Tuesday, June 17

RX7 is alive

The RX has been sitting in the driveway for almost a year now. We finally got our garage cleaned up enough to bring it inside. First I had to get it to move because the brakes were frozen solid. On a nice Thursday afternoon while on vacation, I decided it was the day to move the car. I charged up the battery, put a new gallon or two of gas in the tank, added 1 qt of new oil, air up the tires, and after a few tries it started right up. I let it run for about 15 minutes to get nice and warm to make sure it was going to stay running. Then I tried 1st gear, nothing, brakes still stuck. Tried reverse and still nothing. On the 3rd try going forward in 1st gear, the brakes broke loose. I was able to drive the car around the parking lot to get it turned around while using the e-brake to stop me. Now, it is safe in our garage ready for me to do some more work on it.
First on the list is the new Koyo radiator. More pictures after the install.

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