techboy

Well, this kinda goes along w/ Fuze's post from yesterday ... but I'm getting a little sick of all this snow. I bought my car in August and was making steady progress on it all the way up until December. Then January showed up. And I haven't been able to touch my car since. This is in my car in the front yard, covered, since Christmas. The real bummer is I scheduled it to go to JMFabrications in Feb for a custom exhaust setup. Not sure she's gonna make the appointment http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6744/dscf0870x.jpg

There was a guy on the Allentown craigslist that was selling one up in Scranton PA in Fiji Blue too. It looked like the hood was peeling in the pictures. Just be patient. I looked for one on here and craigslist for about a year and settled for one that needed a bit more work, but I'm having fun fixing it up. It's kinda a bad time of year to get a car like a Quest too. Springtime you'll probably see some more pop up.

Lol ... My wife is actually pretty awesome ... She agreed to me buying a Quest 3 weeks before our first child was born. Most most wives would probably be freaking out about getting minivan ... and that was in addition to the cars I already had, and still have. We own 5 vehicles total, only one of them is automatic and capable of carrying a baby. I'd say I married OK.

Oh, she'd definitely let me hang it in the basement or garage, not the office though!! I just don't think it'll look that nice on a cinder block wall.

So my awesome wife got me a Conquest ad for Christmas and I had it sitting around since then. So yesterday I decided to frame it up before something happened to it. I got two pieces of 1/8" plexiglas - black and clear, cut them 9x12 inches. I drilled the 4 corners, and tapped them with a 6/32 tap. After mounting the ad I used some 6/32 thumb screws I had laying around. I think it came out pretty cool. My wife won't let me hang it anywhere in the house , so I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with it, but I like it http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/9205/dscf0868x.jpg

I respectfully disagree with patra. I graduated from college a decade ago and now have 2 different masters degrees in technology fields. My brother in law never went to college and makes as much or more than me. He started in construction and has worked his way up to project manager for a large local company. He's pretty much debt free and I'm still paying off gov college loans. IMO Higher Ed is not all it's cracked up to be. Plus, cubicles kinda suck. I often wish I would have sought training doing something w/ my hands. Many blue collar jobs pay well and you end up w/ a marketable skill that you'll have forever. You can get training like that serving this country or by seeking a job in a trade you enjoy such as the ones listed above by others. Just my .02. Whatever you decide, good luck. You have a lot in front of you.

Well, after I made my previous two posts I realized re-reading this it's actually a 9 month old post. Anyway, after a few emails I do have a contact through an ex-JNZ employee who can get us keys. I was thinking about playing middle-man for you guys, but after some thought I realized I don't want the responsibility. So, if you're interested in keys send me a PM and I'll give you the email address of my contact and he should be able to get you OEM keys shipped to your door.

Nice 89. It's a shame about the rusted out quarter panels. They put a lot of salt on the roads in Detroit or something?

JNZ site is showing MB113096 for $5.40 - I'm assuming this is a 1G Eclipse key blank. They are also showing the MB184084 for $10.07. I'm gonna shoot him an email now and see if can get his hands on these. I'll post up when I hear back and let everyone know. UPDATE - Email sent. Autobody ... I just noticed your post up above. If I'm understanding correctly your saying you ordered a 113096 and it does NOT work for our cars?

Not to steer the direction of this thread at all, but if the person who bought the one at JNZ gets it cut and it works (I agree it looks shorter) and others what to order from JNZ, it needs to be done sooner than later. I know Josh, the owner of JNZ and they are not going to open much longer. Business is slow and debt is high. He told me October back in August; and now it's Jan.

Thanks. So, then I'm assuming someone banned can't post at all? BTW - PM sent.

I know this is probably a dumb question ... but what does it mean if a person on the board is listed as a "restricted member"?

Let me think about this for a day. I think my ISC might be bad. Not sure. Haven't had much like trying to do the reset procedure.

I bought something off him too a while back (can't remember what) but had no problems at all. Thumbs up.

PM sent.

X3 .... Link it to a bank account of your choosing. Mine has been set up that way for over a decade and I've NEVER had a problem with it. It's nice b/c you can transfer funds between the two which is very convenient.

Do you still have the CC actuator?

The only two plugs I know of behind the glove box are the scan tool plug (top of the glove box) and 2 wire plug that goes over to the speaker on the passenger side. I just did a dash swap so my memory is pretty fresh. The oil pressure and water temp wires should be behind the drivers side feeding into the gauge display.

Sounds like your display HVAC unit is bad, it's not sending a signals to the control unit it plugs into behind it. FYI - some punctuation would make your post a bit more readable and understandable.

I appreciate the input guys. Funny, I showed my friend who was over the other day the interior swap and the first thing he said is that I needed to get black pillars. Luckily, I think my parts car still has a set. I'll have to drive over to where it's stored and check it out. EDIT: StarquestJoe sold me a set of new front leather seats too, but I'm waiting to put them in until the spring so they don't get all cold and hard.

Just a side note for anyone ... I had a set of Prosport guages for my Eclipse at one point. I was not impressed. There's a reason they are cheap. I ended up going back to Autometers.

Yeah, I kinda had to do something about the back seats. Painting them black on the top wouldn't have been my first choice, but the previous owner painted the top of them that tan color. You can actually see some careless over-spray on the drivers side back seat if you look carefully. I don't have any before pics of the rear seats, but it was pretty bad. I was just trying to work with what I had. I'll probably eventually track down new rear upper seats and install them.