Car Progress Thread (3sgte), no progress... Options

[jcbass7]

UPDATE:

I am so frustrated with the car right now... A wiring issue i am having is causing the alt not to charge (see my thread in engine/mat)

Its such a pain in the but for me to get home from school to try and fix this... my school is two hours away and its a military prep school so its almost impossible for me to get the whole weekend off to just come home and work on the car... It used to be at school with me until the issues happened and I had to leave it at home since i couldn't make the drive with it...

I really don't know when i can even work on it again... and come July 2nd i won't have the car on the road for 3 years.............................. so i really want to be driving it as much as possible until then..

its just so depressing knowing i can't drive it soon and it won't even work when i can... especially after all the $$$$$ and time ive put into this thing...




venting.........

[massbrandon]

That sucks Jesse, but all I can say is be patient with it. Other than that I hope you get everything figured out and everything works out for ya.

[jcbass7]

i can be patient, but patience takes timee which is very very very limited for me right now and time will not exist for the celi come july...

[95st-celica]

Amazing car dude....good luck wit everything..i love the 2 pod gauge cluster in the shifter...i saw that somwhere befor n i was thinkin about gettin it for my car...them gauges in all blue...well the whole interior in all blue looks sick...i want to do the exact same thing....good luck wioth it though man awesome job!!

[jcbass7]

OK I'm OUTTA SCHOOL AND ITS TIME TO GET THE CAR BACK ON THE ROAD!

Here is whats up,

-tranny swap
-vac leaks
-crazy wiring issue (short or something)


Those are the first steps..

while i'm at it:

-engine bay clean-up
-wire tuck etc.
-more?



gimme some words of encouragement! i'm gonna need them if i want this car ready for the meet in NJ on the 9th and 10th!

[Batman722]

Stef and I are here to help you out Jesse

[Defgeph]

You can do it dude. Just get the issues taken care of. Then worry about cleaning it up.

I'd love to see another 3s make it to the meet.

[jcbass7]

the lift at my buddies house has a lincoln sitting on it with no front suspension... so it will be atleast a day or two until i can work on her and swap the tranny...

in the mean time ill look for the electrical problems... wish me luck..


ps: I forgot how fast the 3s is!

Ive been driving my moms nissan sentra....(old and slow) so getting back in the 3s for the first time in a few months was sooo nice!

[Dub]

can you make a vid of those prosports in action? are they easy to see during the day?

Sorry for OT, but Lagos you can see it e.g. here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5n4NAvlzXA...ted&search=
There are some vids on youtube, try looking around.

It seems the gauges when switched on have a few backlight modes. The bright white one seems to be the one with your lights on. Looks best IMO.

[jcbass7]

^ I do not have mine wired up to the "dimmer" option, so they may work different when i wire that in..

[lagos]

can you make a vid of those prosports in action? are they easy to see during the day?

Sorry for OT, but Lagos you can see it e.g. here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5n4NAvlzXA...ted&search=
There are some vids on youtube, try looking around.

It seems the gauges when switched on have a few backlight modes. The bright white one seems to be the one with your lights on. Looks best IMO.

nice! ... i saw them on my buddies car too. they seem to be an awesome bang for the buck. especially the peakhold/warning gauges.

[Racer_J]

Jesse,

I've been reading this thread on and off all afternoon (inbetween working of course) and I'm amazed at how much you've achieved with that car of yours. You obviously know your stuff whereas I on the other hand can't even find out why my engine cooling fan ain't working!

Keep up the good work, you're an inspiration to us all!





This post has been edited by Racer_J: May 24, 2007 - 10:57 AM

[Batman722]

hey Jesse, I sent you a PM with some pics, this one should help too



thank Stef for them

[jcbass7]

thank you all for the words of encouragement!

the electrical issue has been resolved and now im putting the interior back together and hopefully wednesday ill be swapping the tranny out!

[presure2]

thank you all for the words of encouragement!

the electrical issue has been resolved and now im putting the interior back together and hopefully wednesday ill be swapping the tranny out!

what exactly was the issue, jesse?
good to hear its sloved, whatever it was!!

[jcbass7]

thank you all for the words of encouragement!

the electrical issue has been resolved and now im putting the interior back together and hopefully wednesday ill be swapping the tranny out!

what exactly was the issue, jesse?
good to hear its sloved, whatever it was!!

a fuse... haha long story short.... but yea a fuse that didn't look broken but was

i'm embarrased, but glad it was that simple!

This post has been edited by jcbass7: May 28, 2007 - 6:05 PM

[jcbass7]

After reading Coomer's incredible engine bay renovation thread I was instantly inspired... since.... my engine bay looks awful..

here are some shots....

what would you suggest first? (i don't have as much time, so these things need to be simple and cheap.. lol)





Its obvious that i need to:

mount that rubber piece along the top of the hood
clean up the wiring for the gauge senders..... yea i know its ugly
paint the windshield wipers!

PS: FMIC going in this week (knock on wood)

[Batman722]

do you have the piping and couplers for the IC ?

[jcbass7]

i have the piping but no couplers yet...
and no BOV




This post has been edited by jcbass7: May 28, 2007 - 8:08 PM

[jcbass7]

Today i started by..

taking off the hood and such





and then got sidetracked and fabricated a shorter more discrete coolant refill





its made out of the neck of an engine coolant res that i had from my parts car

anywho, ill paint it black and see how it works.. the neck fits perfectly snug with the grommet on the coolant res