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Watchu talking about Willis ?

On the Mk3, there is a trans mount with a combined steel and rubber mount, with a big bolt in the middle. How do you tell that this mount is bad ? What does this large bolt in the middle do ?

As per the title. They seem reasonably priced. https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=8630060&cc=1278491&pt=2288&jsn=758

I installed the original diff last week. It has so far the tightest pinion preload. I break in the diff with speeds under 60kmh, with three 5 km trips and 1hr cooldown. It is silent and no grinding or whining sounds under 60kmh. Today I finally drove a further distance and went up to 80 kmh. At...

You might be overheating due to a faulty clutch fan. To remove that damaged spark plug, i think you have no choice but to remove the valve head.

I was reading a forum for the BMW Z3, and came across this interesting statement from this guy. Does the mk3 rear subframe bushing work the same way? I noticed that the subframe and bushing had a gap when the car was lifted on a lift. Some people say this means the bushing is bad but I am not...

I finished rebuilding my original diff. Setting is as follows, original pinion depth shim 1.94mm. Pinion preload 1.3Nm or 11.5inlb. It feels much more tighter than before. I plan to swap the diff in another 2 weeks. In the meantime, I put in half the amount of gear oil and breaking in the pinion...

I was just able to test the car after swapping in the diff last week. When the oil is cold, there is hardly any noise, approach 50kmh, I hear nothing. At 60kmh I hear nothing, then at 62 I start hearing something, though it is much fainter than my original diff. As the oil heats up, the sound...

Here is a translated article from Motor Fan Japan on an experimental 2 stroke engine using the 7M block and a 4 cyl diesel block. The diesel version was installed in a Z20 Toyota Soarer, which is related to a Mk3 Supra.

Have you tried this ?

Guys, I am almost done, I knocked in the side gear flanges, but oddly I find that the ring gear side flange has very little in out slop, but the opposite side has about 2 to 3mm of in out slop . Is this normal ? If i recall my other open diff is the same. Any reason why toyota made it this way ?

Any plans to change wheels ?

I got my new pinion nuts from japan and tightened the nut to set preload. This is my first time working with a crush sleeve and it went smoothly. I mean i read on some forums how difficult it is to crush it, but the toyota ones were not that hard to crush. I just used a 4' long breaker bar...

Too late bruh, I had to take it apart and inspect everything. The bearings are coated with a black film of oil, so I cleaned them up thoroughly, I also want to measure the pinion depth shim, just to compare diff to diff. Overall, the bearings look really good for a 35 year old diff. In fact I...