I finally get to work on my ride

[roplusbee]

A lot of minor issues (some could be major), but still a running CA.

Ok, here's the whole story:

I bought an S13 from an Italian local national. He had installed an LPG fuel system in the car to save money I guess. There is a toggle switch to change from Benzine/Petrol to LPG. It worked fine w/ the LPG, just gutless. It ran in safe mode, nothing over 2500 RPMs, w/ Benzine/Petrol. I had a shop on base remove the LPG system while I was in Afghanistan.

Now to the present:

When I picked up my car, the guy looked surprised to see me. Come to find out, all they did was remove the LPG tank from the hatch. The bad. The wiring and lines are still in place. I have a small oil leak somewhere on the drivers side near the wheelwell (possibly the turbo). The mechanic sold me to drive it around for about 7-10 days (because it had just sat for almost the whole 6 months I was gone) and bring it back to him so he can finish up (whatever that means). Worst part is that now the AC doesn't work at all (it's starting to get really hot in Naples).

The good. I have a reason to send off my CA T25 to Forced Performance to get the FPBig28 Upgrade now. I have an SR T25 in the closet waiting to be swapped in. The mechanic agreed to remove the rest of the LPG system lines and wiring and clean the engine bay for me for free. I may have him take a look at the AC because I am not confident in my abilities to trouble shoot it and get it working in the near future when I will need it (but if I have the engine ripped apart I won't need it anyway).

From this point on, it will be all auto hobbyshop tooling/wrenching/fixing.

Pix

Dirty engine bay

Pile of crap 1

Pile of crap 2

Inside the hatch

Broadside

Interior

LPG fuel line holes





Desperately need coilovers

Need to get rid of this

I will post updates as I make them. Be easy folks.

Rob