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  1. Do you still have the taillights for sale? Did you already sell the intake?
  2. I haven't posted any updates in a while. But to bring you guys up to speed. I aquired the quest from an uncle of mine who let it sit for about 4years. I started with all the usual things, filters, drained gas, fluid changes, plugs, inj.'s cleaned and flowed, etc. Well, I halted progress on the project because of a dispute with my uncle on where the title was and getting it. Long story short....I now have the title so the resto is again underway. Here are some pics of when i got it and what a little elbow grease will do. [/img] [/img] And after about 10 hours of cleaning and waxing........ [/img][/img] [/img] Any suggestions on how to take off the rock gaurd plastic sticky stuff that are just before and after the rear wheels, lower body? They look so ugly and i dont want to take the paint off. Thai
  3. Anybody on the board ever heard or done a 1jz swap? Fitment problems? I came up on a deal and was wondering. Thanks in advance for any advice. Thai
  4. Update on the rescue. I have the tranny apart and I've got the master rebuild kit on order. Haven't posted in awhile seeing as I've had some "title" issues. Seems as though my uncle has been procrastinating on getting me the tiltle so I can get the car registered here. I pretty much halted all work on the car untill the paperwork comes in. I have had the inj. cleaned and flowed. And I also have one of Heron's downpipes waiting to go on. Good news is that the necessary paperwork is on the way. I've been working on getting pics up soon, so please forgive my neglect. ;D
  5. Thanks Indy for the heads up. I understand your points about checking compression and all. I've had mixed feelings about doing the whole rebuild. The car has been sitting for 5 years and no telling how many gremlins are going to pop up. I'm concentrating on getting it running right first and then I'll make a decision on the build. I'm going to do the work myself and the problem is that I have no place to put the engine and car while I'm working on it. ??? So I think I'll get it running right and drive it untill next summer. Then I should have a house with a garage to work in. Thanks for the info on the adj. cam gears.
  6. Nope, she is black, with black,grey cloth interior. I'm contemplating pulling the motor and doing a full rebuild here in a couple of weeks. Also the same with the tranny so I can add that "firmer" shift mod while I have it apart. Thanks for the info Justpaus! ;D
  7. Well, she's running again. Found the cable for the ignition enable signal at the starter to be corroded and basically falling off. Now she's starting fine, the tranny is questionable though. Kind of slipping in all gears so I'm going to yank it on wed., or thurs. and replace the converter and replace the front pump seal which is leaking out pretty steady. Just spent some time waxing it and bringing the paint back and besides the minor dents and couple of blemishes she looks great! Pics to follow soon! ;D
  8. Nice paint job, I'm thinking about keeping mine black after seeing yours ;D
  9. Thanks for the info. I searched through the shop manual and found out that the ecu wasn't in the area : Sorry I should have researched it a little more. I'm going to check for spark tonight, I'm starting to suspect the coil since it was in that area. On page 8-7 in the shop manual it says there is a diode resistor but it doesn't specify what for. Anyone know what it is for? It is located on the drivers side engine compartment, in the group of relays just in front of the wheel well/ upper shock mount. (radiator/fan,condenser,theft alarm relay cluster)
  10. I finally got her home. I drained the fuel and changed the filters. The old fuel that I drained out really didn't look bad at all. I drained it anyway. I also flushed the tranny and replaced the filter. Put some good old MOA in the engine to flush it out as well After that it took about an hour of cleaning contacts at the coil, battery, starter, etc. I turned the engine over by hand to make sure everything is rotating smoothly. After turning the key a few times and receiving no crank, I put it up in the air and had a friend try to crank it while I "persuaded" the starter with a hammer to free up any rusted parts it . It started after the 2nd crank, fired right up and held idle!! ;D She's alive!! I took it around the block a couple of times at around 25 mph to clean the surface rust off the rotors and to get those hubs rotating. I parked it and tried a restart to make sure the starter was o.k., and it didn't start. It cranks but doesn't catch. While cranking I noticed some smoke coming out from under the hood. I quickly popped the hood and an electrical burnt smoke cloud wafted out from around the drivers side front head light fender area. I'm guessing maybe my ecu let out the factory smoke. I inspected all ther wires around the ecu and there is no sign of burnt or grounded out wires. Any suggestions on what happened? I"m going to see if I can pull codes out of the ecu tonight maybe that will also help in the diag. Score 1 for the home team for it running and the tranny being alright though! Any feedback would be appreciated. I'll try and get some pictures posted soon.
  11. I'm picking up an 88 conquest this weekend and I have a couple of questions on the best way to go about bringing her back to life. The story on the car is that it belonged to an uncle who bought it in 1990 used. Besides not driving it hard and keeping it waxed and armor- all'd up that was it. He's not mechanically inclined, so routine oil changes were the extent of his "modifications". He noticed one day that it had a above average idle and on first start ups it shot out blue smoke untill the engine caught and then the smoke was gone. So he then proceeded to park it and never drive it again. I finally got him to give it to me after 2 and a half years of nagging him. So now I have a badly neglected conquest who needs some T.L.C. I'm not a person with "deep" pockets so whats the fastest way to get the car running reliably so I can enjoy driving it for a few months? I've been aching to own this car for awhile so I would like to be "in da breeze" as soon as I can if possible. If there is no way other than slowly methodically going through every inch replacing and repairing as I go then so be it ,I'll take that route and be patient. What sayeth thee o mighty starquest gods? ;D
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