So That's Why It Wouldn't Run... // MR2 First Start!

First time firing up my MR2 after completely re-wiring the car from scratch and installing a Link ECU. Big thanks to ‪@JimmyOakes‬ for solving the problem!
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[@JimmyOakes]

Happy to help out!! 🥳

[@Tryanii]

...and here i was thinking, all she needs is some JimmyO. Love both your channels, this made my day.

[@gidzilla]

You are a legend good sir!!!

[@newlincarvalho5991]

Dude you are awesome! Your channel and Sarah's along with gears and gasoline are the best!!

[@GazaPerformanceGarageGPG]

Thanks for helping out our home girl Sarah you rock brother

[@acevedo764]

Jimmy the best

[@bob_the_b4536]

"It's running!... Yes!....it's running!", you melted our hearts, Sarah. Congratulations and keep on rocking!

[@DavidKAnderson]

I has such a huge, stupid grin on my faced when I heard that.

[@rodhili3946]

I punched the air when it started, such a great feeling 🙃. And I'm thousands of miles away

[@Tonyr2]

She certainly did melt them. Nice one.

[@WouterB76]

That was indeed very genuine!

[@billbyrd5150]

“It’s running … Holy Sh!t” (no squeak-out). Woohoo!

[@areilly76]

There are two types of people: ones that have made stupid mistakes, and liars.

[@170cuda]

Just happened upon this video. All I can say is that I honestly had no idea of the amount of electronics involved in the new cars. Hats off to you and everyone else that can tune and work on these cars. Much respect. Glad I watched.

[@rrocktoo]

James May is still lurking in the background, being quietly impressed I’m sure.

[@jonathanfairchild]

I can just hear him every time she had to take that valve cover off saying “oh c*ck”

[@phillloyd8625]

Big up to you Sarah, for sharing the problems. The only person who has not made a mistake is the one who does nothing

[@charlierosenbusch3007]

I'm super proud of you, you took on a challenge that many veteran builder and tuners would have found challenging and you made it interesting and so satisfying. Thank you Sarah you may not know it but you bring a ray of sunshine into a lot of people's day.

[@blr153289]

Jimmy O is the man, love that guy! :D .. Congrats on the start up, more good things to come to you Sarah, stay positive!

[@johns.townsendv6203]

This was the most realistic first start video I have ever seen on KZbin.

[@christianolsen1256]

That

[@BWSTX]

So impressed by you showing the whole process. Real life not promotion. (Yes, I am an engineer. 🤣)

[@802Garage]

Eyyy Jimmy Oakes is the GOAT! Awesome mini collab. He is def a super solid human. :D Congrats on first start.

[@boringbob9357]

You got no quit! Definitely admirable.

[@mrwest5552]

@Boring Bob - agreed. Word Up

[@ericdraper5794]

I know you worry about content and occasionally get frustrated with your projects/progress but your content is still the most thorough and endlessly satisfying. Love and respect Sarah!

[@IKnewMickey]

Thank you Jimmy and Charlie. Too many days in a row of non stop work causes mistakes and sometimes injuries. Nobody got time for that!

[@Dakiraun]

WOO! Cool to see it running. Hey - don't stress over the mistake; you were 95% focused on wiring, which in of itself is something so scary most people wouldn't even attempt. Awesome job!

[@joehohmann6015]

Not to mention that the harness looks amazing !!!

[@pixofu01]

I'm sure it's such an amazing feeling to get the MR2 running again. I'm blown away by your attention to detail and you incredible knowledge with wiring it all up. You're amazing, Sarah!!!

[@SarahnTuned]

Thanks!

[@akaydogan]

You have absolutely nothing to be ashamed about. The support from your KZbin audience shows how much we appreciate your tenacity and overall “can do” attitude. The major accomplishment is the tremendous job you did with the complete re-wiring. Well done!

[@manwithclass09]

Always good to see our favorite KZbin - inter-web starlet working her magic on an automobile. Any automobile..... Thanks for your wonderful work Sarah and for making your devoted fans smile..... I could listen to you say buttons and aluminum for hours... No comment on "squirting fast and getting in you hair". I am a gentleman after all... That's what she said...

[@merlejephson-king750]

Sarah, I identify with you. I stoped counting the times I put the distributor 180 degrees out. Hooray for success.

[@brianhall23]

Congratulations on getting it running!

[@garytwoy8915]

Sarah's Mr. Dos is immaculate. Even the studs on the brake rotors are super clean, her shop super clean, her home garage is super clean. Great car Vlogs with quirky ratings with cookies, penguins, and beans. You do it well Sarah

[@christianolsen1256]

I really like your work on the engine bay in its entirety, and that loom is wow , like seriously? I've seen wire harnesses in satellites that weren't even close to that well wrapped and strained relieved. Thanks for your vid

[@garymucher9590]

I can understand the "burned out" feeling when working so long on a project. It happens to so many. But you pushed forward until you fixed everything to make it run. That is the commendable part. I am impressed with your knowledge of the engine and all it takes to make it work properly. Instead of feeling bad about making a mistake, pat yourself on the back for sticking with it. The reward IS self satisfaction... Thumbs Up!

