- 14,417
- Wellington
Holy crap dude.Anything interesting?
One and a half SVXs (used to be 2 and a half
), Mk.I Capri with Mk.II headlights and turbocharged, a few trucks, and the rest are sub 50,000km Subarus. 
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One and a half SVXs (used to be 2 and a half
), Mk.I Capri with Mk.II headlights and turbocharged, a few trucks, and the rest are sub 50,000km Subarus. 
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- Ilikewaffles_11
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XJ6, TR3, ZT-T 260 and a lot of Minis and that's just highlights. Not bad at all.Damn, not bad.
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- kamikazi493
Of course.
You may want to reconsider that. My broken Surf (the proper name for a 4Runner
) was still worth a fair bit even with a cracked and warped cylinder head. So much so that I could've got half a SVX with the proceeds.
- 5,760
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- Ilikewaffles_11
You may want to reconsider that. My broken Surf (the proper name for a 4Runner
Oh believe me, I know how pricey they are. I'm looking for more of a fixer upper. As long as the frame is solid and it doesn't have any major mechanical issues, I'm fine with it. I'd love a nice one, but they're ao damn expensive and if it's gonna be used in winter I wouldn't wanna ruin a nice one by driving it in the road salt and stuff.
Currently what I think would be easiest is to find an '84-90 pickup and trade my dad for his 4Runner he uses to plow snow at work. Pickups are much cheaper and easier to find. Plus his Runner is solid, the frame is good and the engine runs great, plus the interior is clean as hell. Only main issue is rusty as all hell fenders, which is nothing a little bondo and a cheap $600 paint job can't fix!
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So. Today's the day. The crappiest day of the year which I've not been looking forward to, the day my Supra has to go away for the winter. 
It doesn't have to, but my thinking was I'm not gonna get much enjoyment out of it anyway. The days are shorter so can't go on evening drives, plus it's colder so I don't wanna do stuff anyway. So I figured while I had it at work, might as well put it away.
Random pic
So I changed my oil one last time.
Final mileage count, 143,067. I put 6,711 miles on it this year. Not to shabby. Enjoyed every mile.
Dark photo is dark. Where it resides for the night, before being put down into the rental building tomorrow.
So now it's back to driving the black bitch. Her she is, in all her glory. World rally champs.
It doesn't have to, but my thinking was I'm not gonna get much enjoyment out of it anyway. The days are shorter so can't go on evening drives, plus it's colder so I don't wanna do stuff anyway. So I figured while I had it at work, might as well put it away.
Random pic
So I changed my oil one last time.
Final mileage count, 143,067. I put 6,711 miles on it this year. Not to shabby. Enjoyed every mile.
Dark photo is dark. Where it resides for the night, before being put down into the rental building tomorrow.
So now it's back to driving the black bitch. Her she is, in all her glory. World rally champs.
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- Automotive_Buff
I swear I thought the Celi had 6 gears... having 5 gears is a bitch on the highway.
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- Ilikewaffles_11
Nope, I don't know if any Toyotas from the 80's had 6 speeds. I prefer 5 anyway so works out for me!
But yea, it is. Especially in this, at about 2800 RPM the fuel injectors really open up and start going to town which of course means crappy gas mileage. In 5th gear at 70 MPH (basically the speed to maintain if you wanna get anywhere at a decent rate) it's hovering at 3K RPM... So needless to say it's not good on gas whatsover.
Generally if I'm trying to save gas I'll just cruise at 65 MPH.
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- Automotive_Buff
If I drive like a grandpa, I get 22 MPG in the Ranger Hovering at 3K and a smaller tank, I'd assume you get 18-20 MPG?
Hovering at 3K and a smaller tank, I'd assume you get 18-20 MPG?
- 5,760
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- Ilikewaffles_11
If I drive like a grandpa, I get 22 MPG in the Ranger
Not even, it's rated at 16 highway. I have a 16 gallon tank, which I fill up once it reaches about 3/4 of the way down, so say about 12 gallons. I get about 200 and some odd miles out of that. So I'm getting more or less what it's rated at. Which isn't great.
The 4.30 rear doesn't do it any favors.
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Not even, it's rated at 16 highway. I have a 16 gallon tank, which I fill up once it reaches about 3/4 of the way down, so say about 12 gallons. I get about 200 and some odd miles out of that. So I'm getting more or less what it's rated at. Which isn't great.
The 4.30 rear doesn't do it any favors.
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Yea, it's pretty awful.
Beauty has a price, I guess...
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Most definitely. Worth it.
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So today me and a fried went to work to try to get that AW11 MR2 project running, and...
SHE RUNS!!!!!
What a glorious noise it was when that lovely 4AGE finally sputtered back to life! On Thursday we got some new spark plug wires for it since two of them were chewed through. So today, we did the final step which was putting the new battery in. After a little persuasion, she started up!
