Take back the keys!

monday night update:

tonight i pulled the heater core, blower motor & duct work so that i could get to the firewall and pull the remainder of the main harness.

once all that was done, i installed the main harness from the coupe:



after i pulled all the wires through the firewall and ran everything where it had to go, i installed the dash.




durring tonights's adventures i noticed something that i'd classify as EXTREAMLY STUPID! IDK why the hell someone would do this but they used a hole saw to drill out the spots where the seats are supposed to mount to.. Now i'm gonna have to fix that shit! Dammit!




Also noticed that someone cut the damn bracket from the cradle that is supposed to hold the passenger side of the stearing rack.. now your thinkin ohh well he has the donor car.. just change the cradle.. hell no!! theres now way i'm puttin that much time into that when i know one of those bolts is gonna give me the finger! I'm probably just gonna fab my own bracket & box it in. I'm sure i'll post pix when i get to this!

There are always un-forseen issues that will arrise when working with cars.. it's just the way it goes!

Running925 wrote:durring tonights's adventures i noticed something that i'd classify as EXTREAMLY STUPID! IDK why the hell someone would do this but they used a hole saw to drill out the spots where the seats are supposed to mount to.. Now i'm gonna have to fix that shit! Dammit!

Car had aftermarket seats and custom brackets in. I don't remember if Joe and I cut that out or not. Hm.

Nick Serra wrote:

Running925 wrote:durring tonights's adventures i noticed something that i'd classify as EXTREAMLY STUPID! IDK why the hell someone would do this but they used a hole saw to drill out the spots where the seats are supposed to mount to.. Now i'm gonna have to fix that shit! Dammit!

Car had aftermarket seats and custom brackets in. I don't remember if Joe and I cut that out or not. Hm.

well either way.. those two projects are gonna set me back a couple days. Might not have this thing done a week, might take two.

Got alot done tonight

Well your making some good progress i wish i had the same motivation to work on my car

Lookin good man!

I'm still trying to find something on this laser I don't have to fix or replace. So far, I'm nearly as deep in as you haha. The wonderful gifts of wrongness just make the setbacks that much more fun Like my totally wrong steering rack bushings, from the wrong model, installed upsidedown....using the wrong brackets. Oh the fun.

sohchottie wrote:Got alot done tonight

yea it's gettin there, gonna take a lot more work but we'll see how things turn out.

92tegGP wrote:Well your making some good progress i wish i had the same motivation to work on my car

no cryin.. just work hard.. when it fights you, step back for a minute and then work harder. You will win.

RSbeast wrote:Lookin good man!

I'm still trying to find something on this laser I don't have to fix or replace. So far, I'm nearly as deep in as you haha. The wonderful gifts of wrongness just make the setbacks that much more fun Like my totally wrong steering rack bushings, from the wrong model, installed upsidedown....using the wrong brackets. Oh the fun.

ohh i feel ya man. Sometimes idk what gets me more, the amount of work thats involed in proejects like this. Or the stupidity that i find laying underneith the mess. I understand that some people just arn't very knowlageable or think outside the box as to the best way to do some things but some of the ideas are just hard for me to grasp what they were thinking. blah blah.. just ranting people..


Good news is, i'm getting a natural gas furnace for my man cave, no more kero to keep me warm while i'm workin out there! It might be comming tonight, i'm pretty excited about that!

Looks like it is coming along nicely

Tony, heads up, the radiator mounts were cut and rewelded to fit an integra radiator. So might wanna check that out before you go dropping the engine in.

Nick Serra wrote:Tony, heads up, the radiator mounts were cut and rewelded to fit an integra radiator. So might wanna check that out before you go dropping the engine in.

thanks.. already taken care of!

Tuesday's nightly update:

ok well i started off tonight by putting in the steering rack to eye up the the stabilizing mount that im gonna build. Looks like i've got plenty of room to work in there so i'm gonna go ahead and move on, i'll build the mount around the rack later.

from there i moved on to putting in the steering column and wheel, it was a slight pain hold it up and bolting it by my self but, i got it done.



Then i decided it was time to fix the cables and install the lever's so that i can pop the hatch and fuel door.



Hatch poper:


The other cables went well so i figured i'd do the last cable and install a hood latch and hook that up.



The mirrors were laying in my way so i figured i'd put those on and wire them up later, they are power mirrors and i've already transfered that part of the harness so i may as well utilize them.



Being that the dash is comming along, i went for the gauge cluster.. when i saw the discusing rice below the plastic cover.. i just couldn't take it.. heres the before/after

With Rice:


Without Rice:


ohh & speaking of the interior peices & rice.. i just can't deal with this.. it's gonna probly have to be trashed and i'll visit the local salvage yard.


Here was the end result of the nigth..


