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    how to remove interior light

    I can't seem to figure out how to remove the interior dome light... they don't work and I want to see if I can redo the ground connection in them (thought that might be the problem)... but I can't get the darn cover off. I don't want to pull to hard,and I dont see any screws connecting it...
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    mounting 91-92 speaker pods in an 88

    As the title says.. i picked up some backseat panels (the sides in the back seat) that have speaker grills in them (off a 91)... I also grabbed the speaker pods themselves that mount to the body behind the covers. Well, I'm assuming my car wont have the bracket that's rivetted on to the body to...
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    Kelowna Supra Meets

    Any meets planned for Kelowna this summer?
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    Shorted out Tailight

    Well my tail light warning light came on while I was in the middle of a nasty hail storm (damn no damage, that would have been nice to cover my new paint job!)... anyways, I just was wondering how to go about repairing a shorted out tail light? I hear it's a fairly common thing to have go on...
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    yay! good news today!

    Well, after having my head gasket blow a second time in a month, I took it back to the place that did it originally. They looked at it, confirmed it was blown and began work. I call back today and the owner of the shop tells me that he was in contact with his buddy from toyota (that works on his...
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    Spewing oil from the head!

    Well it's been a couple weeks since I had my head gasket fixed... well I have developed a pretty nasty oil leak.. just pourin out.. so take my car to the dealership to get the valves shimmed (sounds amazing now!) and to get the oil leak inspected.. I assumed it was my rear main seal, since the...
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    Eibach lowering springs

    anybody have any pictures of them on their car? I want to see what kind of drop I will get with them.. I'm planning on getting 18" rims and Eibach springs on bilstein shocks.... and I was just curious how it will sit.. any pics would be great!
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    Can you buy the 7m as a crate motor from toyota?

    I was just curious, can you still order brand new 7m motors?
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    Anybody have this muffler? (just bought one)

    It's not installed yet, I'm just wondering if anybody has the same one and could comment on how it sounded on their NA's... It's a magnaflow polished stainless steel 5"x8" oval... 2.25" inlet // dual 3" out... I opted for the dual 3" outlet over the dual 3.5" to try to get away from the...
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    All better!

    Well, after taking my car to the shop that did the head gasket (after it started making that aweful knocking sound that would come and go, that developed AFTER the HG job)... It turns out the crank pully was a little loose, and the anti-vibration thing was pooched, so it was wobbling, it shook...
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    hmmm.... not rod knock?

    Well, I made a small break through today.. took my car for a test drive after I fired it up trying to locate the sound it was making before.. it wasnt making it. so, I took it for a drive and on my way back home I went to turn my wheel to turn onto my street and there was that lovely...
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    Rod Knock?

    Posted this in the thread about going NA>T... well... ya.. well... I dont know what to do now... I think I just started getting a pretty bad case of rod knock.... this is rediculous.... I'm starting to get so pissed off at my car it's not even funny... I dont know what to do.... Sitting at...
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    Going NA-T or sell

    Hey guys, I have spent a lot of time thinking about what to do about my supra... here's what my situation is... prices are in canadian Bought the car for $3300 and I've spent about $3700 into all new front and rear brake pads, resurfaced the rotors, and new calipers in the rear, various...
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    Shimming Valves...

    Anbody have any tips on how to shim the valves? I've got quite a bit of valve noise and I was wonderin if this was something I could do in my driveway... I'm just guessing but, does it go along these lines... 1. Disconnect Vaccume lines and any wires 2. Remove Y-pipe and upper intake mani...
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    What to do to get more power out of our N/A's

    Gunna keep it short here. Whats an overview of what you would do to get more power out of a stock N/A.. Say, if you had a freshly rebuilt one sitting in your driveway, what would you do to it? oh, and please nobody say NA-T.. or swap for a turbo.... anything other than turbo'n it.
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    Stock Exhaust system...

    Just curious, I'm fairly new to the car world, but what would you suggest as an upgrade for my factory exhaust setup... As far as I know it's all stock... Thanks in advance for all the help!
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    My dad bought a new car...

    I freakin love it, and I havent even seen it in person yet.. he gets back from vancouver with it today! It's a 1976 Porsche 911 that has been completely restored. Brand new paint, new wide body, new upgraded 3.0L flat 6 motor, new 5spd tranny, pretty much new everything... :aigo: I can't...
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    got to see my taken apart motor today

    Well, I stopped by the shop where my supra is having it's head gasket done. Got to see my motor stripped down to the block... Head gasket was fubard (almost all cylinders were leaking) and it was broken at cylinder #1 and #6... otherwise it was in decent shape... I could see coolant pooled in...
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    Question about our temp gauges...

    Where should the temperature gauge normally be when the car is at running temperature... Mine has always been between 1/3 and 1/2... but then again it's had a bhg since I got it... :3d_frown:
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    longblock vs shortblock

    All this talk of longblock and shortblock 7m's... what's the difference? :icon_conf