Headlights work as well!
A few problems have become clear. For starters, the pipe that attaches to the muffler where they meet is rusted out so its just spitting exhaust gases out. Quite loud.
The suspension is also shot by the feel of it. The alternator is also seized up so gotta replace that before it can go anywhere.
Also cleaned her up a bit. The windows were coated in several years worth of dirt and grime which had to be cleaned. Everything else got some tidying up.
Upon inspecting all the hoses and fluids, I'm shocked to say nothing seems to be leaking or anything. Clutch was fine, felt light but I'm not sure if that's just how it is or not, brakes were fine, no coolant leaks or anything. Air filter is shot though.
Here's the magnificent engine, still running strong.
So Te rusty racer lives on! Hopefully will make for a fun project and beater car! I also have a video of it running but don't really feel like uploading it. Maybe at some point.
SHE RUNS!!!!!
What a glorious noise it was when that lovely 4AGE finally sputtered back to life! On Thursday we got some new spark plug wires for it since two of them were chewed through. So today, we did the final step which was putting the new battery in. After a little persuasion, she started up!
Headlights work as well!
A few problems have become clear. For starters, the pipe that attaches to the muffler where they meet is rusted out so its just spitting exhaust gases out. Quite loud.
The suspension is also shot by the feel of it. The alternator is also seized up so gotta replace that before it can go anywhere.
Also cleaned her up a bit. The windows were coated in several years worth of dirt and grime which had to be cleaned. Everything else got some tidying up.
Upon inspecting all the hoses and fluids, I'm shocked to say nothing seems to be leaking or anything. Clutch was fine, felt light but I'm not sure if that's just how it is or not, brakes were fine, no coolant leaks or anything. Air filter is shot though.
Here's the magnificent engine, still running strong.
So Te rusty racer lives on! Hopefully will make for a fun project and beater car! I also have a video of it running but don't really feel like uploading it. Maybe at some point.
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- Automotive_Buff
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Made some progress today on the rusty racer. We got it up on a lift today so had a look at the underside. My dad deemed it road worthy. Says it's not much worse than when it was parked.
In the air! Good but of rust under there.
Started by pulling the wheels off. Was fairly straight forward. Asides from the right rear, which was being stubborn. Impact gun did a whole lot of nothing, so had to put it back down and take a 1/2' breaker bar and a large pipe to break the lugs loose. Rest came off fine, though the wheels all had to be given a solid whack with a hammer to get them off. With every whack, a bunch of rust and dirt fell down onto my head.
Started with some brake work. Only had time today to do the right front. The top slider pin was seized which was fun to get out. Eventually got them out and lubricated. Cleaned the bracket with a wire brush and sprayed the bolts with penetrating oil and threads. Also put new pads on since we had some in the trunk.
My friend started on the left front as I was doing this. I told him not to break any bolts. What does he do, he breaks the first bolt. So that's gonna be fun, but just adds to the fun really.
Who needs friction material
All back together
Gotta get under and spray the dirt and crap out with some compressed air. Saturday and Sunday we'll be workin on it again where we'll finish up the brakes and clean it up a bit
Low as ****
Took inventory of the parts in the back. We have those brake pads, some cables for I think the brakes, a wheel bearing, some oil, and a new air filter. Oh and bondo
So saturday brake work will be finished and underside will be cleaned hopefully. Will probably do some more.
Says it's not much worse than when it was parked. In the air! Good but of rust under there.
Started by pulling the wheels off. Was fairly straight forward. Asides from the right rear, which was being stubborn. Impact gun did a whole lot of nothing, so had to put it back down and take a 1/2' breaker bar and a large pipe to break the lugs loose. Rest came off fine, though the wheels all had to be given a solid whack with a hammer to get them off. With every whack, a bunch of rust and dirt fell down onto my head.
Started with some brake work. Only had time today to do the right front. The top slider pin was seized which was fun to get out. Eventually got them out and lubricated. Cleaned the bracket with a wire brush and sprayed the bolts with penetrating oil and threads. Also put new pads on since we had some in the trunk.
My friend started on the left front as I was doing this. I told him not to break any bolts. What does he do, he breaks the first bolt. So that's gonna be fun, but just adds to the fun really.
Who needs friction material
All back together
Gotta get under and spray the dirt and crap out with some compressed air. Saturday and Sunday we'll be workin on it again where we'll finish up the brakes and clean it up a bit
Low as ****
Took inventory of the parts in the back. We have those brake pads, some cables for I think the brakes, a wheel bearing, some oil, and a new air filter. Oh and bondo
So saturday brake work will be finished and underside will be cleaned hopefully. Will probably do some more.
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Worked on the rusty racer again today. Was very slow and tedious, mainly the brake work.
