My black 1989 GTE revival

[zm_br]

So a little back history on my car.*
I've owned it since late 2004. I drove it daily until 2006 when I bought my scion. I drove both cars while juggling too many other tasks, and I wasn't able to maintain an older car. So it sat at my parents' house.*
Fast forward to now, and I'm going to get this car back to as it was before. And hopefully better.*
I've been reading tech tips on here. As soon as I have it driving and I feel comfortable, I will take it home up north and install parts I've collected and try to upgrade it more. It's nice that I finally have a garage where I live now.*

Waiting for installation for a couple of years:
Maroon fabric front and rear seats to replace the cracked leather seats
Bilstein shocks
B&G springs
Nick's replica bomex 3 hole front lip

No major plans as of yet. I wouldn't mind keeping it mostly stock and just keep it clean. I'd like to have new tint installed, as much of the rust fixed (there isn't much visible, but you know there's more than you think), and fix that hood or replace it.*

I did some cleaning and inspecting today. All of the lights came on after I dropped in a new battery. Change of oil and more inspecting tomorrow.

Now for some pics from today:

 

[nightrider760]

looks good so far... I also stopped driving my mk3 but since 2007

 

[zm_br]

[video=youtube;g1cyaaNnZbU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1cyaaNnZbU[/video]


It's alive after doing a check of everything!!!

Next obstacle is getting the wheels unfrozen so it can roll. The rims are rusted to the axles. Any suggestions?

 

[Supra28]

Always wondered what happen to this Supra haha, congrats on bringing her back!

 

[Clint]

Love the color.

 

[zm_br]

Thanks! I'm a black car kinda guy.

Well, I hope the weather is nice this weekend.
Next step is to pull the turbo and do a rebuild.

 

[zm_br]

Ok so pulling the IC pipes, accordion hose and 3000 pipe shows a fair amount of oil in the piping.
I guess that's proof the seals are bad in the turbo.
Removing these bolts is a pain.
Anybody have good suggestions? The elbow and manifold nuts are rusted on.

 

[zm_br]

MMM oil in the 3000 pipe

No shaft play on the turbo!

 

[zm_br]

Hey turbo, why won't you come out?

These 4 nuts on the elbow? Please. That's all that's holding you in still? PB Blast is soaking in...

The ones on the manifold already came off and those were a pain to get at.

To be continued...

 

[zm_br]

well small update.
Last weekend, a friend came by and we borrowed my neighbor's torch. Heat helped get those last two nuts off.

But, I still had the oil feed lines to remove from the engine block, then pry the exhaust side of the turbo away from the turbo elbow.

Luckily, I was successful right before the sun went down.
Turbo is out.

This weekend, I spent too much time trying to remove the turbine housing from the center. Looks like I'm going to have to pay a visit to a mechanic who can heat it up. I've tried about every technique I've seen online but it's fused pretty good. I guess the shape of the nuts on the elbow were a sure sign how much trouble I'd have taking the turbo apart.

 

[zm_br]

new update.
I'm in the process of rebuilding the turbo and debating what to do. The shaft has some damage on the threads, so I cannot screw the nut on.