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  1. Silent Smith

    Sigh car troubles for my bday

    Happy Birthday, mine too. I spent mine pulling the head :biglaugh:
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    Swappin Heads - Head gasket

    Well I'm fixing a BHG today in -10 degree weather :3d_frown: . I did a search but could'nt find the answer within the first 7 pages. I'm changing heads too as i'm pretty sure mine was cracked. Is it a problem if I use a N/A head? I'm pretty sure it's a turbo head but is there any part numbers...
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    Cooling System Question

    I use some high temp RTV sealant on the tstat housing as extra security just incase, The rubber ring gasket should hold but the added insurance is nice. If your getting alot of pressure that could indicate pressure from the combustion chamber forcing it's way into the system, I have a leak...
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    Victim = Mk3 Subframe

    why would snow make a difference? We get snow where I am but it don't cause my parts to snap :icon_razz actually snow can cause parts to snap depending upon what you end up sliding into...
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    crazy setup

    Thats awsome but it does'nt seem like a lot of power... 730 hp isn't too hard on a boosted ls1 is it?
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    Coolant leaking near fuel lines

    I spent the better part of a day taking the intake manifold off cleaning it and then replacing TB coolant feed line and TB to ISC line. The leak is back <insert minimum 3 dirty words>. (http://www.cygnusx1.net/supra/library/EPC/MKIII_NATO/291420/1603_2.html) shows the Tb feed line #16267 and...
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    School Advice

    Hey, I'm about to finish my first semester of college for E-Commerce. The opportunity to sign up for Co-op is due this week. If I go with Co-op I get paid but I will be in school for an extra 6-12 months. Anyone have any experiences good or bad? I don't want to waste 6 months being a coffee...
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    JDM or rebuild

    not to hijack but what does a typical rebuild cost on a 7m?
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    Cooling system help

    Weak rad cap maybe?
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    Cleaning Intake

    I took off my throttle body to clean a oily/gunk ish off of it, got it like new now the intake has the same buildup of that gunky oily crap. I don't have the gaskets for the intake but can I take it off to clean it then use some Ultra Copper in place of the old gaskets?
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    Coolant leaking near fuel lines

    I'm debating the rerouting as it'm driving it around in the cold, although come summer I'd take it off. Why heat anything if you don't have to specifically intake air... Thanks again for all the info
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    Coolant leaking near fuel lines

    Thanks for the fast responses. By any chance does anyone know if it's 1/4 line?
  13. Silent Smith

    Coolant leaking near fuel lines

    I'm hunting a cooling system leak I have. The coolant will appear under teh intake manifold and on the fuel lines on the under body. Any Idea on how to figure out whats leaking?
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    Cruise Control question

    I put the correct turn signal stalk and wheel onto my car (89t, 89 wheel, 89 stalk) and now the cruise on light activates but the cruise cannot be set. I'm going to go through the tsrm diagnostics tommorow but was wondering if having my abs throwing codes for both rear wheel speed sensors...
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    Windshield Washer Jets

    Hey, I recently was in a echo and it had 3 jets per nozzle for the windshield washers. Sure enough they looked errily similar to the supra nozzles. I managed to find a set and sure enough they work, you need to cut a peice of the supra's hose but basically plugs and play. I'm running them now...
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    Group A cams on ebay

    seller seems like a real prick job. I would be a lot less inclined to do any transaction through someone that goes on about returns and granting forgiveness. not trying to hijack but whats with the american ebayers nt shipping nor dealing with anyone outside of the usa, will shipo to alaska...
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    Loose wires, connector

    Upon closer inspection in better light it's red with blue going to white with green red with black going to white with red
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    Loose wires, connector

    I found a few un connected wires whilst doing some work recently and today I found a connector in my driveway. It's white plastic with two terminals and on the one side it's a red wire with a black strip feeding both terminals and on the opposite side theres a white with green and a white with...
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    Help Annoying Idling Problem

    you could have a vacuum leak, could even be bad gas. If I push in my clutch while the car is warming up the rpms go down maybe 200rpms How long has this been happening for? Done anything recently to it? Happens all the time or duing a hot start?
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    ok here is one of many supra problems

    Is there a difference in the starters between the n/a and turbo? If they are different the starter gear could be not engaging properly and essentially ramming itself into the ring gear. Mine will sometimes grind and not turn over as I suspect the ring gear is damaged Could be a bad battery as...