I mainly just had four things I wanted to get done today, change the oil, put the new tires on, clean the underside of dirt and leaves, and mess with the brakes.
So first figured I'd clean it all up. Accidentally broke a bolt. Woops. Only for a splash shield so whatever.
Quite a bit of leaves and crap in there
While looking around, I noticed this O2 sensor wire was chewed through by something...
Changed the oil while under there. Very very dirty.
After that I took apart the two rear brakes and lubricated the crap out of everything. The way you get the caliper off is by taking the slider pin bolt off of the bottom, then it pivots up and you slide it off of the other pin. On the right rear, the pin it slides off of was seized so needed some persuation from a brass hammer. Very tedious work. All the bolts are rusty and I wanted to take my time and not break anything and be sure to lubricate everything up well.
After the rears were done, I didn't feel like messing with the left front with the broken bolt so did the tires.
The wheels, could use a cleaning
The new (used) tires
So then figured I'd get the broken bolt out of the way. I took it all apart (very carefully) after leaving the bottom bolt soak in penetrating oil as I did the tires as it didn't wanna budge. Took the caliper and put it in a vice and drilled a hole out.
The one other guy who works there was working on his car as well, and I had to borrow a tap extractor. However I couldn't find the right size. So I called my dad to ask where his is at, and he informs me that he bought a new caliper. Would've been good to know this before hand. I just put the bracket on today because it was getting late and I was hungry, so I'll have to put the caliper in another time.
Sprayed penetrating oil on the wheel lug threads, bolted the wheels on, and jump started it so I could check the oil. And there she is.
I mainly just had four things I wanted to get done today, change the oil, put the new tires on, clean the underside of dirt and leaves, and mess with the brakes.
So first figured I'd clean it all up. Accidentally broke a bolt. Woops. Only for a splash shield so whatever.
Quite a bit of leaves and crap in there
While looking around, I noticed this O2 sensor wire was chewed through by something...
Changed the oil while under there. Very very dirty.
After that I took apart the two rear brakes and lubricated the crap out of everything. The way you get the caliper off is by taking the slider pin bolt off of the bottom, then it pivots up and you slide it off of the other pin. On the right rear, the pin it slides off of was seized so needed some persuation from a brass hammer. Very tedious work. All the bolts are rusty and I wanted to take my time and not break anything and be sure to lubricate everything up well.
After the rears were done, I didn't feel like messing with the left front with the broken bolt so did the tires.
The wheels, could use a cleaning
The new (used) tires
So then figured I'd get the broken bolt out of the way. I took it all apart (very carefully) after leaving the bottom bolt soak in penetrating oil as I did the tires as it didn't wanna budge. Took the caliper and put it in a vice and drilled a hole out.
The one other guy who works there was working on his car as well, and I had to borrow a tap extractor. However I couldn't find the right size. So I called my dad to ask where his is at, and he informs me that he bought a new caliper. Would've been good to know this before hand. I just put the bracket on today because it was getting late and I was hungry, so I'll have to put the caliper in another time.
Sprayed penetrating oil on the wheel lug threads, bolted the wheels on, and jump started it so I could check the oil. And there she is.
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- Automotive_Buff
The MR2 is looking nice. 👍
Is that another Celica on the left?
Is that another Celica on the left?
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- Ilikewaffles_11
Relatively.
Can't wait to wash it and see how it looks.It is! The one guy who works there is rebuilding the engine on a different Celica and that's the parts car.
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- Katiegan
- KatieB53
I know that feel all too well with seized wheels and brakes. My boss has a habit of turds for us to fix up and sell, and they almost always have seized wheels and brakes, and pretty much seized everything. Those brake pads don't look too dissimilar to the pads I took off of one of the turds at work, except both had half of the pad missing.
Glad to see you're giving the MR2 some attention now though, and can't wait to see more progress! You're making me want to buy myself a project now.
Glad to see you're giving the MR2 some attention now though, and can't wait to see more progress! You're making me want to buy myself a project now.
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I know that feel all too well with seized wheels and brakes. My boss has a habit of turds for us to fix up and sell, and they almost always have seized wheels and brakes, and pretty much seized everything. Those brake pads don't look too dissimilar to the pads I took off of one of the turds at work, except both had half of the pad missing.
Glad to see you're giving the MR2 some attention now though, and can't wait to see more progress! You're making me want to buy myself a project now.
You don't know rusty bolts until you works no a 1980s Toyota which sat for many years.
The front right was like that, the one pad had half the friction material gone. The bolts holding them all together are especially a joy, because you PRAY that they won't snap off.I'd recommend it if you have the spare time and money, and necessities to do it. It's a good learning experience and practice, not to mention it's gonna be so much sweeter when I finally get it on the road for the first time.
