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Post  rdw777 Wed Feb 15, 2023 7:29 am

That’s great news on the compression Bob, The heart of the machine!!! That had to make you feel good….I had the 280 ZX which was a lot of fun… My high school car, A ‘66 Mustang with 289…. But if I could get any of them back it would be be my ‘60 model Chevy PU truck I had when I was about 25…. Long narrow bed, 283, Three on the tree….I painted it red Red….
I overhauled the shifter when it got way too sloppy…. Two tubes in the steering column that both rotated and slid in and out…Plus all the bushings in the linkages…. Was a fun old truck….
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Post  GallopingGhostler Wed Feb 15, 2023 7:39 am

Bob wrote, "For you clutchless drivers, clutch is on the left....  Is anybody reading this stuff?"

Yes, I have been reading, Bob, wonderful assistance by your son, looks like with the Wankel cylinder compression test good, you're not too far off from having a running engine.

My 1999 Chev. S10 pickup is manual 5 speed. Was able to bring back all our furnishings in 6 trips from Alamogordo to Clovis in 2012, a normal 5 hour drive. 5 times rented a trailer from Rec Services at Holloman AFB for $20 a weekend, box trailer or 2 ATV trailer. Last trip was remaining stuff in the pickup bed.

Did this over a 4 month period before retiring. The little truck was the truck that could, and this on a 2.2 liter 4 cylinder engine. Fully loaded, box trailer had a tendency to sway at speeds above 45, so took an hour and half longer to make it home, but did it safely, thanks to mostly rural New Mexico.

My 1968 Hino Contessa, a 4 door rear engine Japanese Renault was 4 speed manual to a 1300 cc 4 cylinder. My 1967 Datsun PL411 4 door sedan was 4 speed manual to a 1300 cc 4 cylinder. My 1970 Mazda 1800 4 door sedan was 1800 cc 4 banger to a 4 speed transmission. Replaced the clutch in my Hino and Datsun. Plus, all my motorcycles have manual transmissions, riding off and on since 1979. Manual transmission is second nature to me.
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Post  rsv1cox Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:42 am

The only truck of any sort that I have owned a 2003 GMC Sonoma.  Pretty thing.

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V6 that ate gas, Ok though as I put it to good use hauling lumber, carpet, and decking. Was building in the garage and loft at the time.  Carpet went up in the loft.

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Sold it when it was no longer useful.  Probably should have kept it, actually made money on it.  People do love these GMC's.

283 Robert, same engine that I had in my 1959 Corvette.

Gears are pretty wonderful George, but sometimes I get lazy.....Smile
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Post  rdw777 Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:41 pm

Here’s my 2017 GMC Bob…. No three on the tree though  lol! It’s hauling some blow sand from a cotton field and a few blocks for the garden today…

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Post  HalfaDave Wed Feb 15, 2023 7:44 pm

Hi rsv1cox,
I enjoy your posts... Cool
Manual transmissions and clutches, I agree:
-learned to drive on a Mini Coachman (64?) I re-varnished the real wood on it, so Dad would let me drive it on my own. Smile
-74? Ford Capri, inline 2Lr 4cyl with 5speed box. It had a long stick shift lever, very fun to drive.
-73 VW Bug. Baby blue. $800 bucks cash. Cheapest vehicle I have owned. (skinny lugged tires could get me anywhere in the winters here near Toronto, Canada) With roof racks and a hitch, I could haul a lot of stuff. I miss it.
-first new (painfull financing) was a 79 Toyota sr5 pickup.
-then got an 82 4wd with even worse financial conditions. (the Toyota's did run great)
All did not survive the salt of Toronto, Canada.
Most vehicles, after that were, 'company vehicles', all boring automatics....
One day,
I was washing the the vans at the brewery. Had some loonies($1 canadian coins) left. For the coin wash.
Nancy had this very nice manual Saturn and said she would like it washed...
Gave me the keys. As I was getting in, she said. "It is a Manual!"
Before I closed the door, I said, "Don't worry, I will figure it out," ... She chased me down the street. On foot.
If I was an asshole, I could have burnt some some rubber, but, brought her back her nice clean car.
Last manual I drove...

Thanks for these posts, I like learning new things.
Hope you do not mind.
Some jesting, and intended humour,

I like the roundabout way, you are getting that Wankel together... Very Happy

Take care,
Have fun,
Dave
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Post  rsv1cox Sat Feb 18, 2023 7:56 am

Thanks all.

Getting serious. 30,000 BTU's. In the 70's here yesterday, 30's today. Son's propane heater that I have had for years and I have some work to do on the Mazda this morning - Radio/radio antenna.

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While the Nissan sleeps.

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Really like these flex heads. Son gave up his metrics and I added a missing 14mm. Life savers.

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Post  GallopingGhostler Sat Feb 18, 2023 9:54 am

HalfaDave wrote:If I was an asshole, I could have burnt some some rubber, but, brought her back her nice clean car. Last manual I drove...
Good thing you didn't, Dave, the lady folk don't seem to have the same sense of humour as us guys, good way to wind up in the doghouse for a very long time, just saying ... Laughing

Good set of wrenches, Bob.  Thumbs Up I am reluctant to dispense with my odd set of tools. You find that one weird situation where no other tool will work, some nut or bolt in a hard to get at place. Even at times had to make my own tool.
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Post  rsv1cox Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:36 am

Sifted through my pile of lumber cut-offs and came up with a couple of possibilities to hang those flex wrenches.  Correct size and I don't have to make sawdust.  Means only two holes in the panelling instead of eight.  Painted it with the same color.

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I don't like fumbling around in draws looking for the correct wrench and this gets them out there.  If my son had any ideas about getting them back, this should let him know that isn't gonna happen. Smile  (He reads this stuff)
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Post  rsv1cox Sat Mar 04, 2023 9:30 am

Getting serious.  At this every day with occasional visits from Mark.  When the real work gets done.  Takes two to make a RX-7.

Running fresh gas from a milk jug under the car.  Haven't pulled the gas tank to clean it yet.  Starting fluid in the ports.  Engine wants to run but will not continue.  Fuel rail and injectors probably, so I pulled the throttle body this morning. Fuel rail and injectors are under the manifold.

Crazy system, fuel pump runs continually pumping fuel from the fuel tank then back into the fuel tank. It's a circle. Injectors only use a small portion, most is rotated back into the tank to be used again.

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Starter last week.  Was catching about every fourth try.  Parts cleaner, gasoline, compressed air. RemOil...........RemOil will mend a broken arm.

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Good teeth on the gear, works every time now.  

Got to remove the manifold to get to the fuel rail and injectors.  Mazda didn't make this easy.
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