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  1. isnms

    Helicoil, in car

    Find out exactly what thread and pitch the hole in back is currently. Then consider this: The tap in the M10 kit is a 12mmX1.25 thread pitch, at least that's the bolt it screws into. This allows you to put the insert in capable of taking the 10mm 1.25thread studbolt. Your rear hole may...
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    A 88 Turbo Virgin here. Please help.

    If he tracked it down to the "harness", just get the soldering iron out and repair it. May take some time to track down the break, but it's probably right at one end of the harness at the connector or somewhere where it makes a hard sharp turn or rubs against something. Get the ohm meter out...
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    Helicoil, in car

    That's pretty good time. You're lucky it's just one and that one is probably one of the easiest to get to. You may be lucky again, and get away with just doing that one. But who knows, when putting things back together again, torquing down - 22 ft/lb btw - you find another stripped bolt. May...
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    A 88 Turbo Virgin here. Please help.

    here's the User's Manual online http://www.brandwood.net/supra/handbook/ Sorry, don't know what it would take to revert back to using just the ECU. In the least you would need an AFM and air filter. I hate the thought of wholesale replacing of the ECU and wiring harness when it may just be...
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    Helicoil, in car

    you can look at your gaskets for evidence of exhaust leaks. You can see my ex-man-gasket laying across the top of my engine, on the intake side, in the second picture, on the first post. All those black areas around the exhaust holes were exhaust leaks. Most autoparts stores should have some...
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    Helicoil, in car

    Yep, that's exactly the kit I bought, at pepboys :) Also, here is a good write up by CJ http://cjsupra.kendra.com/Helicoil.html
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    An extra oil pressure port?

    This is interesting. What thread is it? If 1/8 - Is it BSP or NPT?
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    Shim your 7m oil pump for more oil pressure

    lagged - what did you replace it with?
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    Helpdesk, hope you dont get help from this guy.

    Here's the other Nick Burns transcripts :) http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99inickburns.phtml http://snltranscripts.jt.org/01/01fnickburns.phtml http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99tnickburns.phtml http://snltranscripts.jt.org/00/00enickburns.phtml
  10. isnms

    boost leak tester

    ISC = Idle Speed Control http://www.cygnusx1.net/supra/library/TSRM/fi/FI_106.html
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    Helpdesk, hope you dont get help from this guy.

    This whole thing reminds me of "Nick Burns, The Computer Guy". Jimmy Fallon on SNL http://mrt300.ods.org/snl/view.php?computerguy "MOVE" hahahah transcript: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99fnickburns.phtml
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    Helpdesk, hope you dont get help from this guy.

    I don't think it's the same site. This from the FAQ: And some of the trouble tickets refer to Windows 2000.
  13. isnms

    how can I tell???

    EGR system
  14. isnms

    how can I tell???

    One way is to see if it's got EGR. I've heard that JDM doesn't have that.
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    Helpdesk, hope you dont get help from this guy.

    "she is getting error message that say undliveriable messages, her hole area cannot send externail emails" :rofl:
  16. isnms

    sock head bolt socket

    get a long one it will help you get by the cams with out turning them
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    boost leak tester

    I used a tuna can and put the valve stem in the bottom of that. I think it was the 6oz. Fit perfect on the end of the accordion hose.
  18. isnms

    oil pressure help

    http://www.brandwood.net/supra/handbook/1/5/gauges.html#Oil @ normal operating temp: 4.3psi or more @ idle 36 - 71 psi @ 3000rpm http://www.cygnusx1.net/supra/library/TSRM/lu/LU_04.html
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    Turbo timer and aftermarket alarm...

    There is a diode on the SPDT relay for use on the Ignition wire when using a tt. The two diodes I mentioned are on the "FCTRY ALARM ARM" and "FCTRY ALRM DISARM" - (with red circles around them) Be sure to put the Anode on the engine wiring side and the Cathode on the after market alarm side...