-Bought it with a blown ATX and a tired K8. Swapped the whole mess out of it for a KLDE MTX.
-Did the necessary wiring to convert it properly
-There's a semi-functional alarm, non functional command start, and functional immobilizer crammed under the dash. Serious rats nest.
-Did a dash swap because the old one was cracked and painted in places.
-Exterior body was rough, worked it and rattle canned it flat black (didn't care at this point)
-Fixed up all of the suspension. Its pretty rusty down there.
-Fixed a few holes in the rockers and floor, and beneath the fuse box.
Working out the gremlins has been rough
-repaired a hole in the fins of the rad, the upper hose, and the EGR hose all in one weekend. I detest coolant on a good day.
-Threw a tonne of codes at first, EGR, VRIS, O2, ECT, fan switch, the list goes on. Got most of them sorted out.
-Car was running super rich, thew both O2 codes (17 and 24), and idled high.
So naturally I'm getting a little sick of it. I just want it to work.
So I take a gander under the hood, and its staring me in the face, the FPR hose is disconnected from the manifold!
Plug it in, reset codes, start it up, and blamo, rock solid 700 RPM idle. O2 codes gone. Re-set the ignition timing, and now its very steady feeling.
YAY!!! FINALLY! something works right, and I'm back to loving the car. Took a year to get sick of it, and 5 minutes to love it again
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Anyone else have ups and downs like this?