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Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay https://i.imgur.com/qBSkmMt.mp4  Unfortunately one of the water pump pulley bolts broke, so now I've gotta fix that. I'm going to give it all the basic fluids and fix the tensioner for the power steering and AC.
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Nov 5, 2019 04:24
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If a Lexus 1uz fits in a Miata a 4.6 should too...
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Nov 5, 2019 13:35
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It's my wife's car. I don't fit without a drop floor and a race seat. I'm 20 pounds heavier than when I briefly owned an NB Miata, which I never really fit in. I might supercharge it or Duratec/MZR swap it one day but a stock Miata is plenty of fun and a perfect car to learn to carve some corners. The only plans I have for the car are a roll bar plus whatever repairs/suspension work need to happen.
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Nov 5, 2019 15:41
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Miata report: I was able to extract the remains of the bolt from the hole in the water pump. I cleaned the pulley bolt hole with a tap, ran a new bolt through it. After I tensioned the belt, then let it sit idling in my sloped driveway without the rad cap on and the heater on full for several minutes. I gave the hoses some good burpin' and took it for a short drive. It runs decent! Now I just need to fix the PS/AC belt tensioner, give it fresh plugs and oil etc. I also need to fix: Passenger side top retainer. It wants to flip open. Window regulators. Small rust patch. Whatever other PO fuckery is undiscovered and present.
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With the Miata running and pending additional parts like the AC/PS tensioner, I attempted to work on the 4.6's wiring harness by trying to locate the crank sensor wire. I lopped off 2 or 3 connectors total when I pulled this harness out of the yard, so it's critical I get it right if I want the car to run. I also checked the O2 sensor plugs but didn't have any luck there either, so what the hell. I was able to verify that the harness was fine by verifying pin 1, which goes to coil pack 6. I also verified the throttle position sensor wiring was good. But I couldn't find the crank position sensor   This is the bastard.  I'm kinda stumped, because I'm almost certain I have a 99 or 2000 harness, and they appear to be the same.
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Nov 8, 2019 05:11
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Do the wire colors match on the TPS and pin 1 of the harness to your diagram? What about pins 21 and 22?
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Nov 8, 2019 13:34
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The Miata has achieved full basic functionality in time for my wife to have a trip to the emergency room last weekend. She's doing much better now. I put more details in the November chat thread, but needless to say I haven't spent a ton of time working on cars. I've had a few hours to figure the harness out. I learned that all the outer connectors are for the coil packs, which makes sense since they're all electrically noisy and you wouldn't want them crapping EMI into the rest of the harness. I also learned that wasn't coil connector 6. I've labeled about half the available connectors since, including the crank and cam position sensors. So far I've labeled all the coil packs, injectors, cam, crank, O2 sensors, MAF, TPS, and some others I'm forgetting since I don't have my printouts in front of me.
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Nov 17, 2019 05:16
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Made solid progress on the wiring harness this weekend. The big things left are the fan wiring, knock sensors, and coolant temp sensor, fuel pump and fuel pressure.
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Nov 18, 2019 19:52
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The wiring harness I have is weird. It has some of the 00/99+ pattern and some of the earlier pattern. The coils are all the later pattern ex: 6 is on pin 1, but the fuel pressure sensor is on 14. Does anyone know how to repin it?
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Nov 30, 2019 20:27
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There's a few vidjayos out there of how to re-pin the ends of a harness. I think it got covered by either South Main or as part of the loom adventures of Binky as well.
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Dec 3, 2019 14:27
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It's all about having the right de-pinning tool and knowing how to use it without damaging the pin or connector body. I'd practice first. Sometimes you have to wiggle, twist, push, or NOT do one or multiple of those things.
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I finally felt up to working on something. I pulled the valve cover off the Miata and the problem that killed it last time didn't kill it this time. The engine seems to turn fine, and the timing belt seems to be no worse for it. I'm at a loss, because it had all the same symptoms of no tach signal when cranking.
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Jan 6, 2020 19:00
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Bad coil, CPS, or something like that?
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Jan 8, 2020 15:51
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I had no tach signal so I'm going throw the old cam sensor back in it and see what happens. I've just been fighting the crud for the last two weeks.
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Finally got over the crud this week. I put the valve cover back on and put in the old cam sensor, but the battery was dead. I'm going to try again to start it tomorrow after leaving it on a trickle charge overnight. I grabbed another Continental harness, and this time I labeled it on the way out.
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Jan 26, 2020 04:11
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 Miata appears to be timed correctly. Put in the old cam sensor. Verified crank sensor gap. No tach signal. Car won't start again.
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Jan 26, 2020 18:31
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Time to channel your inner SMA and start chasing wiring.
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Jan 26, 2020 18:49
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You are insane, I put a 5.0 into a 240SX and it was a huge pain in the rear end to clearance. Godspeed, sir.
