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j00ni3
07-22-2006, 11:28 AM
i need a new harness.... is this the one im looking for ?

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocator/index.cfm?action=getLocator&siteid=214252&chapter=APF613&appSectionid=3&groupid=10029&subgroupid=60191&make=25&model=240sx&year=1995&catalogid=1

please HELP ~~~~~ ARG

well here's the story for those who are interested ... i was going over to church on friday night with my 95 240 automatic

and i smelt something burning, as i thought it was the car in front of me because it was very old and smoking

now while i was parking the car cuts out of me... with a pop and then smoke from underneath. i pop the hood as fast as i can and check the injectors and everything, and then all of a sudden my friend was like YOO ITS ON FIRE .. i look down to the harness next to my oil filter next to the engine mounts and i see a fire..

there's a cop who's sorta like a friend always parked there and i call him and im like YOOOOO FIRE and he jumps into his trunk and takes out window washer fluid ( err.. idiot ? ) and dumps it and the flame gets bigger~ i was like WTF and then his partner peter gets the fire extinguisher and flushes the car. now i really thank god for being there or else it was a 2 block troop to my church. so it was good. now... my car won't start...

now, i think the cause of the fire was water that was splashed into the harness connectors., and didn't dry up. but what im wondering, that puddle incident was about 9 hours before i went to church and the car started and ran all those times before that. but idk .. the fire doesn't really look like it's anywhere NEAR my connectors... more lik eit's a little far from the connector itself. im just thinking it might've been something spontaneous, i mean with my luck these days.. it's good that the car didn't blow up.

so because of this stupid fucken tropical storm or whatever on the east side of the states it killed my car.

here are some pics of what burnt... coudln't really get good pics right now
you can see how the covering tube is melted... no where near my connectors.. and you can see my white fuel filter covered in the fire extinguisher chemicals.. YUCK .. * and that thing really kills your nose oof *
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/j00ni3/DSC06296.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/j00ni3/DSC06297.jpg

j00ni3
07-22-2006, 11:30 AM
what should i do ?~ ARG and im tight on money now due to me quitting my job ...

HyperTek
07-22-2006, 11:48 AM
well you are lucky ! my friends whole engine bay went up and pretty much the car is useless after that much flame damage.

Just get another KA for scrap or something

projectRDM
07-22-2006, 12:57 PM
That's called the lower harness. Could have damaged the auto wiring as well, you may need it. I have both I beleive, PM me for details.

theicecreamdan
07-22-2006, 01:20 PM
fire extinguisher chemicals will fuck your wiring up. I'm not saying that is your current problem, but the corrosion will travel along the wiring and fuck up a lot more than where it is now. get those wires disconnected and replace them.

j00ni3
07-22-2006, 01:21 PM
That's called the lower harness. Could have damaged the auto wiring as well, you may need it. I have both I beleive, PM me for details.

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DoriftoPnoy
07-22-2006, 01:58 PM
ROFLCUP. I like how your cop friend dumps windshield washer on the flame....

j00ni3
07-22-2006, 05:33 PM
fire extinguisher chemicals will fuck your wiring up. I'm not saying that is your current problem, but the corrosion will travel along the wiring and fuck up a lot more than where it is now. get those wires disconnected and replace them.

well i don't think that will be a problem it was just a quit spritz...

i hope... and i can't right now because the car isn't here with me ~ DAMN :rl: