Like I've said over in general discussion, I've been restoring my Slaab 900. So far I've cleaned all the carpets and seats, fiber glassed and sealed all of the rust holes including fiberglass and bondo-ing my passengers side rear fender, which was almost falling off due to rust. Sealed that as well. I've also taken off a tow hitch that was put on it by the previous owner, got a new cap on the distributor, and fixed a section of dilapidated gas line, so I can now fill my tank up all the way without gas fumes filling the cabin. Today I'm getting a new center console so my drivers side window will go down.
I've got a crap ton of pictures, but my computer refuses to recognize my phone as a drive. So once I get that fixed I'll post the pictures.
is it a pre-93 900?
[QUOTE=skeligandrew;45977557]is it a pre-93 900?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's a '92. I've really come to love this thing, and working on it is so satisfying.
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Yay for getting a bonus on my paycheck for fixing the latches on the tailgate and putting a cap on the box. Free money for 20 minutes of work.
Thanks to the trees and other crap in the way between my college and their parking lots, my remote starter's signal won't reach my car when I'm in class. To solve this, I'm going to rip apart one of my 3 spare remotes, hook the remote starter button up to a small relay / optoisolator, hook that up to an Arduino and then pick up a GSM shield that I could send text messages to. I could just make it trigger when it gets a unique text from my number.
Dealextreme used to sell a fairly compact USB GPRS modem that you could modify to use with a microcontroller, though it seems like they've stopped selling it a couple years ago. Now I have to sort through a bunch of poorly-documented boards and sheilds that will take up more space and probably require me to buy a full Arduino board, rather than use one of the many cheap Arduino Mini knockoffs that I already have.
Why would you want to start your car remotely?
[QUOTE=benjgvps;45979736]Thanks to the trees and other crap in the way between my college and their parking lots, my remote starter's signal won't reach my car when I'm in class. To solve this, I'm going to rip apart one of my 3 spare remotes, hook the remote starter button up to a small relay / optoisolator, hook that up to an Arduino and then pick up a GSM shield that I could send text messages to. I could just make it trigger when it gets a unique text from my number.
Dealextreme used to sell a fairly compact USB GPRS modem that you could modify to use with a microcontroller, though it seems like they've stopped selling it a couple years ago. Now I have to sort through a bunch of poorly-documented boards and sheilds that will take up more space and probably require me to buy a full Arduino board, rather than use one of the many cheap Arduino Mini knockoffs that I already have.[/QUOTE]
Have you tried holding the remote up to your head?
[QUOTE=benjgvps;45979736]Thanks to the trees and other crap in the way between my college and their parking lots, my remote starter's signal won't reach my car when I'm in class. To solve this, I'm going to rip apart one of my 3 spare remotes, hook the remote starter button up to a small relay / optoisolator, hook that up to an Arduino and then pick up a GSM shield that I could send text messages to. I could just make it trigger when it gets a unique text from my number.
Dealextreme used to sell a fairly compact USB GPRS modem that you could modify to use with a microcontroller, though it seems like they've stopped selling it a couple years ago. Now I have to sort through a bunch of poorly-documented boards and sheilds that will take up more space and probably require me to buy a full Arduino board, rather than use one of the many cheap Arduino Mini knockoffs that I already have.[/QUOTE]
You have Python, right? There will be a white/blue 'activation input' wire that will trigger the remote start when it goes to ground. No need for tearing apart a remote.
Just use an arduino with all that fancy stuff to pulse ground to the white/blue
You start the car remotely to warm it up for a few minutes. It's good for the engine, and even better for the fact that you can get into a warm car.
[QUOTE=Leestons;45980233]Why would you want to start your car remotely?[/QUOTE]
The winter is brutal here, it often gets down to -40. To make things a little less depressing, it's nice to have the car warm up a little.
[QUOTE=Banana Lord.;45980446]Have you tried holding the remote up to your head?[/QUOTE]
I'll need to do more testing, though this is one of things I haven't tried yet. It also depends on the parking spot I get, some are really far from the building and others might work without building anything fancy. Though of course, those close parking spots are always filled.
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[QUOTE=clutch2;45980487]You have Python, right? There will be a white/blue 'activation input' wire that will trigger the remote start when it goes to ground. No need for tearing apart a remote.[/QUOTE]
I definitely considered that, though I was also thinking if I would go through the trouble of wiring all that up, I might hook up the other buttons.
I've never been a fan of remote start personally. I just wouldn't want my car running without me there to monitor it.
Then again it's not really an option when you drive a stick anyway
Remote start would be a terrible idea for me. I always park with the car in gear
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[QUOTE=Banana Lord.;45980613]I've never been a fan of remote start personally. I just wouldn't want my car running without me there to monitor it.
[B]
Then again it's not really an option when you drive a stick anyway[/B][/QUOTE]
Park in neutral with handbrake on?
I have trust issues
I know clutch did a remote start on a manual once. It involved stuff like checkin to see if the doors had been opened and stuff. A lot more complicated than in an auto.
They're probably an absolute ass to install on a car like mine, its essentially a computer on wheels. The ignition barrel doesn't even connect anywhere near the engine management gubbins and engine starting, according to the "Principles of operation" docs, seem to involve a arms-length list of security, safety and battery checks before it even considers spinning the starter motor let alone providing fuel or ignition.
