:::RHMT::: Real Home Made Turbo
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: c0mpl3x on March 25, 2009, 01:52:05 AM
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this is a transfer of the thread from binderplanet, i figured 'holy fuck, that's a lot of problems' and all the once-riced hondas and backyard fixes for stupid shit, i'd post mine for it's epicness.
PO cut a diamond shaped hole in the hood, for what reason? it went nowhere, and was unable to reach the latch.
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had a throw switch on the inside of the passenger fender wired to the battery, i traced the wires back to the passenger gastank sender, where one was wired to the sender, and the other was grounded to the body.
the tank selector fuel switch had both tanks tee'd together BEFORE the switch, with another tee off of the passenger tank, that went to 10ft of garden hose (via some fancy pipework, i must say) and a nibco valve on the end of the hose.
had a second toggle switch wired to the tank selector switch on the dash, behind the dash that would cause dead shorts when turned either way (ask me how i found this one out..)
the inside of my brake drums were painted chevy orange, front and rear, along with the front and rear hubs
has 4 holes drilled in a 12x10" pattern on EITHER side of the bed, with an angle iron frame going to the holes. looks like the passenger holes were brazed/welded shut, and ground flat.
PO started to 'repaint' the bed with a paintbrush, and gave up.
exhaust had a muffler brazed at the y of the y-pipe, with no donut in either side. muffler turndown turned up, right into the floor.
running boards were screwed to the fender lips with what looked like wood screws, but were rusted off at the head. otherwise they were screwed into the quarter panels.
drivers gas tank had no key, but when i drilled out the lock, i found 'great stuff' foam sprayed into the filler neck, and down into the gastank.
choke cable was connected to the heater valve behind the intake, and vice versa (lol)
removed the upper half seat bolts and replaced them with a wrapping of duct tape (cheap tilt-forward)
coil 12v was wired to the backside of the throw switch on the passenger fender, and spliced into the starter ign wire, AND the non-resistor side of the wire (why?)
PO timed it on #1, couldn't get it running right so he disconnected the vac advance, turned the distibutor the wrong way, and moved the plug wires 2 posts off to make up for it.
floorboards were covered in fiberglass resin, and a total of two 6x6" patches (over the cab mount bolts nonetheless)
lastly, PO bolted a spare tire carrier to the inside of the bed, straight into the bed with self-tapping SCREWS, but built it out of 70lbs of steel bar and angle iron that could have been off of the brooklyn bridge
for my toyota, it's not nearly as long.
PO routed the exhaust against (and through) the front drivers spring hanger, between the frame and spring. when going over bumps it would compress on the exhaust.
had cut holes for 5" speakers in the dash grills, only to find out the grills are 4" wide, and that the speakers caused the glovebox to not open, and the door panels to get smashed where the speakers hit
wired the horn to the body for a negative chassis ground, yet ran oem non-grounded horn.
the carb harness had the same plug, wired in a short 4" harness, with another set of plugs of the same year harness.
rear e-brake didn't work so he disconnected it at the drums, and connected the cables to the frame to keep the handle from drifting out
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The parts cars I get at the shop scare me with wiring. Atleast 2 are fires from half ass stereo installs
Im still confused why people who know they arent the brightest try things they know will just cost twice as much to fix after they touch it
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Done a couple of electrical re reinstalls myself because some high school kids didnt know that everything you read on internet it true.
blown fuses galore on a old merc
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I call most the shit on my car "Dixson'd" My buddy Dixson owed the car before me and he half asses everything, I've never seen a car that I've agreed on what he did to "fix" the problem.
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Done a couple of electrical re reinstalls myself because some high school kids didnt know that everything you read on internet it true.
blown fuses galore on a old merc
how can you re reinstall something?
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previous owner pulled the 1.8t badge off. i replaced it.
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The guy who owned my TDI before me
-replaced all the interior lights with Green LEDs
-put a flashing light that pulses with the bass in the pocket above the radio
-Took the "GOLF" badge off the back and put it on the drivers door (just the drivers door)
The guy who owned the civic Si (89) GRM car
-used marettes and solid copper wire for the fuel pump. After disconnecting this mess and hooking the factory shit up it worked fine.
-had 3 amps under the dash, none of them were ever hooked up
-Block of wood under the drivers seat to keep it level
-door handles were from a 4 door, so you couldn't lock the doors
The kid who had my white EG.
Swapped it to a B20 5spd from a D series auto last spring.
Drove it all sumer
Tried to part it out at the end of the summer
Sold the drivetrain for $600
and sold me the car complete with new snow tires, rims , suspension , everything
for $200.... and he owed $5000 on the car (Lien paid)
people are dumbasses
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hehe. I've learned my lesson NOT to buy cars that dipshit's have worked on. But I've seen some of the stupidest repairs and whatnot on friends cars when they bought them. Only funny one I can think of is when we bought our 23' Sea Ox, the previous owner had unhooked all the safety sensors on the 225 Evinrude so the alarm would quit going off. :?: Hooked them all up and the thing was overheating AND seeing suction on the fuel line pre-pump. :somb:
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My CRX gad butterfly seat covers when I got it.
My hatch came with a broken driver door lock and striped out window crank handles.
The dude I bought it from had some asshole install the stereo, speakers, chip the ecu and put a junk yard turbo kit on it.
That asshole was me. ;D
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my previous owner replaced EVERYTHING that he could get his hands on. new lines, cabled, oi, coolant, wheels, and was religious about keeping the car updated.
put in a new sterio and was religious about the wiring harness being the best.
i really lucked out on this car.
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-On my teg, every bolts were stripped, it was never the original bolt.
-The guy drilled a screw of 1"+ for a ground ontop of the gas tank :?: :?: :?: I noticed it when I changed the gas tank. No more bolt and the tank was holding in place LOL fucking retard.
At least I got no spark. :o
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Done a couple of electrical re reinstalls myself because some high school kids didnt know that everything you read on internet it true.
blown fuses galore on a old merc
how can you re reinstall something?
oops Cell phone error