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Ill-Advised lifted 245+T DD Project

pinguin

pinguin

Fuck ICE
Joined
May 13, 2006
Location
MN
Flew down to San Francisco, and picked up this https://turbobricks.com/index.php?threads/lifted-t-1992-245.379118/
on Monday. Drove it home with a brief stop in San Rafael for some parts.
Had a couple hiccups along the way, standard old car stuff.
  • Wastegate line split
  • Car started overheating
  • Expansion tank sprung a leak
  • Somewhere around Wyoming, it started dying at idle. This got progressively worse. (ECU set a 1-3-3 code for TPS, possibly related)
But in the end, I got it back to MN.
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Pulled off the bad expansion tank.
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Turns out it was leaking from this bit in the middle:
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Got one of those and a few other things on order. Long term, might try to fit a 960 tank with the level sensor in there.

Took a rock to an e-code lens on the drive too. Got one coming.
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Upcoming: Full Stage Zero including replacement of fuse panel with Wagonmeister unit.
 
pinguin said:
Drove it home with a brief stop in San Rafael for some parts.
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Nicely understated... :lol: that included most of a black interior from my oceanside rust bucket. I had expected to help Pinguin and his co-pilot dismantle their interior and complete a color swap, to keep the cargo area empty for other things on a long ride home. But they said no big deal, we've got room, we'll just toss it all in the back. :omg:

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Less than an hour later, they're loaded up and gone. Glad it all worked out.

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Looking forward to seeing where this project goes.
 
Got the Wagonmeister fuse panel in today, it's a pretty easy install, and I'll never have to deal with those awful fuses again. Gonna have to buy one for the 242 eventually.
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That little red wire on the floor was plugged into fuse 13, switched power for seat heaters. This car doesn't have heated seats (a project for later), and the wire runs up into the dash to parts unknown. Plugged it into fuse 1, another switched circuit. we'll see what happens.

All in. Haven't done the kick panel modification yet, might need to get a new one anyway. Anyone got a kick panel and fuse cover for cheap?
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The kick panel has been hacked up a bit, and the fuse cover is broken where it hooks in at the top.

Also, this guy was unplugged:
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Plugged it back in to see what's what, and it's for the locking circuit. Central unlocking still doesn't work, but pushing down on the driver lock, or turning the key now locks all the doors. Gonna have to look into all the pieces inside the doors. Will add an actuator to the driver's door for keyless entry while I'm in there, but that's something for later. Whenever I get to swapping the door panels.

Anyway, that's in. Things seem to work. Except the radio. Maybe it's related to that little wire.
 
pinguin said:
That little red wire on the floor was plugged into fuse 13, switched power for seat heaters. This car doesn't have heated seats (a project for later), and the wire runs up into the dash to parts unknown. Plugged it into fuse 1, another switched circuit. we'll see what happens.

Also, this guy was unplugged
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The red wire is for the wideband iirc. I had it on a switch only in run fuse.

I think the central locking was unplugged because it caused a huge battery drain.
 
Xeroni said:
I think the central locking was unplugged because it caused a huge battery drain.
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If the relays click all by themselves for no discernible reason, check for wire chafing at one of the door hinges. Like within the accordion tubing at the driver's door, for example. An intermittent grounding can engage either relay.
 
Xeroni said:
The red wire is for the wideband iirc. I had it on a switch only in run fuse.

I think the central locking was unplugged because it caused a huge battery drain.
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That makes sense, I'll check my work tomorrow with a test light. I probably pulled something off the radio while messing around up top.
 
All the fuses have power with the new panel, and the breakers work, as I found out when I slipped with the test light.
 
pinguin said:
Got the Wagonmeister fuse panel in today, it's a pretty easy install, and I'll never have to deal with those awful fuses again. Gonna have to buy one for the 242 eventually.
1Fb7rTEl.jpeg

That little red wire on the floor was plugged into fuse 13, switched power for seat heaters. This car doesn't have heated seats (a project for later), and the wire runs up into the dash to parts unknown. Plugged it into fuse 1, another switched circuit. we'll see what happens.

All in. Haven't done the kick panel modification yet, might need to get a new one anyway. Anyone got a kick panel and fuse cover for cheap?
1cBBY6wl.jpeg

The kick panel has been hacked up a bit, and the fuse cover is broken where it hooks in at the top.

Also, this guy was unplugged:
7h7wdvpl.jpeg

Plugged it back in to see what's what, and it's for the locking circuit. Central unlocking still doesn't work, but pushing down on the driver lock, or turning the key now locks all the doors. Gonna have to look into all the pieces inside the doors. Will add an actuator to the driver's door for keyless entry while I'm in there, but that's something for later. Whenever I get to swapping the door panels.

Anyway, that's in. Things seem to work. Except the radio. Maybe it's related to that little wire.
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Looks like a good place for me to stand on my head in about a month to remove the dash.
 
Got the new coolant tank in, adjusted the TPS.
Still leaking coolant...
Putting together another list of parts to order too.
Hoping to get the red 244 in the garage completely stripped and hauled off before @MistrThou comes to visit. Got not quite a month.

Ordered an aluminum expansion tank that uses a standard radiator cap for pressure, so we'll try that out. The turbo doesn't have the coolant hooked up, but I've got some of the banjo fitting lines here, so I'm thinking I may just order a full complement of new hoses too.
 
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Decided to do something easy today, and throw on the "skid plate"
It's expensive, and it's a glorified splash pan, but it'll keep stuff out of the engine bay, so that's a win.
Of course, nothing is ever easy, and the square nut tacked to the k frame above the coolant spot broke off.
Managed to get a pliers on it and get it off, so for now it's on with 3 bolts. The rear middle position on the k frame doesn't have a nut behind it. Who knows where that went.

Once I've got the 240 in the garage stripped, I'll bring this one in and jack it up and tack a nut on. Probably not in the middle spot though, I don't think there's access. I suppose I could embiggen the holes and do a rivnut, but that seems hacky
 
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Pulling spare parts back to front. The b panel trims in this car are somehow not in a million pieces, so those will go in the wagon when the time is right. Also, the best tint place* in the cities is down the street, so the wagon will be going there eventually.


*Based on some probably misremembered thing I read ages ago. Will be researching.
 
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Got the engine out of the 244 today. Speaking of ill-advised, I'm leaning toward swapping this one in.
The one in the car seems to have semi-excessive crankcase pressure.
The engine from the 244 is a 93, so it has squirters, is lower miles, and has a 15g with a flat flange. I will probably keep the AW-71L currently in the car though, since the 244 just has an AW-70.
 
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