Over the weekend I uncovered two of the rat's nests that are a part of working on a 3rd gen RX-7. The first is the most common, the vacuum hoses under the intake manifold. I had to pull the upper intake manifold to get to the coil packs and associated electrical connections. The 2nd rat's nest is behind the passenger side kick panel, made worse by the addition of an aftermarket ECU plus the J&S knock sensor. When I'm at the reassembly point, I think I'm going to have to work out some better mounting brackets for the ECU. All the adhesive Velcro used when initially installed has lost it's adhesion and came out with both halves of the Velcro attached.
Pictures to follow, when I get the camera back out to the garage.
Riley and I spent Sunday mid-morning checking pawn shops in the area for an engine hoist, air compressor, and metric tap and die set. We managed to find an air compressor used, bought an engine hoist new, and asked Dad to track down and send over his tap and die set when he has a chance.
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