Hey I got a 86 Nissan Maxima for free and I am trying to get it going after it has been sitting for at least 15 years. It has 120,000 on it.

I have replaced the fuel regulator, injectors, fuel rail, gas tank, pump, filter, spark plugs, ecu, battery. Everything was pulled out of a fully running 85 max.

There is gas in the tank, it is getting fuel through the filter and up to the regulator. It is turning over very healthy, it is getting a spark, ecu is not showing any codes. How ever I pulled the return line off of the rail and cycled the fuel pump and nothing came out. I am assuming that fuel is not getting to the rail and the injectors for some reason.

What should I look at next?

Any help is greatly appreciated

 

Ahhh a clog!. Take the rail apart and run compressed air through it. See if anything comes out. I you can't retrieve whatever it is just get another rail from the jy.

 

I actually got it to start! I had accidentally reversed the fuel lines! Doh! Fixed that and it sputtered right up!

Now I am working on getting the vacuum issue situated. I am getting rid of a lot of stuff from under the hood to make the engine bay look cleaner and make it easier to diagnose vacuum leaks.

I am removing the EGR, AIV, Evap Canister, Vacuum Chamber, throttle coolant circulation.

I plan on running a central vacuum off of the intake plenum to a manifold and run the necessary vac lines from that Makes stuff a lot easier and look a lot cleaner!

And I do not care about emissions and it not passing smog or any of that crap

 

Nice! , My old 87 max is a work in progress too.

 

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the red one I got for free the gray one I bought for 1000. and then totaled it.

 

Can I have one? God I love second gens.

 

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UPDATE!

the wiring harness in the car caught fire today. I got it out before it could get any worse. I will rebuild!

 

Im pretty sure you can find another in the jy somewhere.

 

I have another harness the only problem is the entire harness from the fuse box to the ecu needs to be replaced So the max is gonna get parked for a while and I am gonna focus on my ranger for a little bit because she needs some attention.

 

So what happen, something overload or hot wire contact a ground?

 

I honestly do not know what happened. I am still searching for the problem. I am being let to believe that there is a previous electrical issue because when I got the car I pulled the air cond fuse and it was melted and burned very badly. So there might be a short somewhere. I will figure it out soon.

 

if it becomes desperate and you cannot find the harness anywhere let me know, it may be expensive but i believe itl be cheeper than the dealer or buying brand new.

 

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that's should a small harness....The engine harness to ecu is rather big...!

 

Sounds simple enough to obtain from a jy or donor car.

 

i already have the harness, and a donor car lol. I am gonna splice in the new harness tomorrow and see how it goes from there.

 

Well there u go. I believe we all don't want you to stop because we've all become hooked to your project and this is the most activity the 2nd gen section has seen in a long while.

 

Haha and I don't think you even heard my plans! I'm gonna get this part of the forum hoppin again. So far me and big e have the biggest projects lol

 

Seems like it so far.

 

So far everything is going smooth. I am rebuilding the harness and trying to make everything look pretty in the process. It scares me the way Nissan put their harness together. It's just a rats nest of wires with a **** load of splices.

 

It surprises me that they last as long as they do.

 

Got the car started today.. I have to hook up a few more things, do a little trouble shooting, put everything back together, drop the gas tank and replace a leaky and clogged line, and install the 2.5" High Flow cat, and cap off my egr tubes.

 

The Damage






The Repair




Random Pics






I am not one to rig things but this will have to do until I get more wire to run the battery in the trunk


Other Max

 

2.5" Mandrel Bent High Flow Cat and Precat


Head Unit Install



Under Construction



Best Big Mac I have had in a while



Excuse my girlfriends feet

 

I have the exact same gauges in my 3rd gen. Only I have mine set up in my center console to appear factory.

 

I have the same exact gauges in my 3rd gen. Only mine are setup in my center console to appear factory.

 

I plan on doing that I just ran out of plexi lol

 

Mine looks exactly like Aaron92se old setup.

 

Its a nice setup he has. I am going to mount the three gauges where the factory EQ and clock was. There is going to be a Temp, Volt, and Air / Fuel. The original cluster will be replaced with Speedo, Tach, Fuel, Oil Pressure and on the pillar there is going to be Nitrous and probably a shift light

I think i am going to start an actual build thread lol.

 

Finally