I was pretty pleased, i think i got alot done tonight & hope that tomarrow is nearly as productive.

damn its really movin along...... i guess now i gotta get on my car since i have like 4 months to finish it

jesus tony your a machine. im going to have to come check out the project one of these days.. maybe a day with snow so we can go play on the rhino!

Nick Serra wrote:Car had aftermarket seats and custom brackets in. I don't remember if Joe and I cut that out or not. Hm.

I always loved the interior in that thing, I would always sit in it an imagine the VTEC kicking in.

damn tony u don't fuck around! haha

holy hell.. man on a mission. BACK THE FUCK UP!

Deviant wrote:

Nick Serra wrote:Car had aftermarket seats and custom brackets in. I don't remember if Joe and I cut that out or not. Hm.

I always loved the interior in that thing, I would always sit in it an imagine the VTEC kicking in.

Haha, VTAKKKK

hey guys, thanks for the comments, they really help me keep going. I'm definatly bustin my ass tryin to get everything done. I really haven't ran into any major problems yet "knock on wood" i mean yea i'm gonna a little fab time in it for the stupid mistakes that people left behind but all in all i think it's going pretty good.

tonight i'm gonna try & fab that steering rack bracket & and then move on to the lines & see how much of the engine bay wiring i can get accomplished. Once most of the peices are all back on and in the car, i'll have a little more space. Need space to paint. I won't be doing all the trim work & crap until the car is sprayed tho. No point in doing things twice.

Wednesday nights update:

alright guys, i got some more work done tonight. got a late start coz i was starvin when i got home from work so i had to go find some food. Still got a lot done tho.

Started off by making that steering rack mount.. had to run to handy man & get some bolts & crap. I had the metal layin around. It's all boxed in & what not. not a very good pic but here ya go.



After that was done, i started looking over all the engine components & laughed pretty hard when i saw this. IDK why this was fixed like this but it was.. i will call him frank!




After giving everything a once over and seeing that there wasn't anything else holding me back in the engine bay, i got to business. Tonight's ending looked like this.



It's almost there, a little more work and i'll be able to fire it up.

holy fuck you dont fuck around!!! looks good

jeez.. nice work..

sweet jesus

No No No, you're supposed to defeat the purpose of the winter beater and sand paint and clear everything you can get your hands on in the bay and engine.....that way you can take 10x as long to have the same running results AND you can drive your efforts in the salt! Don't forget to polish stuff!

Hahaha, looks good man! Way to get a job done!

RSbeast wrote:No No No, you're supposed to defeat the purpose of the winter beater and sand paint and clear everything you can get your hands on in the bay and engine.....that way you can take 10x as long to have the same running results AND you can drive your efforts in the salt! Don't forget to polish stuff!

Hahaha, looks good man! Way to get a job done!

lol.. ohh don't you worry, it's gettin painted! I'll be loading the abrasive areas with additional clear for protection! As far as the engine goes, it was cleaned with degreaser and rinsed off. It will get a good pressure washing later but other than that.. it's a daily, it's gonna get dirty.

I hooked everything up on the passenger side of the engine bay & started the driver side. Still more to go on the drivrs side, once thats done, i still need to pull the window regulators & crap from the donor so that i can have power windows in this thing. Once everything is functional, i'll begin the sanding process and get it ready to paint. My neighbors are gonna think i'm really nuts when i take this thing for a test drive looking as it does right now! lol

making great progress man

wow nice work

damn, very nice.

shitty vid but you guys get the idea.

onwords and upwords.



It was a little bit of a pain to get this thing to start. Had no fuel due to clogged fuel line. Had no spark due to cut dizzy wire. plugs were fouled ..

anywasy.. it runs.. time to get it all tidy'd up so that it's movable before i get ready for paint.

Running925 wrote:shitty vid but you guys get the idea.

onwords and upwords.



It was a little bit of a pain to get this thing to start. Had no fuel due to clogged fuel line. Had no spark due to cut dizzy wire. plugs were fouled ..

anywasy.. it runs.. time to get it all tidy'd up so that it's movable before i get ready for paint.

cold start? sounds like 2k idle. You do work Tony. Nice.

Rb25Cory wrote:

Running925 wrote:shitty vid but you guys get the idea.

onwords and upwords.



It was a little bit of a pain to get this thing to start. Had no fuel due to clogged fuel line. Had no spark due to cut dizzy wire. plugs were fouled ..

anywasy.. it runs.. time to get it all tidy'd up so that it's movable before i get ready for paint.

cold start? sounds like 2k idle. You do work Tony. Nice.

yea definatly.. i only had it running for about 30sec. i only had oil in it. no coolant or anything. Just wanted to get it goin.

I should have all the fluids and axles and what not in tonight so that i can drop it and take it for a test drive.