1FSTBRD
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It was the back side of the traces. The top side was fine, so I'm not sure if it matters. I tested all the solder points to all the other solder points, and they tested fine with my continuity/ voltage tester. The only thing that it could be, would be a relay.
I honestly don't know what to do. I have no faith that any "next fix" will be the one. After the heads and cam, I was already pretty much at the limit of where I wanted to be on my credit card, and the car is giving me no choice. It's like it said, "let me die already". Whatever this problem is, it's entirely incidental......freak coincidence. It's been in three accidents, and the adjuster said after last year's accident (not my fault) that she was surprised that it was put back on the road after the second one. The previous owner had Frankensteined it together from two cars, and when I bought it off him, he had two really messed up/ rotted out SC's, and an XR7 that was totally shot. He listed those ones on Kijiji and said that if they had no takers, they were going to the scrap yard. And I'm fully aware that my SC won't survive another accident before it's written off. Everywhere I park, everywhere I drive, I'm half way paranoid that someone won't be watching what they're doing, and that it's the end of the line for this car anyways.
I'm torn. I know that I'll miss the car, but they just have no value to anyone that isn't a hardcore fanatic of the cars. Every additional dollar that I put into this, I know I may as well just light it on fire. Similar concept. Even if the car gets up and running, the values of these cars are just in the toilet, and at some point, you just kind of have to consider some sort of value for money spent. Just to play devil's advocate, I listed it for sale locally for a price that I thought reflected the car in its condition (with a no start condition as well), and had only got one response. I'm saddened by that.....but not surprised. It confirmed what I didn't really want to find out.
I honestly don't know what to do. I have no faith that any "next fix" will be the one. After the heads and cam, I was already pretty much at the limit of where I wanted to be on my credit card, and the car is giving me no choice. It's like it said, "let me die already". Whatever this problem is, it's entirely incidental......freak coincidence. It's been in three accidents, and the adjuster said after last year's accident (not my fault) that she was surprised that it was put back on the road after the second one. The previous owner had Frankensteined it together from two cars, and when I bought it off him, he had two really messed up/ rotted out SC's, and an XR7 that was totally shot. He listed those ones on Kijiji and said that if they had no takers, they were going to the scrap yard. And I'm fully aware that my SC won't survive another accident before it's written off. Everywhere I park, everywhere I drive, I'm half way paranoid that someone won't be watching what they're doing, and that it's the end of the line for this car anyways.
I'm torn. I know that I'll miss the car, but they just have no value to anyone that isn't a hardcore fanatic of the cars. Every additional dollar that I put into this, I know I may as well just light it on fire. Similar concept. Even if the car gets up and running, the values of these cars are just in the toilet, and at some point, you just kind of have to consider some sort of value for money spent. Just to play devil's advocate, I listed it for sale locally for a price that I thought reflected the car in its condition (with a no start condition as well), and had only got one response. I'm saddened by that.....but not surprised. It confirmed what I didn't really want to find out.
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