A shot of the engine.Make note of two things here, I had to replace the positive cable as it had corroded and was not allowing the starter to function properly at the time. Another thing to notice is the little red wire going from behind the battery to the drivers side. Some electrical modification was done, and for what reason I am unsure but that little wire is necessary for starting and stopping the engine..
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Is the engine supposed to be that oily and black?
It's a brownie, but one day it will be a glossy black and AHAHA! I have the original wheels! Now to the lame part: The passenger from door I believe is miss aligned and doesn't allow the door to properly close and it won't open fully as you can see what has happened to the body. A small missing window which the neighbor's cat calls the entrance to his home (grr) and some kind of terrible looking paint work on the body. What has this car been through I ponder...
Better shot of rear passenger side uglyness. I am also missing the trim above the wheel well.
Zoomed in ugliness...
First really funny shot. Note how the car is at an angle. Features terrible interior, trunk that doesn't close and electric antenna that does nothing. Later I looked at it again and some how the trunk latch hook got bent. I can fix that pretty easily.
Second funny shot. Poor car will need new tires all around, but first I am going to purchase some old used tires until I have the alignment checked. Drivers side door miss aligned...
A view of the cockpit. Remember the little red wire I pointed out earlier? I have to plug that into the little wire harness thingy hanging on the left to get engine to start or die. The car light switch on the steering wheel doesn't lock into position anymore so it was something that never allowed me to even think about attempting to drive at night. The radio works on occasion, I think there might be a loose wire. I remember the heater working but not the A/C. I think there were two reasons, first no refridgerant and no belt to the A/C pump. I am missing the center console and the key cylinder sticks, in effect destroying starter motors...
I'm missing the glove compartment door, which seems to have been attacked at some point in time...
A better shot of the wire and the terrible interior...
A shot of the broken seat clamp. I don't believe the trunk opener works, but I know the fuel tank one does.
The door that does not close, is missing some small parts, has that crack that will need to be reinforced like you said before in a previous posting and is a friend of the wire...
A look at the cat's nest...
More Nestisness...
Frontal assault. I have the hood ornament! Yay! I didn't want it to get stolen, so I took it off. The wipers don't work because of this little plastic thingy that doesn't allow the mechanism to stay connected because its broken, but the wiper motor still works fine...
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In conclusion, that is my rig of death. It will require much TLC to make it a liveable vehicle but I can do it. I think one of the first things I will need is a parts car of some sort because it's obvious many little part will need replacement and I haven't even gotten around to having the chassis itself looked at. That's why I'm curious about part cross compatability between all the earlier Maximas (80-84 is it?). If so, then finding a suitable parts car will be a little less difficult. All in all I'm very optimistic about this vehicle, it is still reliable when it's running. So Any suggestions or ideas, commentary or what not would be greatly be appreciated. If any body has some specific parts to offer me that would also be greatly appreciated, such as the small window...
Thanks all!
Ronald D.
also they ate a hole in my dryer duct
