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Archidamus-R · 07-23-2009, 05:19 PM

Hey all.

I just bought my first MR2. It's a '91 N/A with t-tops, aquamarine pearl. I found it (after nearly ten months of searching), totally by happenstance, in someone's front yard, half-buried in tall grass, all abandoned and rundown and lonely-looking. The guy who owned it didn't know enough to put the battery in straight. Literally. He let go of it cheap because it wouldn't start reliably and his wife (the primary driver) was nervous about it. The car needed a new fuel pump (which he didn't know), but he thought there was a "dead spot in the starter." Then he fried the 120 amp fusible link when he installed the battery backwards, so it wouldn't start at all. I replaced the pump and the link, and she roared back to life. So I got a perfectly serviceable project exotic, half off! Sometimes, I love my luck.

Anyway, I'm glad to be here and I look forward to getting to know the community.

Thanks!

07-23-2009, 05:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Archidamus-R Make it so. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: SW-MO Posts: 660 Thanks: 17 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	New MisterTwo Hey all. I just bought my first MR2. It's a '91 N/A with t-tops, aquamarine pearl. I found it (after nearly ten months of searching), totally by happenstance, in someone's front yard, half-buried in tall grass, all abandoned and rundown and lonely-looking. The guy who owned it didn't know enough to put the battery in straight. Literally. He let go of it cheap because it wouldn't start reliably and his wife (the primary driver) was nervous about it. The car needed a new fuel pump (which he didn't know), but he thought there was a "dead spot in the starter." Then he fried the 120 amp fusible link when he installed the battery backwards, so it wouldn't start at all. I replaced the pump and the link, and she roared back to life. So I got a perfectly serviceable project exotic, half off! Sometimes, I love my luck. Anyway, I'm glad to be here and I look forward to getting to know the community. Thanks! Last edited by Archidamus-R; 07-23-2009 at 05:27 PM..