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I would wire brush all the undercoating off. Chances are you will miss tiny perforations if you dont.. My passenger wheel well seemed perfect until I took off the undercoating.. then I found all the micro meteor holes.. and they were all up front so I wouldn't have noticed until the rocker...

I gotta say.. Im proud of ya! I bought my car thinking.. yep.. gonna get this baby up to standards and then maintain it.. its a worthy car far worthier than my 2000 Accord was. And then.. I ran into stuff like you did (however.. you knew ahead of time that your car was neglected... I found out...

I also suggest you read people's build threads.. amazing info and insight in some of them.. and then join us in the corner as we salivate over the new shiney items....

Im in same boat.. want to do the valve seals with the engine in the car.. and not touch the head. To get the cylinder filled with compressed air.. what is the trick for that? Is there a plug you can buy?

Never seen any anywhere. I was thinking of cleaning the button and using a decal with letters punched out (reversed)

Thats an overtorque.. I thought 92 lbs was max on ARP.. anything higher is risky .. Just what I think.. physically, your stressing the head bolts.. but there is a safety factor, so it should hold. However, I like staying on specs because I think they are there for a reason. (mind you.. Im not a...

Just reading this.. and I dont think you can safely get over 10 psi (maybe 11 psi) out of a stock 7MGTE without hitting fuel cut (and I think thats with shimming the wastegate). *** NOTE: the above is what I gather from reading other posts.. dont know if its true or not) I have wanted to bump...

Although I like the clean look of the console cup holder.. I fail to see how they function for those quick sips while driving.. :) They sit beside your right arm rather than in front of. I just went out to Canadian Tire and bought a cup holder that has an "L" style top hanger.. and hang it...

This is going to be a car to see after... (excuse me while I go hide my huge envy problems)

Nice ride :) I had a 88 Cressida for 9 years and after I sold it, I found out that they were actually considered a "sporty" car.. lol. I always considered it my comfort cruiser...

That hose (12263) puzzled me as well. I couldn't see a use for it other than to maybe push the altenator into the fan.. it just didnt make sense. Plus.. its a PITA because mine was leaking a bit of oil and was ugly. I am redoing my 7MGE right now and will be doing the 7MGTE next year. I just...

Im thinking valve because its a 1/4 turn. Got the valve covers off (engine not quite out yet) just to peek and the galley was naturally filled with oil. The oil in the engine has probably not been changed in about 5 years by the looks of it.. and there was possibly 2 litres in it.. maybe less...

Yes.. and no. I am near you.. and generally.. if you can find one that is a clean body, and trust it is.. then yes. It is cheaper. However.. there are other things that can be wrong with the vehicle that you have to gamble on. I have only seen two MKIII's brought up from the states that I would...

Love the wicked turbo and the FFIM.. I think I will take up a thread for some pills to stop those shakes.. the photos are ... well.. you must have been nervous.. lol

In regards to the comment earlier on "car wasn't worth it to fix.. but in the end I was glad I did"... I hope nobody has any illusions that the MKIII will someday actually be worth fixing.. lol. : ) I plan on putting slightly more than 30,000 into the car.. in the end.. if its worth 10,000...

Use Toyota Red Coolant (straight from Toyota). Your engine will thank you.

I want a real pic.. that one is fuzzy.. and.. it looks shiny... im drawn to it!

800?? thats cheap.. it cost me 3400.00 for both quarters/wheel wells and a few other spots. The rust started climbing back on the front of the quarter panel lip (that is under the trim). Just about to soak about another 9000.00 into the body. I have no welding skills, no paint skills.. no body...

You know what would really be nice.. if someone could make a patch panel and new wheelwell for the MKIII. I dont think there ever were patch panels.. but that lip on the edge of the rear wheelwell is a pain to get straight as it has a curve that runs into a curve along with about that 1/2" lip...

Just wondering.. I believe it must be a valve because I can only turn the crank 1/2 turn either direction and it hits something metallic. Fairly certain that means the valve has dropped into the chamber. (which means I will have to pull the head.. doubt I can fish it out through a spark plug hole..)