hey Jacob it is Kyle in lexington. Sorry to hear about the car. Wondering if you want to sell it though.

 

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omfg!!!

are you even gonna attempt to repair it, or junk yard/parts car it goes????

 

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Car-B-ques suck... have you figured out where it started yet???... (I know alot of people are saying the PD, but from the pics it looks like the drivers side is much worse).

 

I noticed that myself, and my theory is a wiring harness/battery cable problem, cause honestly there isnt much more on that side of the car to start a fire with.

 

ok well here's what i think:

my ghetto wiring harness caused this. the harness was split (i believe the dude put a used 13bt in the car after the original blew) the odometer was stopped at 79k miles as well, which is possibly when the first one died. the wiring has been giving me trouble in this car forever; random hesitations, car running funky til i jiggle the harness to fix it, etc...
maybe it was all my fault.

maybe this was my fault

 

HOLY **** MAN! That is ******* terrible looking. I was thinking more along the lines of toasted your harness and hoses or something, but that got EVERYTHING.

Yet you still find a way to hump/stick something into/**** on the car through all this

 

I dont know if I would bother fixing it. Looks like a parts car now IMO. But damn...

On another note, some previous owner hacked my harness to hell. After seeing what it looks like under the plastic that covers the wires, Im not sure I want to put it back in my car.

 

god damn.

 

Ummm, Suck!

Sorry Jacob, that sucks!

 

Jesus.

I must say, you have had the worst of luck with this car. It's almost enough to turn away a hardcore enthusiast such as myself from the rotary scene.

It does look like a parts car to me. Sorry dude.

Don't be too hard on yourself, but really guys, if you suspect a problem, with something such as fuel or electrical, tend to it immediately! I had an ECU side harness start to catch fire, but caught the smell and was able to pull over and pull the egi and main fuses before anything went too wrong. A crossed wire can make for a toasty harness, and a toasty harness can lead to damage as bad as... well, you've seen the pics.

A new harness was $510 at the dealership, 1990 TII. This, such as all engine fires, could have been prevented.

Does your insurance not cover this? Mine covers engine fires.

 

Wow, I must admit defeat... Jake's car is fast enough to melt the whole hood off and burn everyting but the thickest metal. I worship you man!

Ok, so this isn't probably the best place for a funny captions contest, but I do feel bad for ya.

 

How long was that burning exactly?

 

about 15 minutes. the cops wouldn't approach it cause the front was totally engulfed. i'm still trying to figure out why my windshield got hacked out

 

my harness was hacked to hell and i think that has something to do with my engine fire. dont put it back in there.

 

nope. liability only.

BTW, me and my mother have 3 cars (one of which is now toasted) so i'm driving a poop 89 nissan maxima now, but its good enough for transportation.

my mom gave me 5000 for my first car when i was 17 (1990 nissan 300zx) and i drove that for 2 years and had to sell it when the transmission went out. so i worked for a summer and used the rest of the money from that sale to buy my poor turboII. so i say, "hey mom are you gonna help me buy a new car?" she replies, "nope."
i said, "what if something happens to this old maxima?" (150k miles)
mom: "welp, then you're outta luck"

haha, damn i have some bad luck with cars.

 

My condolences sir. Perhaps an easy-to-fix NA is in order.

 

yeha i'd like to get a decent NA, but i only have about 1000 bucks. can i get a decent driveable na for 1000 bucks? hell is it even worth it.

 

i think that was the worst night of my life.

actually, here's how my day went:

1. go to class, blah blah spend a couple hours hangin out with a girl, blah bah
2. hang out in my dorm.
3. go jump my car (battery was dead)
4. start the car after several tries and backfires (water thermo sensor is dead)
5. drive around the block to make sure all is well.
6. smell burning plastic.
7. say, "oh ****." alot of times
8. turn around and go park back in the parking garage.
9.turn off the car and see smoke coming out of my hood scoop. (oh ****)
10. get out calmy and pop the hood. see flames and let hood down.
11. look under the car and see even more flames, say oh **** alot of times, and run while calling police station on cell phone.
12. deal with all the cops and all the bullshit and go hangout after all is well.
13. talk to the radio reporter girls for being "the guy whose car lit up the entire parking garage"
14. hit on some newspaper girls.
15. get in friends truck to go watch our friends jazz/funk band play at tedescoes (italian restaurant)
16. get half way there and my friend gets pulled over for having expired tags. then gets 2 tickets, one for expired tags and one for no seatbelt (he took it off to get his wallet out)
17.get to tedescoes finally and my friend tells me that he heard a rumor about this girl that had a huge vagina (i had been talking to this girl for the last few days)
18. go home, touch myself, go to sleep, and worry about this **** tomorrow.

 

kudos to u man, u seem to be dealin well...i'd be one very very depressed boy. find yourself a nice NA and swap over what you can (wheels etc...) hope all goes well!!

 

thanks for the support man.

 

Ouch, sorry to hear about this, glad to see your still have some humor left(edited pic in your sig). I'd say keep driving the Maxima and save up some money to repair. Strip down your engine bay, use your shortblock, find a donor TII for everything else. Fenders, and bumpers are cheap. Too bad those rims in your sig weren't photochopped, or else you coulda sold them for the repairs. Oh well, also, you can find early 2nd gen N/A's for $1000 easily, but I'd say suffer with the nissan for awhile, and fix up your baby.

 

Or, be cool and go fenderless, and bumperless like me, don't need those things weighing you down!

 

RIP

Isn't Delta selling a 91 GXL in Kentucky ?