[@vwfanatic2390]

I’m glad you were not alone in that moment when Mr.Dos started, especially since it was Charlie. In the long run, you two have a special connection, physical or not.

[@Hissmannen]

Don’t be ashamed of missing just one little thing, many more would have done the same thing wrong. You did all the rest correct and the car looks awesome ! Great work Sarah !

[@WalterPavlikII]

The Honda comment reminds me of the only Honda stuff in my garage. Some white silicone I use on all the window and roof seals is from Honda. Recommended by Mr Miata himself!

[@michaelskinner896]

It still baffles me just exactly how much work you've put into the re-wiring project. Just massive. I'm in awe since I don't think I would ever take on something like that.

[@ODGColornChrome]

Wow! You do have a great sense of humor!

[@ahmadghosheh3104]

Considering the absolutely massive task you undertook on the MR2 couple of really small errors are nothing, you did it, very proud.

[@tkcphoenix2k4]

The Honda flange bit was next level… how you did that with a straight face is almost as impressive as your electrical system wiring abilities.

[@oldblueshhrchannel1847]

It’s alive! And running!! Sarah, you did it!! No smoke, no sparks or flames! You rewired the MR2 and changed ECU’s and it’s alive!! I knew you were more than capable of such a project, many aren’t. And now next week can we expect a road test? Penguins, and cookies and beans! Oh my!

[@CaptRD]

Nice work even though there were glitches along the way. What makes it so interesting is how methodical you are at chasing things down, correcting them and then putting it all back together with so much care and attention to the details.

[@seancreswell89]

nothing to be embarrassed about, that is a hell of a lot of wiring and your attention to the detail is amazing.

[@dougalemacalestyr8365]

That wire management is on point. Well done!

[@paulanderson2963]

This is one of the videos on this channel my wife can relate to. She also hates it when I squirt gasket maker in her hair. Congratufrickinlations on getting Mr Dos idling. We knew you could do it. All the people that helped you get it done are real champs.

[@rayjburkhart1752]

I'm in-tuned to you wearing that green shirt 👕. Nice

[@Tonyr2]

Think I lost count of the number times I laughed, in a good way, at all the comments through the video. Really made my day watching this.

[@jenarddecastro2597]

OMFG. . . I finally figured out why you call your MR2 "Mister Dos!" I feel so stupid now 😄🤣😂😆

[@jonathanseabrook2732]

Lmao me too! For months I'm like that's a dumb name for a car. It took a retro episode of Motorweek for me to get it. John Davis was like "this year's Mr. 2..." I was like ooooohhhhhh🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@greenhometony]

Well I am old and I am laughing at you two dorks....

[@jenarddecastro2597]

"Señor DOS" has better ring to it!!!

[@lionelwilliams1968]

I knew that you would do it; one great thing about you is that you don't give up easily. On to the next project!!👍🤗🛻

[@jkK-lw9lu]

Still rockin’ it. I’m glad you fcked up AND admitted it in the video. Not glad you messed up, just the way you owned it. Nice job as usual!

[@jdoesmath2065]

When it fired up I cheered right along with you. I love your persistence!

[@alanmarsh3039]

Don’t be too hard on yourself. You’ve done a whole bunch of top shelf work on the MR2.

[@innbron7916]

I shed some tears because that journey… beautiful minds. Enjoy your channel.

[@rapTorfx4]

Congrats on getting her running! There really isn't much of a better feeling than that 😊

[@rsprockets7846]

That guy sounds like KITT

[@orl2222]

Years. ago when I was a service manager at a dealership, I had tech that was a genius like you. He didn't always show up on time, but man he make factory looms, trouble shoot any thing electrical. This was in the early 80's when you needed giant breakout boxes to even attempt electrical repairs. Even the factory engineers would come down to visit him. Funny the owner of the dealership wanted him gone, because he wasn't the model employee. Glad I kept him around.

[@shelbydog1100]

Your videos crack me up. You have a awesome sense of humor.

[@babybuluga1554]

Heck yeah it’s running now! I cannot wait to see it tuned and on the streets with you giving it the beans!!! Great job Sarah and kudos to Jimmy Oakes and Charlie for assisting in the troubleshooting. 👍🏽

[@jimren5638]

Absolutely amazing that you did all that wiring and part replacing and you have Resurrected Mr. Dos! Major kudos, Sarah. Wiring is my personal nightmare so I'm majorly impressed.

