Dead Dash round 2

[SnowMongoose]

bump?
lol, gotta keep trying eh?

 

[shaeff]

where do you live? if you live close to me i'd come help you troubleshoot it.

-shaeff

 

[SnowMongoose]

lol, Im at the wrong end of the country for that...
but if you find yourself in the Seattle Area any time soon...

thanks for the offer though!

 

[SnowMongoose]

need some opinions....
my optoins right now, as I see them:
1) Hire a pro to look at it, hopefully fix it...
2) go all aftermarket guages, fucking ditch the entire stock cluster.

thoughts?

 

[shaeff]

build a nice custom gauge cluster, like oneandgones. that'd be damn hot.

-shaeff

 

[SnowMongoose]

thanks again shaeff, Im in contact with him now
<nothing as impressive as his, but hey, Im not as badass as he is>

 

[SnowMongoose]

holy shit!
so yeah, took her out for a drive today....
and out of nowhere, the boost guage, and the fuel guage, work!
wtf!
er, this means very little, but at least Im narrowing down where the problem<s> lie.

 

[shaeff]

NICE! here's an idea of what i have planned for this winter. i'm picking up a spare gauge cluster, and cutting the shit out of it, and mounting custom gauges in it (most likely UNDER) the existing plastic. i'll probably end up going with autometer gauges, or greddy gauges. havent decided yet. all will be electric gauges, except for the boost gauge.

i'll probably have water temp, oil pressure, volts (just like my stock N/A cluster), and if i can squeeze anything else in there, i'll probably end up doing that, too. i'm also going to re-locate the climate control unit to the passenger side dashboard (at the far left side, so it's not out of reach) and make a custom gauge holder to go in it's place that will most likely house my EGT gauge, as well as my WB o2 gauge.

anyway, i guess i was just itching to tell of my future setup

-shaeff

 

[SnowMongoose]

sounds awesome, keep us posted Shaeff!
<thats the sort of thing I want to do once my car, ya know, runs better.... stops idling so high, has working instruments, doesnt catch on fire.... the basics>

 

[shaeff]

haha, doesnt catch fire. i hope you're joking! yeah, thats why those are my winter plans. because my car still doesnt run right.

-shaeff

 

[SnowMongoose]

not joking
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[shaeff]

uh oh... did you at least take advantage of that with some marshmallows?

-shaeff

 

[Mr.SelfDestruct]

if you're in seattle, I could take a look at it, i dont know if I'd be much help, but just incase you wanted a second opinion, send me a PM.

 

[SnowMongoose]

lol, didnt have time for marshmallows.

tearin ass down chuckanut <sweet scenic oceanside drive locally> and my brakes start smokin, so I pull over to check em out.... theyre fine.
start the car up again, instant huuuuuuge amount of smoke from under the hood.
jump out, open the hood, rock a little backdraft style, see that the flame retardant hood shit is on fire... lol
start blowing on it, goes mostly out, run around to the back of the car to grab some water <coolant in this case> random lady on the side of the road is like "Its still on fire"
Im like "thanks for the heads up!"

ended up blowing it out.
the line for my aftermarket oil pressure guage had swung into the turbo housing, instantly melting, sending some hot oil onto the underside of the hood, where it ignited.

lol

 

[SnowMongoose]

back from the dead!
just an update...
now, fuel level, boost, and oil pressure work...
Im pretty sure I fucked up the cable dealy from tranny to the speedo, still no clue whats wrong with the tach.

so yeah, Ive got oil and boost, life is good!