Glad you were successful Daniel, maybe this will be added to the list.
What did you do with your truck this week? (8 Viewers)
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After 5+ years down and a new owner(me). The shop truck came home for a visit. Other than needing some new steering, getting rid of those ugly rims and paint.
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You got a Camry wagon too?
ClemsonCruiser
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Corolla to be exact 
Thing was cherry with only 44k original miles until Marshall blew the trans doing FWD burn outs!!
Thing was cherry with only 44k original miles until Marshall blew the trans doing FWD burn outs!!
Lol. I got it with 50k on it. Has 60k right now. Blew the diff. Was one of the funky years toyota separated the diff from the trans even though they reside in the same case. I'll get it in the shop and get it fixed if we ever have a slow period.
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I'd rock one of these:
Funny guy put a toy winch on the front. But I love the Ironman color blocks
Funny guy put a toy winch on the front. But I love the Ironman color blocks
Well put it all back together this weekend, new radiator and water pump along with several new hoses.
Also finally fiberglassed the repair I did last year, now I won't have to worry about water at gsmtr. Had to use some fiberglass jelly I had cause my resin had gone bad. Good thing it's under the rig cause it sure is ugly, but functional!
Also finally fiberglassed the repair I did last year, now I won't have to worry about water at gsmtr. Had to use some fiberglass jelly I had cause my resin had gone bad. Good thing it's under the rig cause it sure is ugly, but functional!
Last weekend but I'm gonna make it count for what was done this week LOL. New head unit installed and switches that were in the bottom half single DIN rerouted to the overhead sunglass holder spot.
Next on the list is to get the wiring sorted for more switches and then get this panel mounted up there instead:
Gonna need to add a fuse block and a couple extra goodies in the rear to get my fridge off of AC (inverter) and onto DC to be more efficient. Also want a few USB ports in the rear as well. I won't be tackling the switch panel and fuse block etc. though. Gonna let someone that's done a few knock that out LOL.
Next on the list is to get the wiring sorted for more switches and then get this panel mounted up there instead:
Gonna need to add a fuse block and a couple extra goodies in the rear to get my fridge off of AC (inverter) and onto DC to be more efficient. Also want a few USB ports in the rear as well. I won't be tackling the switch panel and fuse block etc. though. Gonna let someone that's done a few knock that out LOL.
You running red or green antifreeze?
Red. Why?
I'm running low in the 80 but don't have any on hand... I asked Beno to bring some to GSMTR if you need it.
New shoes.
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Nice New tires always make the vehicle feel new all over again. 
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I put in the castor control bushings and frame side bushings on Heather's 80 yesterday, drives like a proper LC should again. Rear suspension bushings will be in the near future. Chasing that thing all over the road was getting old. I put new brake pads on and serviced the calipers too. No more pulling to the left under hard braking. Heather is happy to have her 80 back
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Replaced the intermediate sector shaft in my steering column assembly last week. A couple Friday's ago the splines had stripped and came separated from the steering rack in a very scary moment. Luckily I had just gotten home and was in my parking lot when it occurred, so there really was no front page news.
Onur got the part to me by Monday and even helped me install it. However, I was not paying attention to where the steering wheel position was and got it a full revolution out of phase. Tried to go to work the next day and the VSC/ABS ECUs thought I was driving off the road when in fact I was going straight. Christmas tree lit up and wheels were braking left/right to the point I couldn't drive it. I turned around and limped back home. As long as I kept it under 5mph, the ABS would leave me alone.
Cut to this weekend...figured out I probably jacked up the clock spring assembly (spiral cable in TEQ speak) and got the part delivered in time to work on it this weekend (Onur again!). Put the front end up on stands and got my wheels straight, disconnected the sector shaft again and zero'd out the steering wheel with the steering rack. Reassembled the sector shaft. At this point I decided to remove the steering wheel to check the condition of the spiral cable. Carefully removed and opened up the plastic casing...the cable appeared to be intact, so I put it back on the steering column and drove to ACC to have them reinitialize the ECU (to clear my one remaining dash light - the airbag light). Steering was not truly aligned but I could at least drive it safely.
Got to ACC and pulled the steering wheel again, clocked another few degrees to get it fully aligned with the wheels. Then one of the techs hooked up the laptop to clear the codes and reinitialize. After a few seconds he said that it wasn't reading any of the ECUs at all - a bizarre reading all around. I said maybe I'll go ahead and install the new spiral cable assembly and see if that corrects this error. Seemed weird that the whole system seemed unreadable just because the spiral assembly might be bad, but it turns out that's what it was. Met up with Sam later and he confirmed that there is a tiny plastic pin inside the assembly that is designed to snap if over-rotated and thus throw the codes even if the cable isn't broken. I didn't notice that pin when I inspected it earlier.
Anyway, got it all back together and now I'm really good at disassembling the steering column...all you need is a 12mm & 19mm sockets and a T30 Torx driver, but only after you disconnect the battery (unless you want to see what an airbag looks like fully inflated, and no, that didn't happen
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Onur got the part to me by Monday and even helped me install it. However, I was not paying attention to where the steering wheel position was and got it a full revolution out of phase. Tried to go to work the next day and the VSC/ABS ECUs thought I was driving off the road when in fact I was going straight. Christmas tree lit up and wheels were braking left/right to the point I couldn't drive it. I turned around and limped back home. As long as I kept it under 5mph, the ABS would leave me alone.
Cut to this weekend...figured out I probably jacked up the clock spring assembly (spiral cable in TEQ speak) and got the part delivered in time to work on it this weekend (Onur again!). Put the front end up on stands and got my wheels straight, disconnected the sector shaft again and zero'd out the steering wheel with the steering rack. Reassembled the sector shaft. At this point I decided to remove the steering wheel to check the condition of the spiral cable. Carefully removed and opened up the plastic casing...the cable appeared to be intact, so I put it back on the steering column and drove to ACC to have them reinitialize the ECU (to clear my one remaining dash light - the airbag light). Steering was not truly aligned but I could at least drive it safely.
Got to ACC and pulled the steering wheel again, clocked another few degrees to get it fully aligned with the wheels. Then one of the techs hooked up the laptop to clear the codes and reinitialize. After a few seconds he said that it wasn't reading any of the ECUs at all - a bizarre reading all around. I said maybe I'll go ahead and install the new spiral cable assembly and see if that corrects this error. Seemed weird that the whole system seemed unreadable just because the spiral assembly might be bad, but it turns out that's what it was. Met up with Sam later and he confirmed that there is a tiny plastic pin inside the assembly that is designed to snap if over-rotated and thus throw the codes even if the cable isn't broken. I didn't notice that pin when I inspected it earlier.
Anyway, got it all back together and now I'm really good at disassembling the steering column...all you need is a 12mm & 19mm sockets and a T30 Torx driver, but only after you disconnect the battery (unless you want to see what an airbag looks like fully inflated, and no, that didn't happen
)I took my junk to Trollhole's for some fine tuning. As always the man simply takes care of business. This is the best shop around IMO.
Rebuilding my DS knuckle. The axle seal was cut in half somehow. Major goo leakage. All torn down. Will assemble in the AM and shakedown up on some trail in N GA. Beasley maybe? Charlie's, I dunno.