[@BarbWaltersMusic]

Sweet, I was one of the people who said to speak with Jimmy, he's been my fav KZbinr for years as he does everything himself and local to New England... Happy he could help, that just shows how nice he is with everyone.

[@PetrolJunkie]

NAh, even the folks that do this stuff for a living make mistakes like those. How do you think they know to look for them now? They made the exact same mistakes at some point. If a project goes together too smoothly, that's when you get really paranoid that you missed something. lol

[@nitramdh]

This is funny because it also applies to coding as well lol

[@franciscollingwood7372]

Yeah, exactly that. Retrofitting a trigger-wheel by eye on a crank pulley vs a machine-shop fit, in my case. Cost me a crank trigger and heaps of time. Help comes from unlikely places: everyone's secretly a petrolhead...

[@briankennedy5578]

That's because you learn from experience. That's how we learn. No amount of book reading can give you what you get by doing it.

[@IIIRotor]

If the gearbox clicks in on the first try, you forgot to torque Rodcap-3

[@dannysdailys]

I'm a gearhead of 45 years and I've only had three engines go way too smooth, with total paranoia, but were perfect right out of the box. I built a 455 Olds 442 engine from scratch, all hand built. I did a lot of research on it and built it to be a 450 hp engine and it put out 475 right off the engine stand. Talk about paranoid? But it was perfect. Yeay for our side. The other was a 351 Cleveland in a Ford Bronco that I also built from scratch to put out 400 horsepower and that exactly what it put out off the engine stand. (402) And of course, nothing like that ever happened again until very recently. I supercharged a Pentastar V-6 in my 2018 Dodge Charger AWD with 9,000 miles on it and also added a ported intake manifolds, a Hellcat throttle body, and giant injectors set up for 93 octane, to put out 510 horsepower, and it's puts out 522 to the ground with 14 pounds of boost; in 4 wheel drive. And that, is the total extent of things that went too smoothly and really were. In 45 years. LOL

[@alrestauro]

13:42 HE'S ALIVE!!! WOOHOO! GREAT JOY OF FIRE! MR. DOS LIVES AGAIN!!! The true sound of joy!!! Thank you for sharing this journey!

[@nbrowser]

Awesome work Sarah...that took some serious work to get to this point, congratulations to the first start after all that work. Now to fine tune it and Mr. Dos will BE a little ripper!

[@zj5818]

Good job Sarah! Way to stick with it.

[@archmagexiv]

Thank you Sarah!

[@liagreco3245]

New Sarah videos are the best notifications.

[@Snafu2346]

When its all done it'll be show car worthy.

[@derfstang480]

Just came across this video and your channel for the first time and subscribed! Great combination of technical info, quirkiness, and humor! Keeps things light and not monotonous.

[@hordboy]

Installing an ECU from scratch is major f’in AGGRO! Glad it has fire in the hole now.

[@jeremyhansen8186]

That's awesome that you got it running and as far as the screw up. What is so impressive is that you allowed that to make the cut. It makes your channel a solidly genuine show.

[@leepaulison4928]

Great job! Congrats on getting the MR2 started!

[@Hangin_With_Shane]

I am N - Tuned to your personality, quality of videos and all your content regardless of what you are sharing with us! Please keep on being exactly who you are!

[@MegaEddie45]

Sarah I follwed Jimmy because of his z32s , now you need to build one too !!!

[@SarahnTuned]

I had a Z33 for 9 years before KZbin 😬

[@macslife]

I would think given the magnitude and complexity of re-wiring a whole car after replacing the ECU, that it has gone fairly smoothly. Well done Sarah. plus as always, impressive quality of work too. Another step closer to putting her back on the road!!

[@ColeSpolaric]

I almost spit my food out when you said stop coming, it's in my hair, that's gross 🤣😆🤪

[@ReneBold]

4:50 Best road sign ever from the Autobahn

[@garyworokevich2976]

Every time you say "hall effects sensor", Gwen Stefani's song Holobeck Girl lights up in me brain, hard to follow you after that. Congrats on your success.

[@SarahnTuned]

I love that song!!!!!!!

[@joethornton3173]

Yeah I agree with many other comments, that you shouldn’t beat yourself up to much for mistakes. Even ones you feel like you shouldn’t make, it happens all the time to all of us. Great job Sarah!

[@REB63]

Congrats Sarah!! Job well done!!

[@digitraxanr]

Congratulations! Your work looks way better than anything from the factory. Your OCD paid off. Hope you're not burned out.

[@E.T.GARAGE]

The sun's gravitational pull will get you every time.

[@iplaysdrums]

"Gravity. It's the law." - Daniel Western, circa 2002

[@ChrisHsuCars]

I literally cheered when the car started! I love your work Sarah you rock!!

[@silo_fx3182]

Fantastic! Great job. So satisfying.

[@Bill_CBR]

That's fantastic that it's running. Nothing to be ashamed about our embarrassed about. You're human, and a pretty awesome one at that!

