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I've had some issues with my old 85 MR2 and I sprayed the locks with lubricant and they worked like brand new after that!

Mine has been my DD for more than 8 years. It has also made several 1000+ mile trips without difficulty. It put me on the side of the road ONCE in that whole time. Not too bad if you just take care of the thing. The only other time it has been down a long time for MX was for a motor swap and...

If it is on in the morning, the overflow bottle is probably low, then when the car warms up and the coolant expands it will push some of it to the bottle and therefore turn the light off because it raises the float switch. At night when the coolant cools back down again, it gets sucked back to...

Just be VERY gentle with your needles. It's really not that hard to change your gauges, but getting them to indicate correctly may be a PITA. It took me about 4 tries to get the fuel quantity to indicate correctly. Pretty easy job overall, though.

If it is locked up, it does get pretty loud. Mine failed like that once. The downside is that can really wear on the water pump bearings. I have an extra Toyota fan clutch lying around if you think that might be your problem and you're interested. Also, if you rad is fully topped off...

First, the light for the radiator is located in the overflow bottle, so if that is slightly low it may only come on when you hit bumps and make turns. It probably just needs a little bit more in there. For the fan clutch, it could fail so that it spins freely all the time and never locks up or...

Well, I pulled the turbo off again today and the hole was not too stripped and the bolt DID NOT break. What I mean is that SP used a really short bolt and with the added thickness of the bracket for the wastegate actuator, the bolt could only grip the first thread or two. You would think...

Thanks, Jeff! I just can't seem to get this car back together! :)

Yes, it is. But I'm using Randy's SP61GT specific DDP...awesome looking sucker BTW...

Hey Brent! It's Lane, but you got really close! :) The T61 is currently FOR SALE IF ANYONE WANTS IT!

Well, I was getting very close to finishing up my project today, but as I was tightening the compressor cover bolts after rotating the cover, one of the bolts holding the wastegate actuator on snapped in half! Now, this thing is brand new and it's not liked I torqued on it hard at all so I...

I have the PLX and also the conversion unit that allows the Autometer gauge to actually do something to display the AFR. Good stuff!

Well, you set the base timing with the diagnostic port and then you unplug it to check to make sure it jumps 12 or above, IIRC...

I think that would look better with a cowl induction hood to hide the conversion, but I LIKE IT! Good job!

With Te1 and E1 connected in the diagnostic port, yes. With them disconnected, it should be over 12 degrees if memory serves.

Are your parents going to make the payments on the new car? Sometimes new car payments can cost more than repairs to the old one. Part of the reason I never buy brand new cars. Anyway, if it was down to driving a Metro or deal with keep fixin' the Supra, it's gonna be all about the Sup...

I scored the same as Squid! Must have been all that HALO a while back...:)

Did you check the resistors that actually sit in the airflow underneath the glove box?

I looked into this before and one of the benefits is that you don't need a pressurized system to raise the boiling point like we do. Instead of a 13 psi cap or so, you don't need one at all! Well, you still need a cap, but not a pressurized one. They sell complete systems for domestics, but...