2G I think I figured out why it caught fire!

[3kgtaddict]

I only pulled my fuse box up so I could clean and paint underneath. I was looking at the bottom of it and thought maybe I should open it up, considering EVERY single other piece of this car has been broken/loose/covered in silicone/missing/hammered on/stripped or just plain wrong so WHY would the wiring be any better? After all, I did just repair about 20 wires that had fire damage, less than 2ft. From the fuse box.

Maybe I just thought it was a kid/novice and just gave him/her too much credit/benefit of the doubt, because even after opening it up and removing about 3ft of electrical tape I never expected to find something this shoddy

There was a 4” strip of wire with 3” of the insulation stripped off of it. Then they took that exposed wire, spilt it in two and had half going to the power wires and half going to the fuse box. Just loosely looped over once on each side. They Couldn’t even be bothered to twist it 10% as tight as I tie my loaves of bread !

So far this is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen under a hood and I was in absolute hysterics finding it. I just had to share it sorry if it’s in the wrong spot

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[Justin DuBois]

It's a good thing you rescued the car from this person. I'd be jumping up and down yelling "Holy SHIT" finding this.

 

[3kgtaddict]

It's a good thing you rescued the car from this person. I'd be jumping up and down yelling "Holy SHIT" finding this.

Dude seriously! This has got to be like the 30th thing I’ve run into that’s had me feeling like that too

 

[chrisman287]

I’ve seen some shit in my day but god damn

 

[CKOPOCT]

If the dude had been a REAL professional he'd have used some duct tape to wrap it. Don't suppose there's a coat hanger holding the muffler on, or maybe zip ties keeping the bumper on?

 

[TJCTalon]

Some people should not be allowed to touch cars. Glad your saving it!

 

[3kgtaddict]

If the dude had been a REAL professional he'd have used some duct tape to wrap it. Don't suppose there's a coat hanger holding the muffler on, or maybe zip ties keeping the bumper on?

Honestly there have been so many embarrassing things like that on this car I don’t even know where to begin. There’s no way he was ever gonna get it running I think that’s why I got it for $700 with $3500 worth of aftermarket parts included, he was probably mad and ready to be done with it

 

[3kgtaddict]

Some people should not be allowed to touch cars. Glad your saving it!

That’s what I’m saying! My plan was to sell it and put the money into my 3000gt vr4 but I’m falling in love with it so I might have to just start a Mitsubishi collection