Ordered a bunch of parts and installed a wiperless hatch glass waiting on a gilmer belt drive and a bunch of other parts to come in the mail

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Nothing... been working all day. Day off tomorrow, though.

 

Finally reinstalled my oil cooler today, after 7 months of it just sitting around. Also fiberglassed my targa top for the widebody. The new house doesnt have a garage and I need a top on my car if I leave it outside!

 

Pulled the AC evaporator and cleaned up the box. I decided to use the evaporator box for my ceramic heater elements on the electric car. I had been thinking at some point I might put air back in the car and use the original evaporator but there really isn't any room left under the hood for the compressor and radiator. That will be something to shoot for on my next conversion. It will be nice to have heat at last.

 

The weird thing is that it's completely stock. The wires are tied into the harness, there's a slot for it in the center window switch console and it's the same plastic as everything else.

 

What year GSL? Orange switch? How about a picture. The antenna was always raised and lowered automatically when the radio was powered on and off. There is no separate switch for this.

 

Security system?

 

Fog lights?

 

Nope there's no security system in the car, it's an 81.

And the antenna doesn't automatically raise, the wire comes out to the center where the window switches are.

Disregard the switch ordering, I was just putting them in temporarily.

 

Looks like what a heated seat switch looks like. With a light to tell you it's on. Very strange.

 

Brightened the picture, it seemed lighter before I uploaded it.

 

Looks like cruise control switch to me.

 

I agree. Cruise Control. Did the 81's not have the switch on the dash like the '84 and '85's?

 

I thought I had a button for the Cruise Control elsewhere. I'll check in the morning, it'd be weird for it to be there though.

 

the switch is for ludicrous speed.... Thats why the seats are plaid.

 

Tried starting my 83 GSL this morning and got nothing! Zip. Nada. Not even a click.
No horn, nothing. Immediately diagnosed it as a dead battery (I've been meaning to replace the battery for a while now but wanted a gel battery in order to relocate it to the storage bin).
Hopped in the truck and went out and bought a new battery (875 cranking amps!, and got a $15 core refund on the old battery). Cleaned the terminals and hooked it up. Guess what? Still nothing! Not a click, whir, tumble or sound Something doesn't seem right huh?
Tinkered around and traced the wiring in the bay and came upon that miserable little brown box that Mazda devised in lieu of a proper fuse box in the engine bay. I pulled and checked the fusible links and they all appeared to be in good condition. Since I had them out anyway I applied some contact cleaner to the spade connectors and the terminals in the box, then reinstalled them.
Turned the key and she started instantly Non-plussed by the affair (and now wondering if my original battery was indeed dead in the first place!) I decided to perform the FC fuse box swap since I had one stored away for just such an eventuality.
I whipped out my wire stripper, crimper tool and box of miscellaneous gauge wires and my trusty copy of the FSM and wiring diagram and surveyed the task at hand. My mind is always on the lookout for a shortcut (I'm lazy that way ) and looking at the 30 and 60 Amp fuses and the connections in the stock FB holder and I had an epiphany. Instead of wiring in the entire FC fuse box, why not just put the fuses into the FB holder instead of the fusible links since they have the same type of connectors!
Lo and behold, they're a snug fit, but they do indeed fit! And they work too I was pleasantly pleased with myself for this bit of ingenuity until I looked at the forum and realized that DarkDrake posted this almost 5 years ago and tons of other people have done it since
I'm just happy that my baby is starting once again

 

Cruise Control - at least on my 83GSL

 

GSL-SE: I Tried to take her for a drive. Battery was showing only 12.3 so I put it on a charger for several hours. Turned over nicely and made the sounds like it sort of kind of wanted to but actually flooded instantly and refused to start. I guess I am going to have to address this properly. I am sure if I coasted down the hill and let the clutch out it would start.

GSL-EV: Since I had the panel off from working on AC evaporator box I painted the panel (one below the glove box) so it has the right color again. Started fitting the ceramic elements in the evaporator box.

 

Drove to work..finally ordered a speedo cable off Ebay after putting it off for 4 months or so...I probably would have crossed 200k had I actually had a functioning cable.

 

Picked up my repaired highback frame from Feruxe welding. Perfect job.

Still diddling with the ICU. Can't seem to find anything really wrong with it, but it may be heat related. I think I'll put it back in the car with the cover removed and see if I can replicate the symptoms. I did clean up some pretty nasty old conformal coating from it... maybe it was creating a partial short.

 

Yeah, i did that for a while too, but decided i wanted more circuits for future upgrades (stereo system on a dedicated circuit, my mr2 fans that have been sitting and waiting for an install for a few years now...) if it makes it easier for you, the fuse block installation is simple..no cutting, or splicing required. Just de-pin that retarded little brown box and put the wires in to the appropriate spaces on the fc fuse block. Pm me later if you need help with it. I just did it not even 2 months ago

 

Redone my door panels...

Before & After

 

Nice job!

 

Those panels look great

 

took her for a spin and continued to build my shopping list for new suspension. also noticed I will need to have the seats reupholstered sooner than I had planned.