Jesse.

Alright, a friend of mine has a 1987 TurboII for sale. He said he'd let me have it for $700. It has a 'new' JDM S4 motor with roughly 35,000 on it. It had a small fire awhile back caused by the battery. The main harness wasn't touched from what I could see, but the one leading to this was:





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The car also has some ADR wheels, and JDM S5 tails. The body is straight, no dents, interior is stripped, but, I can get all of it back from the guy if I get the car.

How hard would it be to fix whats wrong here? Is it worth it?

jl1rx7

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the question is how much do you like wiring? you will need to get the wires replaced that burned up. the least you could do is splice them, but i would replace the whole harness or wire. this could stop it from flaming up again. also the rest od the car looks like its need a little more than tlc. so if you buy it be prepared for more things to go wrong. especially since the electronics went up in smoke.

Ace86

This is my car, btw, just throw in some extra info. The engine has had a full emissions removal, and was installed by Kevin Landers (the motor wasn't rebuilt by him). I picked up the motor from a warehouse up in PA, where I was told it had around 35k miles on it. I have no idea of the actual engine mileage. The motor ran fine for a couple weeks, then had the small electrical fire. The tranny is nearing its end, though. I can't really think of anything else right off hand. Whether or not he buys it, I too would like to know what needs to be done to fix the car so I can get it running again. Help us out! Thanks

Forgot the clutch is new, has not even 100 miles on it.

DylanShupe

And I'm the guy with the transmission, and probably the one who will end up doing a bit of work on it too lol.

I figure the cheapest/easiest route would be to splice in wires, solder them in, and then that shrinkwrap stuff around them. My primary concern with the fire and everything is the possibility of frying the electronics. Not sure if it happened or not, but it is a concern to me at this point.

Fitness Stain

seems as though you could even part it out and make atleast your money back

jl1rx7

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since this is what i do for a living, but on fighter aircraft, i would check all electronical componets to see if they are fire damaged or shorted, since it might have put a huge current through the system before it melted. the splicing and replacing will work, but it might be cheaper to get a used hareness and replace the whole thing, then try to splice and dice. which will easily drive you nuts keeping all the wires and plugs straight. why did it burn up?

Ace86

The battery leaked acid without my knowledge, then one day, driving home, the tachometer spiked wildly, car died. I pulled over, and tried to start the car again. It turned over, but wouldn't start. Which reminds me, the master clutch cylinder went out at that time too, which I knew would have to be replaced. Landers replaced the slave, but we didn't get to the master. Anyway, after I turned the car over again, smoke started to pour out from under the hood. I pulled the key out, popped the hood, and saw that the wires under the EGI fuses were red. This was the most "fire" the car saw. I disconnected the battery to kill the current, then pour water onto the fuses. Probably a bad idea to have dumped water on electronics, but I was in a hectic moment and didn't want the whole car to burn up (I'd seen PD fires, and was paranoid this would lead to something like that).

jl1rx7

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thats what it looked like, do you have the repair books? and a multimeter? with those two you should be all the electronics to see if they fired up or not. i would look in ebay or here for a new/ used wirining harness it may be cheaper to go that way for you then replace the melted contectors and wires

Ace86

I do have a haynes manual, but that's about all, lol. If I don't respond for a while, it's because I've gone to town, but thanks for all the help

kyleaudio

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you could maybe also find a used wire harness in another car at a junk yard for not too much money and ditch that one.