Bought a 90 STE!

Started by summeronthechain, August 25, 2007, 10:39:44 AM

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summeronthechain

Hey guys I was finally approved for membership over here.

I recently bought a 1990 STE with 119k on it for 200 dollars  :icon_biggrin: As you can guess the car needs work.  It ran and drove when i bought it, but idle around 3000 rpms immediately after startup.  I changed some plugs and wires, and switched out a few sensors and it seems to be idling better.  There is also a slight misfire but that could be partly because of the year old gas still in the tank.

Also the PMIII was not functioning. The pedal would go down a way and then get real stiff, barely slowing the car down, I took a closer look and the rear calipers are shot, its missing a rear rotor, and they are not getting any fluid at all.

Obviously this car is a candidate for a vacuum conversion as the PMIII system appears to be total shit and I could care less about ABS anyways.

I have sourced a vacuum booster/master cylinder from 90 lumina, but have not gotten the firewall plate as it would be hard to remove the complete dash at the junkyard.

Anyways thanks for reading.  Any suggestions/advice/ideas are welcome.

1990 STE <----Needs a little loving
1991 300zx Turbo

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