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    Suggested shortcuts for coolant change

    Looks useful, but only if you have compressed air....sadly, I still live in the Stone Age of tools and all my stuff is hand-driven....so this tool no workie for me. Not sure if this would work by jamming one end in the top of the radiator fill hose as I described....looks like you need to have...
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    So, How low Do yours go....

    I'm pretty gentle on tires - got almost 13k out of my last Pilot Road rear tire before the wear bars began to show, and have about 15k on the front tire, which is just now starting to show the wear bars. I don't turn the wrist very hard and also do a pretty good job of rev matching on...
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    Suggested shortcuts for coolant change

    Perhaps the Admins might want to move or add these comments to another thread/sticky on 'how to'. I finished my first coolant change at 24k miles over the weekend, following Warchild's 'Blow Job' process outlined here: FRJ Tech link to coolant change process I have a couple of suggestions that...
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    Throttle Body Synch-time - Which way?

    You can find many handy 'how tos' on this site, which I'm pretty sure I was directed to from the Forum: https://www.fjrtech.com/maint.cfm and Warchild's contribution to TBS is here: https://www.fjrtech.com/getdbitem.cfm?item=21 Beast
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    Throttle Body Synch-time - Which way?

    Well, I can attest to the '4K rpm smoothing' - did my TBS per the Warchild/factory method at 24k miles last night. Also did my plugs, which had 8k miles on them. Based on the degree of difficulty in removing the retaining clip vacuum nipples, and the fact it was 50mm of Hg off between #1 and #3...
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    Replacing battery on Gen 1 model - is there a write-up I missed?

    Actually, and try not to laugh, the Lucas systems were not that bad - in fact, British wiring diagrams are really the best - every wire has its own color scheme and you know exactly where things went based on the color. Try doing that in a modern Jap car - everything is red, white, blue, and...
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    Replacing battery on Gen 1 model - is there a write-up I missed?

    yep, add one more to that conga line and you've got my setup....good breathing, lousy mileage. Who cares? The sound is awesome. Quite a story getting them to work - I bought them used with manifold and beautiful linkages built for only $500, because the previous owner 'couldn't get them to...
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    Replacing battery on Gen 1 model - is there a write-up I missed?

    HEYYYYYYY - be nice, now. All I had to do was rebuild the engine to Group 44 racing specs (.030 over, balanced, printed, moly pushrods, 3 DCOE Webber sidedrafts), rebuild the fuel pump, the radiator, the tranny (twice), the suspension (with nylon bushings), replace the shocks with Konis...
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    Replacing battery on Gen 1 model - is there a write-up I missed?

    Anyone that quotes the great Bro. Benjamin Franklin (first Grand Master of Freemasons in the state of Pennsylvania) , esp his beer quote, can't be all that bad. I guess he just makes sheep nervous? We have someone like that on the RX7 forum - you summon him by saying his name three times in...
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    Replacing battery on Gen 1 model - is there a write-up I missed?

    Ok, I was using 'replacement battery' and other variations of "battery" in my search criteria - should have just looked for cowl and fairing replacement. My RX7 uses fasterners similar to the center push-pin and the philips head quarter turn style pins so I knew what I was dealing with there...
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    Replacing battery on Gen 1 model - is there a write-up I missed?

    Ok, I spent an hour using Search and checked FJRtech and FJRinfo. Has anyone documented the processs to change the battery in the Gen 1? I had the pleasure of doing it this last weekend. I read the Factory Manual and then tried to see if there are ways to bypass removing all the fairing and cowl...
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