Nars GSL-SE the 'White Comet'

[scarsofcarma]

So here it is, my latest rotary project. For those of you who don't know about my other ones... check out my viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1503

It's an 85 GSL-SE with 195,000 miles.



The car has has some issues... I've got my work cut out with this one. For example, this is the kind of shoddy wiring I've got to contend with...



My buddy just recently rebuilt the engine and we just got it running the other. I plan on some pretty extreme modifications. I'd like to make it a caged, widebody, semi-racecar. But that will be sometime down the road. I'll work up to that, but for now I am gonna keep upgrading it slowly, learning more about the car as I go until I'm familiar enough with it to plan the big projects better.

I'm very fond of driving, so you can be sure I will be using this car on the street (and probably the track too eventually) as much as possible.

On the sooner-than-later to-do list:

-Replace blown illumina shock (shipped defective)
-Install Poly bushings
-Fix shoddy wiring/electrical gremlins
-Install speed-bleeders, overhaul brakes. (eventually upgrade pads/rotors)
-Fix strange 'clanking' sound from somewhere under car when releasing clutch
-Fix vibration from rear end. (Gonna upgrade to Kia Sportage gears)

[Lucky]

Damn, that's a full engine bay next to our primitive old UK 12A carbies

To be fair, the wiring is at least using connectors rather than just twisting together and wrapping in insulating tape, had that a few times. I once got a car where the foglight ran off the fusebox... the previous owner had run the live wire to the headlight fuse and just held it in place by wedging the fuse into the clips on top of the stripped wire end

[scarsofcarma]

Damn, that's a full engine bay next to our primitive old UK 12A carbies

To be fair, the wiring is at least using connectors rather than just twisting together and wrapping in insulating tape, had that a few times. I once got a car where the foglight ran off the fusebox... the previous owner had run the live wire to the headlight fuse and just held it in place by wedging the fuse into the clips on top of the stripped wire end

Heh, well here's some more pics of more wiring issues I found today. The whole ignition switch had to be rebuilt basically. I think the really corroded wire is for the starter which is probably why it has trouble engaging to the flywheel sometimes.

[Lucky]

You didn't fancy keeping those little directional LED "mood lighting" things then?

[ian65]

what a nightmare that wiring is..... a proper bodge job.

[codge]

Even I don't bodge like that. Neat and tidy wiring on Gus.

Welcome mate.

[scarsofcarma]

You didn't fancy keeping those little directional LED "mood lighting" things then?

Well you know what's really funny about that, a previous owner installed them to illuminate the gauges because the gauge cluster lights aren't working. I bet he thought he was really clever, except that he decided to go with purple led's which are probably the worst color to use for that purpose. So all around fail as far as that's concerned lol.

[scarsofcarma]

Yet more wiring problems to tackle this evening...

[scarsofcarma]

Argh... I can't make the gauge cluster lights work. I've even removed the cluster itself and applied power to it and still nothing. I guess I just have to admit its bad and get another one because I disassembled it and couldn't see anything wrong with it.

[scarsofcarma]

I was having real trouble with the gauge-cluster illumination lights. My car didn't have a dimmer switch, so I was going to just rewire it without one. But after doing so I kept blowing fuses trying to run a parallel circuit so I had to cut into the gauge-harness and route a new isolated circuit to feed power to the gauge lights.

And I thought attaching the speedo cable in the FC was hard. FB's are worse! lol



Since I won't be using the spot for the dimmer switch, I've decided to run toggle switches there for foglights and auxiliary driving lights. Luckily for me, FC toggle-light switches fit perfectly. Always cool to find a use for another FC part in my collection.



I bet your undertray doesn't look this clean