What did you do to your vehicle today?

[EvoFire]

I still have the video of the kid driving away in my MS3.

[red kryptonite]

Originally Posted by Matsuda

Installed my carbon fiber gurney flap on my rear spoiler. Hard to photograph though

my inner ricer have to ask... any plans for a wing riser?

[Matsuda]

Originally Posted by red kryptonite

my inner ricer have to ask... any plans for a wing riser?

the previous owner of my car still has his wing risers and offered to sell them to me, I'm a bit indifferent about them. I'm somewhere in the middle. If I do get them, I could be extra rice and wing mount my roof box with the suction cups I got...

[red kryptonite]

do it!!! i want to be a poser and do the same with my road bike.

[trollface]

Chill with that salute.

[underscore]

I hunted down the source of the coolant leak, I thought it was the rad but even with it removed coolant was still coming out. So I pulled the crossmembers and managed to get eyes on the leak. After pulling a ton of stuff apart, I got this out:



Which leaves the engine bay looking like this:



To get access to here for the stupid cap/hose:

[RabidRat]

Wow. It's actually just a rubber plug for a coolant port in the motor? I wonder what the original function was for the coolant passage.

[bcrdukes]

Not sure of this is the famous hose from hell or just a random plug from hell.

[immorality]

No, the hose from hell and the hose from hell on earth are up behind the turbo and oil filter. They are much easier to access on a Celica than an MR2. Regardless, I keep thinking that I want another ST185 until I see stuff like this.

[djstyles]

Today was the perfect day to finally install an aftermarket steering wheel I had sitting around for the Miata. I tried my best to not break any tabs off of the steering wheel trim and I'm happy to report that I only broke one!

[Badhobz]

Holy shit, so BEEFY.

[underscore]

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

Not sure of this is the famous hose from hell or just a random plug from hell.

It's the other end of the hose from hell. Normally there's a hard line that runs from the oil cooler (with the famous hoses that are actually easy on the Celica) that goes under the oil filter and wraps around the engine and goes to a small hose that goes where this plug was. I assume that one is easy on the MR2 but buried on the Celica because of the transfer case. When the shop installed my aftermarket oil cooler they deleted the hard line and I guess used this plug to cap the nipple on the back of the motor instead of removing the nipple and plugging the port in the block with metal.

It looks like a huge mess but it only took about 1.5hrs to remove everything with normal hand tools, and a good chunk of that was fiddling around to get the other hard lines out without removing the turbo, so I can replace the missing one and go back to the stock oil cooler.

[Badhobz]

It looks like a huge pain in the ass, but I’m sure it was very satisfying to be able to diagnose and fix it. I love finding a problem and solving it.

[underscore]

It was at first, I couldn't see where it was coming from at all so I had to pull the crossmembers off and even then I could barely see it from below. Reaching from above I scraped the hell out of my arm just to get one finger on it. The trick with these is don't try to squeeze into awkward spots, most stuff comes out easily so just keep removing things that are in your way until it's accessible.

[red kryptonite]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

Holy shit, so BEEFY.

did u not hold his knob? he likes a good handful.

[donk.]

So i picked up this shitbox because of GS8, i was originally supposto install my supercharger for the C7, but thats been on the backburner ever since this POS took up the lift space.



Photo heavy dump, spoilers incase anyone is still using dialup

Spoiler!

It has 12,000kms, look at how god dam shiny these fobs are, for being 35 years old.



The major issue with this car? Previous owner took it to the mechanic, and i guess the repair estimate was not pretty. I dont blame them, i probably spent about 8hrs removing the failed NPT fitting, grinding out the remainders, then re tapping it.





Why did it take me 8 hrs to re thread a fitting? Take a look at the god dam location. Probably 4" of space infront, not to mention its in a "well". 1/8" turns with the tap x 300.





Lucky me, i didnt crack the block, and the threads came out decent.



New steel fitting went in, some hoes, and some thread sealant for good ruck.



Next day: the car ran without overheating and gushing like niagra falls!

Rust.... oh rust.....







Only one thing to do, grind it off (as much as i can at least), chemically clean it, etch it, coat it.















God dam that stuff smelled good, think my IQ went from 28 to 25 after huffing those fumes.



The paint: well, it sure as shit did not look like a car with 12,000kms, more like 200,000kms.







Did a hand polish to find if its worth doing the whole car:





Oh yes.... yes,, YES







Should have left the lighting the same so you could see the difference better

There was only 1 spot of trim that was chewed away by the sun:



Solution? use rona paint on it obviously.



Orange peel? Hell yes, i wanted to make badhobz proud.



Its only an illusion anyways, looks ok for 40$ in non-shiny angles.



Engine bay was looking a little sad



Should have taken my time with the drill wire brush, hit the manifold a few times, nothing a little dirt coverup cant fix. Painted the accent, looks alot better.

I also caked everything that was rusted with rust converter, cleaned up all plastics and polished under the hood paint.





You guys remember that ugly ass fender thats kinked out?



I got a special tool for that.



The rims, oh the sad looking rims.





Chemically strip, wire brush, clean, prep, tape, paint.





Yes the garage has a nice layer of silver on it.



Not sure if the wheels look better or worse than before honestly

Bonus!





Previous owner was using pliers to open the hood lol, replaced the pull with a new one.



Lastly i dont think i ever posted photos of the interior after cleaning, check this out, almost showroom condition









I got new brakes, belt, and some other stuff showing up hopefully friday. Then i can start on the C7.

Got crack? i do.



First time since moving in i have two cars in the garage, enough space to move around too

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[AstulzerRZD]

Goddamn those seats and paint.

So when you are fixing the suspension and trim bits - how much of this stuff is available new/worth getting new?

Rims look like they were factory machined more than painted but that gets expensive

[EvoFire]

Damn those seats, looks so comfortable.

[immorality]

Bust out the old cassette collection and head down to the nearest Radwood show.

[yray]

dude, you are doing it too fast

and is that a heat pump in your garage?

any how, nice job

[donk.]

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD

So when you are fixing the suspension and trim bits - how much of this stuff is available new/worth getting new?

Rims look like they were factory machined more than painted but that gets expensive

Parts are 50/50, cant find a coolant tank, easy to find the hood release latch, other interior bits non existent. Im doing a cheap "restoration" on this, trying to keep it under 1000$ for everything.

Correct on wheels, they are machined, but i aint paying 1000$+ to re machine them and clear.

Originally Posted by yray

dude, you are doing it too fast

and is that a heat pump in your garage?

any how, nice job

I have adhd, patience is not part of my work speed

Yes, see post 457
https://www.revscene.net/forums/7172...-today-19.html

[JDMDreams]

Where do you guys find these and why, do you like stand outside a funeral home?

[donk.]

Retirement homes are GOLDMINES, all you gotta do is suck on some expired hags toes for a few minutes

[SSM_DC5]

the old hag's children already sold off personal belongings and pocketed all the money the moment they started the process to throw the hag into the home. DONK be sucking toes as a fetish instead.

[Badhobz]

^this is why nobody hugged you