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Posting an update later, I need to put up some pictures. I needed to address my disorganizational chaos that was impacting my mental health before resuming work on Poorject Cars. I've done basic maintenance on the FoST and Outback, but oil changes are boring. I put up tire racks. All of my spare wheels/tires are off the ground and above my head. I built a work bench. It's stout. I've broken down some of my wire shelves so they're out of the way. I built some panel speakers that I need to hang so they don't sound as  Edit: some of the poo poo I talked about in pictures:    I still need to hang the bikes, but moving the EJ+trans made a big difference already. Wrar fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Apr 14, 2020 |
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What's up? Things that should not have been put on the floor in the first place. The organizational saga as it stands. Before I really started work in the garage I needed to make a keyboard tray for my temporary office space so I didn't nuke my shoulders/back/body. It's using a music stand base but is untouched otherwise. Wife was pleased I did not do anything than remove the top of her music stand. Right, garage time:  These are actually speakers driven by $30 of exciters. They sound great as long as you avoid going below 150hz. You can see the spare set of 18" Ford wheels for my FoST. I tried to find 17"s but that's what I found on CL a few years ago and beggars can't be choosers. It never got cold enough to switch away from the stock summers this year. Anyway. Building a bench, and the organizing stuff around it:      I broke down two wire shelves. The 18x24 had served as an improptu tiny bench for several years, but it was holding me back. The big thing was freeing up all the space. This helped, too:  Next step is to figure out what to tackle next. Getting the medium number of things off the floor and organized on the other side of the 240sx. This is not as exciting as working on the cars, but it's been key for my sanity.
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What kind of bike mounts are they, and do you like them? They look good, and easy(?) to use.
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They've only been up for about a week, but so far so good. They are easy to use. RAD Sportz Bicycle Hoist Quality Garage Storage Bike Lift with 100 lb Capacity. https://www.amazon.com/2005-Cycle-Products-Bike-Hoist/dp/B000PEURIQ I mounted them to a 2x4 to make installation easier. The Raleigh is about 25-30lbs and the Felt is just under 20. They're both nowhere near capacity.
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You're getting me all inspired to continue my organizational push in the barn and garage. Hopefully we've had the last of the colder days.
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I changed the cabin and air filters on the Outback and FoST. The air filter on the Outback is kind of annoying, and the cabin filter is incredibly easy. The air filter after trimming it to loving fit, because non-OEMs can't get it right out out of the box is pretty easy on the FoST. The cabin filter is really stupid. It's not difficult, but you have to make it squeeze into the space and it's not the easiest place to get to. I also practiced TIG welding on a muffler/silencer from a $100 full exhaust for a 90s Civic.
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May 3, 2020 20:47
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjxAAezqJZQ Makin' Templates, Makin Metal Templates. Take some cardboard, mark it, Transfer it to Metal, put it on a Template. 
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May 8, 2020 00:48
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Goddamn I wish I could heart this
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May 8, 2020 05:30
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I've been welding that panel in on and off between home improvement projects (which I have been beastmoding on) and putting myself back together from how hosed up things are right now. Hope to have it done sooner than later.
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Bump. Retimed the Miata. Did it in about 30 minutes. Who knew getting regular sleep would help, aside from every parent/person who studies sleep? Battery is d e a d. Wrar fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Aug 17, 2020 |
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Oh you’d love this. We’re putting the old 2v 4.6 from my GT (built up, completely forged and polished etc) into a 2002 crown vic Because why not take an old cop car and make it 600 rwhp. Basically make the car from tommy boy That 240 is a swap i would’ve never ever thought of. Badass even
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Update on the anything: this MX-5 is full of bullshit. I've done extensive troubleshooting in it and it just won't run.
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Wrar posted:Update on the anything: this MX-5 is full of bullshit. I've done extensive troubleshooting in it and it just won't run. Compression test?
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Yeah, time to go back to basics and verify what's there and what's not - fuel, air/compression, spark.
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It's spark. If replacing the EGI relay and cam sensor doesn't work I'll try a coil pack and see if they're both bad.
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Did you replace the cam sensor or is it the old one? Savington had a brand new NB cam sensor be dead out of the box, and Fatcow's maiden voyage in his NB was cut short due to a cam sensor that went bad.
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I've tried a different cam sensor already but I'll try another one since they apparently are mostly bullshit.
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Aren't NB coil packs notioursly lovely?
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Just firing the parts gun at it now. So many meter checks and bullshit.
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Suburban Dad posted:Aren't NB coil packs notioursly lovely? It's wasted spark coil near plug, I can't remember if they're that unreliable. They're cheap at least; there's a few coil pack revisions in the NAs and one of them is easily $300 and not compatible due to tach signal stuff.
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There are aftermarket kits for Coil On/Near Plug conversions these days using various coils. Mnet seems to think the coils die a lot but who knows, Mnet says a lot of things.
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