Jason's Build Part 2
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Started to get some work done today. I've already started on the weight reduction by removing at least 5 lbs of pine needles. There's still plenty of them left even after this first cleaning session. The list of things that need to be replaced is growing every day. Started under the hood by fixing the timing belt and adding all the other broken stuff to the to fix-it list. I'm not going to really do any thorough cleaning until I pull the engine but it sure does look cluttered right now.
After that I moved to the inside and started looking at the wiring. I think a new wiring harness in in my future. Just to see if it would run I taped up all the bare wires and tried to start it. She fired right up and ran like complete ****. Here's what I am working with on the inside.
That's all for today.
After that I moved to the inside and started looking at the wiring. I think a new wiring harness in in my future. Just to see if it would run I taped up all the bare wires and tried to start it. She fired right up and ran like complete ****. Here's what I am working with on the inside.
That's all for today.
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It really depends on the car, some of them seem to cooperate a bit more than others. I prefer to pull them together whenever possible, just decided to do it this way yesterday so I didn't have to store it somewhere. I'm still undecided as to which car I want to keep.
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Got quite a bit accomplished over the past couple of days. The brakes are now fixed and there's a new clutch/flywheel/pressure plate installed. Engine even went back in without any fuss. Added fluids, checked everything again and she started immediately. Turns out the cat was hollowed out, so that's another thing that needs to get fixed. Set the timing and did a quick test drive. Everything was fine until I turned on the heater. The engine immediately dies and won't start until I turn off the heater and remove the key from the ignition. I'm completely lost as to how these items are related, but apparently they are. The car is a Cali car, but the previous owner ended up running a non-Cal ecu in it and that's why the wiring has been spliced and diced enough to get it to run. I'm thinking there's additional wiring that needs to be changed, a Cali ecu installed or just MS it. Any ideas? I like the idea of getting the car to run in it's stock form prior to making any additional changes to it.
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MS+AFM delete and my car runs perfect.
Again, not recommending you do this. Just throwing in my
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I have a good friend that keeps telling me to do that, but I'm reluctant to believe that it will only take me a couple of hours to accomplish this task. I could easily see this turning in to a nightmare of epic proportions.
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I'm not sure, yet. Part of me wants to keep it, part of me wants to sell it, part of me wants to put a V8 in it and part of me wants to drive it into a lake. I'm going to spend the next few weeks working on the other Miata so I can make a true back to back comparison.
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