car and see if it shuts off.
We had some issues with stalling but I think I just need to use a diagnostic jumper to lock the timing and set it again when the car is fully warmed up.
Lightweight flywheel and clutch will take some getting used to. We both stalled it a few times...but that may just have been because we were trying to start in 3rd.
Overall a successful weekend! Once I wrap up the seals on the transmission all thats left is an inspection sticker and decent detail job.
Ps, were going to try to make
Japanese Car Day at Larz Anderson on October 6th and
Radwood Boston at the same spot on the 12th. Both should be a ton of fun!