93' Miata stolen and flipped build thread
#2041
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How to Obtain a JeffBucc Worthy Coupler.
By curly
By curly
Step 1. Show a picture of a shitty *** plastic coupler, followed by a shitty *** steel coupler hacked off of a larger crush bent pipe. Attempt to pretty by wire wheeling.
Step 2. Gather tools. Beer, rough looking coupler, 500 grit sand paper, Nevr-Dull aluminum polishing wool, electrical tape, flapper wheel, microfiber cloth, and drill press (not pictured).
Step 3. Wrap flapper wheel in electrical tape and jam it into the coupler.
Step 4. Turn on drill press and hold the sand paper up to it. 10 seconds later, should look about like this.
Step 5. Hold polishing wool against coupler, stroking up and down until well coated in the magic black oil the stuff creates, about one minute. Hold microfiber cloth against coupler to clean it off.
Step 6. Repeat step 5 a couple times.
Step 7. Bask in the glory. And yes, that's a blue iPhone 5c with black case.
#2042
That looks amazing, you are far too kind good sir! I would kind of hate to put that in a coolant pipe sort of like how I should never have put that PPF in my car.
Want to know what scared the ever loving **** out of me just barely? The capacitor on my COP harness blew like a god damn firecracker. I thought someone got shot outside the garage.
I think that is it for me tonight folks! Time to get some damn sleep
#2043
OK Jeff makes his first appearance...Cranked the engine for a little while till I saw oil pressure.
gauges light up, tach lights up, lights flip up and down(one at a time though...hmmm) Lights stay on(think I know the problem), windshield wipers dont work(not a big deal) but everything else looks golden.
Do I start the engine for real now? I'm a little scared to reconnect the injectors and COP.
gauges light up, tach lights up, lights flip up and down(one at a time though...hmmm) Lights stay on(think I know the problem), windshield wipers dont work(not a big deal) but everything else looks golden.
Do I start the engine for real now? I'm a little scared to reconnect the injectors and COP.
this car is not built for running and driving
now go polish the block. Because all blocks need a mirror finish
#2049
Too true, what is odd is that it only lights up the LEDs while turning the engine over. When sitting on ignition key it doesn't show any signs of being active. I'll figure it out, all this might be due to the battery not really being charged, and really dead. Granted I was messing with the lights and other things checking what worked and didn't work, so I probably drained it too much by the time I was trying to start it.
#2051
On top of Chris's info in his email about the LEDs you can access MS as long as your ignition is set to ON which will power the board and let your computer pick up the usb signal. I have a slightly diff board but the LEDS are for the Jim Stim test board/visually testing to see that what should be firing, actually is.
The lights popping up one at a time is your flair man. *One pops up, you raise a thick eye brow as the onlookers gasp at your car's blue beauty, the other one pops up* It could work!
Also lol @ the -4 props. I'm his brother so I get to make boobies/pee pee/fart/poopy jokes any time I like. That, or E30 guyz just get neg props by the sysadmin automatically.
The lights popping up one at a time is your flair man. *One pops up, you raise a thick eye brow as the onlookers gasp at your car's blue beauty, the other one pops up* It could work!
Also lol @ the -4 props. I'm his brother so I get to make boobies/pee pee/fart/poopy jokes any time I like. That, or E30 guyz just get neg props by the sysadmin automatically.
Last edited by eduTechnic; 04-09-2014 at 10:15 AM. Reason: Forgot to list boobies
#2053
Gotta start somewhere though, before this car I hadn't touched a soldering iron before. So believe me when I'm saying I'm learning wiring from scratch.
Last edited by Jeffbucc; 04-09-2014 at 12:44 PM.
#2056
Hose coupler:
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Replace that drain valve with a plug. It'll look right at home in your car.
Wiring things backwards: don't do that.
JEGS Inline Radiator Hose Drain - Free Shipping on All Orders @ JEGS
Replace that drain valve with a plug. It'll look right at home in your car.
Wiring things backwards: don't do that.
#2059
While I'm sure curly agrees my metal coupler wouldn't be an issue, he had a spare lying around that will be less of an issue. Plus with the power of beer on your side garage work is enjoyable, or less painful and aggravating.
I'm guessing RadioShack supplies capacitors of that size correct? Can't believe I stupidly reversed the polarity. That is embarrassing. Hopefully one of the few stupid mistakes I made with all the wiring I did...hopefully. Don't be surprised if not.
I'm diving back down tonight to see if I can access megasquirt with my laptop. I remember installing all the usb drivers i need and getting the latest firmware so hopefully it actually has power to get to that point. Then I need to do some serious reading on what tuning changes I need to make.