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Offline John Hartman

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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #75 on: March 20, 2011, 08:38:40 pm »
ahh, yea.

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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #76 on: March 20, 2011, 10:12:28 pm »
Ya that's not oxidation....    that thing melted!
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Offline Mikael Mikkelsen

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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #77 on: March 23, 2011, 05:06:45 pm »
And that thing was also a major part of the problem  ;D

I have it running now, idling at 2000 though, Ill look closer tonither..
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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #78 on: March 23, 2011, 05:53:38 pm »
probably something adjsted wrong when you were trying to get it to run.  That or a big vacuum leak.  Did you have the throttle body off?
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Offline Mikael Mikkelsen

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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #79 on: March 23, 2011, 05:56:15 pm »
Yep I did, cleaned it really good and put all new seals on there, the old ones were leaking very badly, one had a chunk missing out of it.

I took my CAS off, but put it back on exactly the way I took it off, except I lost track of which way the little spinning thing inside was, would that make a difference? it can only go 1 of 2 ways
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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #80 on: March 23, 2011, 06:05:09 pm »
well, if its 180 out it can cause some issues, but not normally a high idle.

The reason I asked about the throttle body is that one of the gaskets HAS to go one way not the other and it fits both ways.  If its wrong, it doens't block off a large air hole and it idles really fast.  I did this embarrasingly enough a number of years ago...
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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #81 on: March 23, 2011, 06:17:38 pm »
Yep that would be the problem, I put the orange gasket maker shit on there, which wouldn't have blocked off anything... Too bad to becuase I had an excellent seal on there

Do you think I could find a way to get it sealed without a gasket? Everythings closed and I'd love to take it to work tommorow... No more ford forus wagon...
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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #82 on: March 23, 2011, 07:28:33 pm »
no, the gasket plays a role in blocking off part of the air passage. Dumb design.

Take it to work, get the gasket on your morning break, put it in on your lunch and be happy  :)
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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #83 on: March 23, 2011, 07:52:30 pm »
A major part of the problem?  what were the other parts of the problem lol??
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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #84 on: March 23, 2011, 08:25:46 pm »
The ISC was toast, the ecu looked kinda sketchy, but then I tried it again today and it booted up just fine. I guess now my stock ecu is just super super clean. Im going to be using the 99 GSX ecu anywyas, since i have it I may as well use it, came off a newer car with less km.

I had a bunch of boost leaks too, many more then I thought
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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #85 on: March 25, 2011, 08:37:52 am »
So in Kelowna gaskets don't exist. I can't wait to move... None at the dealership or any parts stores, I made my own. Looks good and installed tightly, I've done a boost leak test but I'm still idling at around 1500... Even with the biss set all the way in, my tps
 and ISC are both properly adjusted too..
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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #86 on: March 25, 2011, 01:15:22 pm »
do u have the throttle stop adjusted properly?
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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #87 on: March 25, 2011, 01:27:20 pm »
i didnt change it so Im not sure if theres anything different there.

Does anyone know if I can put an aftermarket throttle body on?

Something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/UNIVERSAL-70MM-THROTTLE-BODY-HONDA-TOYOTA-NISSAN-CIVIC-/270724083466?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3AMitsubishi&hash=item3f0869af0a
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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #88 on: March 25, 2011, 01:33:20 pm »
The stock throttlebody is excellent and doesn't become a bottleneck until you're making a lot more power than you're making now.

Also with an aftermarket TB you usually lose some of the things that make the car more livable (Like not stalling for the first 5 blocks when its cold, things like that)

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Re: Battery shorted out on a wrench, now car won't start.
« Reply #89 on: March 25, 2011, 01:35:24 pm »
oh ok, I just dont want to take it off again, I guess ill have to do ANOTHER boost leak test, Im getting really tired of how god damn touchy this thing is, it really does not have any give with anything....

I have a feelign I screwed up the springs again.... Im getting really tired of fixing this thing...
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