Nice work skill by all on the o'rixie7

Had a go at improving the scratches on the windscreen today. I used a "scratch doctor" kit from ebay, and it was £12 well spent.

Hard to capture with the camera, but there were lots of deep scratches, caused mainly by the wipers






Started off by masking it off a bit




Then used the pad supplied on my old faithful electric drill




The deep scratches are still there, but they're much improved, and hopefully it'll be ok for a while, until I can afford a new windscreen...








I also got the red bulb paint out, and finished the rear foglamp

looking good mate, that windsceen looks much better

beautiful and singular car
all the best with the project

windcreen stuff works a treet! Do you think that the marsking off was essentuall? I might try this one on the door windows on the BA

I was thinking the same nick - I'm gonna give toothpaste a go first and if that doesn't make much difference, I'll steal marc's idea and get some proper stuff

Coming along really nicely tho pal, best of luck with the MOT on Tues

Well, it's a white abrasive polish, that is shot all over the place

It'll make a mess of all the nice black bits, and the paintwork...also, some nice chunky bubble wrap is good for protecting your paintwork when you're leaning on it, putting tools down etc

nice tip with the bubbles cheers

good job on the windscreen marc, always wondered if there's a way to treat those wiper damaged scratches...

Also, is this a special one off rx-7 made by nazda?

ah, you spotted that too

yeh, i need a new badge

Nice work Marc, haven't seen one of those drills in a while. Broke my dads after about 15 yrs of faithful service Rexxer is really coming along nicely mate

On the insurance database thingy, it reckons it's a "Mazd"

Well, it's MOT day today...I'll know the result when I get home from work...I reckon today's gonna drag

good luck fella, let me know how it goes, I wanna take it for a drive

Fingers crossed for ya mate

Good luck fella! Be nice to see it at JAE!

cheers guys


doubt it'll be at JAE, I'll be in the BJ I reckon

take them both

Yay!!!!

Passed the MOT


Big thanks again to Garath - wouldn't be celebrating this good news without all your hard work, time, and skill mate

Great news Marc.

WAHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

congratssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice one guys, another classic Mazda lives on!

Congratulations!

wow well done guys

Had another productive day today...

The fuel guage wasn't working (bad in an RX7 ) and there was a slight smell of petrol when driving...so, Karissa and I decided to investigate...

Had huge problems with rusty bolts, so much so I nearly gave up, but with the lovely kbob there to persuade me to carry on, I managed to get the shields off, and fight my way to the tank itself...

In removing the fuel hoses under the car, one of the metal pipes snapped, luckily I had a length of new hose, so I could make a longer one, and secure it further up the pipe




dropped the fuel filler out, easier than getting to the pipes on the tank




then dropped the tank, and found several small holes in the top section - these are known to rust away up there - it's easy to find them when the petrol leaks out






I applied a good layer of chemical metal all over the "thin" area, and then painted the whole tank in waxoyl underseal paint






While the tank was out, I cleaned the contacts on the fuel guage sender, and that seems to have done the trick - so no more smell of petrol, and I know how much is in the tank - result

As a treat, we drove to the seafront for fish and chips...happy days

very nice!

how come they didnt pick up hole in fuel tank on mot or was this pre-mot ?

Stu

MOT inspectors are not allowed to remove the fuel tank to check for holes in the top of it.

I know that bit. . .

is there no room to put your hand up and feel ? i know on some tanks you can get your hand in there . . .