Hey guys ill try keep this short.
I recently bought a 91 man nsx from a different state (im from the land down under btw) i flew over once to inspect the car (very clean, owner was an enthusiast) then after agreeing upon a price i flew over 2 days ago to pay for the car and put it on a train to come back home.
Before taking it to the delivery place i got the opportunity to drive the nsx for a couple of hours. Mechanically the car seems perfect, hopefully it stays that way when i get it on a hoist. But none of the center console lights where working, the a/c was only blowing out hot air, and the radio/ stereo isnt working. After consulting the seller he assures me that the a/c was working when he used it a couple of weeks ago (he didnt drive the car much, was an old chap) but said he never really used the radio so he cannot comment on that. After searching around i found that the interior clock fuse was blown, due to having no spare fuses i removed the blown 7.5a fuse and put in the 10.0a hazards fuse, turned the ignition, and yep, you guessed it, smoke started coming out of the centre console/ casset player, so instantly i pulled the fuse out.
I have a couple of thoughts on what it could be.
Please no comments on what i did or didnt check before purchase, if the seller is full of it, or anything other than helpfull comments/ ideas.
I would highly appreciate it if you guys could get back to me with your thoughts, i would preffer to fix this up myself before taking it to honda to charge hours of labour.
Thanks.
Brendan.
I recently bought a 91 man nsx from a different state (im from the land down under btw) i flew over once to inspect the car (very clean, owner was an enthusiast) then after agreeing upon a price i flew over 2 days ago to pay for the car and put it on a train to come back home.
Before taking it to the delivery place i got the opportunity to drive the nsx for a couple of hours. Mechanically the car seems perfect, hopefully it stays that way when i get it on a hoist. But none of the center console lights where working, the a/c was only blowing out hot air, and the radio/ stereo isnt working. After consulting the seller he assures me that the a/c was working when he used it a couple of weeks ago (he didnt drive the car much, was an old chap) but said he never really used the radio so he cannot comment on that. After searching around i found that the interior clock fuse was blown, due to having no spare fuses i removed the blown 7.5a fuse and put in the 10.0a hazards fuse, turned the ignition, and yep, you guessed it, smoke started coming out of the centre console/ casset player, so instantly i pulled the fuse out.
I have a couple of thoughts on what it could be.
- The ex owner was a clean freak so may may have pulled the head unit out to clean behind and when reinstalling pinched a wire.
- Some wires maybe be rubbing behind the headunit causing the smoke.
- There is a fault with the head unit itself
Please no comments on what i did or didnt check before purchase, if the seller is full of it, or anything other than helpfull comments/ ideas.
I would highly appreciate it if you guys could get back to me with your thoughts, i would preffer to fix this up myself before taking it to honda to charge hours of labour.
Thanks.
Brendan.