[@dougmasters3875]

This video makes me very happy. And on a semi-unrelated note, does anyone else hit the like button as soon as the video starts because you know it's gonna be awesome?!?!?!

[@robaylmer2450]

absolutely - even before the intro starts!

[@wit2pz]

Fuel rail oops equates to looking all over the house for my cell phone and having it RIGHT IN MY HAND!!! Lmao!! CONGRATULATIONS on stretching the ball across the goal line!! It's been amazing following this rebuild!! You're absolutely deserving of every accolade and then some!! Fantastic work!!

[@adamthirdbourne324]

Congratulations on a 1st fire!

[@CaptainWillard830]

Thank you for your service, Sarah! Very cool MR2. Aim High!

[@gamerjunction5335]

Yay! I knew you could get it running. You rock!

[@SPR-bk3tf]

I can't be the only one to notice how excited Sarah got getting it started.

[@bowwiz]

Your a Badass! Love your attention to detail and honesty.....

[@pepperjack26]

I originally found you when I wanted to tune my Forester. I've been tuned -n since then 2+ years. Sticking around for the intensely detailed auto work, car reviews and (fire) humor. Pretty, smart and entertaining and willing to share it with us all. Thank you. MR2 runs! Congrats. Be happy the issue was something "simple" to fix. So nice to have resources you can call for help. Keep it up!

[@georgeray3492]

Congratulations! Well done.

[@nickbutler9943]

Woo Hoo! Mr. Dos lives!! (not that there was ever any doubt - with your persistence and attention to detail, it was just a matter of time..) Congrats!

[@Yormsane]

Hey, at least it was only the fuel line routing, and not something that might have needed another week's work. Congratulations on finally getting it running!

[@cec3ful]

You are definitely a rarity out there in the world. I truly love your videos and how your sense of humor is on display. Not to mention that you have a great brain. Thank you

[@ricardoarohenapagan9149]

You are a legend!!!!

[@johnceragioli9671]

“I was just little confused with my input”, story of my life Sarah! You gave me a good laugh today and seeing you happy made me happy, thank you!

[@kalnieminen65]

You're hilarious, why can't there be more women like you in this world

[@rsprockets7846]

There are they are turning on her cam at night. Heh heh geh

[@THESLlCK]

@@rsprockets7846 There's always one pisshead

[@jhonnychingus1417]

There are, I got two of those ✌

[@christianolsen1256]

There are, ✌️more in my casa lol

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

There are Karl, but they don't do streams so they don't have to deal with some of the f-wit comments some of these other wankers pipe up with.

[@joehohmann6015]

Congrats on this build Sarah. This has got to be one of the cleanest restos I've ever seen and your mods are perfect !!!

[@56Spookdog]

How cool and exciting for you.

[@trapperted5083]

Hooray for Sarah Sarah one MR2 bupkiss a tremendous amount of work you just put into something that most wouldn't even dream of trying way to go girl you did it !!!!!!!!

[@dannylister558]

I'm happy for you!!!

[@UnDeFineDvProDucTion]

So cool to see my boy Jimmy Oakes feature on this channel! I never thought id see him on one of your videos! Glad to see this baby finally running; WOO!

[@balkin33]

You do such amazing work!!

[@murrayclough9239]

If it started up right away, purring like a kitten, I don't think it would mean as much.The fact that it's sputtered and coughed into life makes me want to see what the tune does to it. Great job Sarah. I'm gonna stay n-Tuned.

[@edmilkovitz297]

Way to stay with it. With so much going on in the engine bay , you definitely get a pass for not catching the fuel rail hiccup. Great job , tune that thing and do a test drive. That’s worth watching after all your hard work !!

[@da9pauly]

Congratulations 🍾🎈🎊🎉 looking forward to seeing the tune happen the that big smile on your face as you drive and enjoy Mr. Dos

[@scottbutler2343]

Got my brother -n-tuned to Sarah. I don't know if that makes me a pimp or a shill or a recruiter in the Sarah army.

[@THESLlCK]

This comment is incredibly funny good god

[@TheHolydiver35]

Recruiter

[@scottbutler2343]

@@THESLlCK Sarah brings out the hilarity in all of us.

[@THESLlCK]

@@scottbutler2343 since my previous comment’s original publication, I found out Sarah’s birth name was Charles I’ll leave what you do with that information up to you

[@THESLlCK]

@Eric Babcock found the damage control account

[@robinsage1964]

So very happy for you!!! It is always nice to overcome personal challenges.

[@572camaroguy]

Captain Slow in the background patiently waiting for you to convert the MR to Hydrogen.

[@andrewdrabble8939]

It was fantastic to hear Mr. Dos finally run. Ok he sounded a bit rough as he wasn't tuned properly yet but he ran. Brilliant stuff