Bloody complicated.
I have visions of me leaving it in gear and it rocketing off my drive across the road :v:
Manual cars can have remote start but its a whole procedure before you leave your car to make it work again the next time.
Remote start is great. Winter here in NY just start it as I finish up getting ready and when I get in my car its toasty and ready to go
[QUOTE=CubeManv2;45981400]Manual cars can have remote start but its a whole procedure before you leave your car to make it work again the next time.
Remote start is great. Winter here in NY just start it as I finish up getting ready and when I get in my car its toasty and ready to go[/QUOTE]
As far as I know the procedure is just that you put it in neutral before shutting it off. And if the doors open again before you use the remote starter then it won't start the car.
That's just the system I looked at, however.
[QUOTE=benjgvps;45980557]The winter is brutal here, it often gets down to -40. To make things a little less depressing, it's nice to have the car warm up a little.
I'll need to do more testing, though this is one of things I haven't tried yet. It also depends on the parking spot I get, some are really far from the building and others might work without building anything fancy. Though of course, those close parking spots are always filled.
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I definitely considered that, though I was also thinking if I would go through the trouble of wiring all that up, I might hook up the other buttons.[/QUOTE]
Ah right on!
There's also the VSM200 module, that takes care of the whole shebang if you've got a smartphone.
As far as manual trans remote starts go, what was said above is correct, there's a specific shutdown procedure that leaves them in 'ready' mode.
Park the car
Neutral
Foot brake
E brake
Let go of foot brake
Press RS button if it's a Viper, omit this step if it's a Compstar superior race)
RS is now active, turn off key and remove; the car will stay running
Exit car and lock it, the engine will shut down
Then the car is ready to be remote started. The ready mode cancels if you open the doors or hatch, because that means someone could've gotten in and put it in gear.
That's why RS in manual convertibles and Jeeps with removable tops are highly discouraged!
Remote start is the best shit. I let my car warm up 10 mins before using it in the winter. So at least the temp needle gets unstuck from the bottom and I can romp on it.
Then again this is the north, it's already 5C in the morning here.
Oh here's my manual vid!
[video=youtube;xuvFDxb4hCk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuvFDxb4hCk[/video]
When the temps hit -30*F last winter the remote start was a godsend.. my car sounded like a diesel for a while before it warmed up and got normal again. Wonderful. And screw walking outside and freezing my dickens off to start it with the key.
I learned how to srip the interior out of an MK4 Golf GTI
And that swapping a U joint is a horrible 4 hour HELL
Took the driveshaft out, ok lets take out the old broken U joint. Went out without a problem. Put the new one in and it turns out its too big, I was sent the wrong U joints.
Well ok it could be worse... I had a spare driveshaft from an auto with the same U joints.
Cue the music.
Get the u joint out of the auto driveshaft, pack it good with grease, get the yoke on no problem with clips in, get one side on and didnt budge, the other was 1mm away from working. Overpacked it with grease and undid the grease fitting, nope was not enough.
I ended up cracking the bearing cap in half, it gets worse.
Now I need to extract said bearing cap, which does not want to come out, after 30 mins of fighting it was out, took another cap from another identical U joint.
Put that one on and put it all together, one side wont compress all the way, turns out I crushed a needle bearing. Again it won't come out so had to fight with it even more
Finally got them both on and clips on tightened and ready to go, put the driveshaft up and bolted in. And now I need to do it again with new ones...
Fuck
My remote start is awsome and could not live without it...
Only if my alternator worked when it starts. Every time I get in her shes half dead and when I flick on the lights it has a nice surge of when the alternator is TRYING ITS HARDEST.
Siminov had a day.
We did this
This is before pleb stock shit
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This is after glorious nippon engineer coilovers (Idk where Megan racing is made in, oh well)
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It's sittin pretty hard. I was jacked n it's not even my car.
I never really preferred those but the [b]buldge[/b] on the hood is just a turn on.
Its like theirs a tuuurbo under there.
I just realized how fucking similar this car and the 04 merc cougar look to the untrained eye.
Eagle Talon ESi or Mitsubishi Eclipse?
Bet its a mitsubishi because he made some mitsubishi stickers.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;45984031]Bet its a mitsubishi because he made some mitsubishi stickers.[/QUOTE]
That makes sense. :downs:
[QUOTE=clutch2;45981709]
That's why RS in manual convertibles and Jeeps with removable tops are highly discouraged![/QUOTE]
Couldn't you tap into a dome sensor like you're tapping into the door switch?
Yea that one's an Eclipse. The Talon's got the uglier rear :v:
I guess it kinda shares styling with the cougar? More-so just because it's a 2 door hatchback.
If you want a car it really, really shares too much with check out the interior on a Dodge Avenger
avenger
[img]http://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/dodge/avenger/1995/oem/1995_dodge_avenger_coupe_es_i_oem_1_500.jpg[/img]
Eclipse
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As far as an RS on a vert.. you def could do one if you were to add a sensor to the vert top, or just use a built it one (if it exists in the car)! I had a guy want one on an Eclipse once and was going to use a Magnetic reed switch.. but then he decided not to :')
All this talk of Eclipses makes me want to fix mine, but I don't have the time or the funds to do it. As of now it's doomed to the fate of many back yard cars.
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