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OP: Rather than argue with Mr. General Knowledge and A Little Experience I'll simply state he has NFI what he's talking about. Leave your idle bypass fully seated where it belongs...

He pointed you right at it. It's not going to be easy fixing the car if you're blind...

It's the truth but that doesn't mean I wash it often. These days maybe two or three times a year. I can't remember when I last waxed it. Let me spell it out: it's a 22 year old car I don't put much into except to keep it reliable. Why would I since it has a date with the crusher? That means I...

Never been in a car wash of any kind. Hand washed for 22 years. That said the answer is no, it shouldn't leak...

^ Yes, easily...

Hello Ryan. I'll offer my two cents and hopefully others will chime in. Lets start with the easy stuff first: 1) Slow speed/idle only overheating is usually caused by insufficient air flow through the radiator. Fan, fan clutch, slipping belt, stuff like that. Could be a bad cap or t-stat but I...

Beats me. Whats up wit posters who haven't a clue?

The Karman Pillar (the black piece that sticks down) is what actually produces the vortices but it requires laminar flow to accurately do so. Think of a rounded rock sitting partly submerged in a fast moving stream and what the water behind it is doing. That pattern of flow is called a Karman...

Aunt Jemima is best ;) You absolutely must use Toyota coolant because other types of inhibitors are completely ineffective on the exotic metals used in Toyota engines. Super secret alloys found only in Japan you know. Same goes for the water in OEM coolant ;)

Grimsta: Just to be clear I never said all EG coolants are the same. I said all of them are 90% the same. While the inhibitors in different brands perform the same function they *are* different from one another and work in different ways. My point was these inhibitors are the only...

The starter is grounded through it's mounting bolts. What other starter ground are you referring to?

^ This. Without the speed sensor working the ECU doesn't know when the car is traveling less than 11 mph. It uses that along with the IDL contact in the TPS to enable the idle speed control system. Fwiw a code check would have pointed you in that direction...

I'm aware of that but you're splitting hairs. The term flux core is generally accepted to mean gasless and that's what his welder is. You should have known that just from the machine's description. I'll also point out having better equipment can hamper skill development, especially if one is a...

Flux core means gasless ;) At 90 amps I figured as much. Yeah, it's not optimum but for what you want to do it'll work. All you need is get the feed and voltage right. It'll sound a lot like bacon frying. Miller has a good pamphlet on GMAW for beginners. Look under "books and pamphlets" ...

Gas or flux core? Either way mig is the easiest of all processes to learn. With the machine set right and a bit of practice there's no reason you couldn't accomplish what you want to do...

I for one am stunned ;)

It looks nothing like the EGR modulator and although it could be mistaken for the EGR VSV it's not that either. Bryan got it right. As for engine removal you might want to look at this: http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=423

Thread from the dead eh? I mentioned nichrome because it (or a similar alloy) is what the OEM resistor uses. That said, although I applaud the ingenuity shown, I have to agree with tissimo. NiGMa: I'm afraid I can't be of help because that climate panel isn't used on USDM cars and I'm...

You can do better: http://tinyurl.com/45vcln The brain recognition one is kind of slick. Too bad it won't work for many here ;) Seriously, skip the gimmicks and either install a good aftermaket alarm or do the simple rewire that makes the stock one cut the fuel pump circuit instead of the...