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  1. Kckazdude

    Standalone question

    I am in the process of researching standalone options for my car. All the units offered look good and offer more than enough options. WhatI am curious to find out is how the end users feel about them after having some seat time with them? What made you purchase X unit and has it lived up to your...
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    How I spent this months allowance .......

    I decided to finally chronicle the progress of my car in one thread. The progress may get slow as most builds do but I hope to keep it steady. The Car One 1987 NA auto. I purchased this car in March 07. It didnt run and was sitting on four dry-rotted flat tires. The guy didnt even...
  3. Kckazdude

    A340E question

    Have been fighting with my transmission shift points since I got this car. After getting the TPS cleaned and properly set the shift points at part throttle are right were they should be. Downshifts into proper gears and all. Have locked the line pressure adjustment open for a firmer shift. When...
  4. Kckazdude

    How-To:Repair tail lights

    When I got my car it had several rear hatch leak issues. This in turn created havok for everything electrical in the hatch area. Power antenae, tail light failure relay and the tail light sockets were all corroded and mostly inoperable. I got most of the lights operational to a point. With the...
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    Wiper arm ??

    I was wondering, since all the MKIII's used wiper arms that require screw on style wiper blades, has anyone tried swapping newwer style arms onto their cars? If so what worked for you? This would give MKIII owners more choices in wiper blade replacement. It would also eliminate the use of an...
  6. Kckazdude

    Thrust bearing wear

    Fidgeting under the hood yesterday I noticed an odd noise when first putting the car in gear, coming to an idle or just off of idle. Upon inspection I found that I have thrust washer wear allowing the crankshaft to move laterally. The noise comes from the torque convertor bolts. ATM I cant set...
  7. Kckazdude

    Help:Removing dash

    I just stumbled on a deal and need serious help. I have never removed a dash from a Supra before and need to get one out in a quick fast hurry tommorow. I need to know every trick or snag I could possibly come against. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
  8. Kckazdude

    The luck

    Driving home last night I ran over something in the road. All I could tell is it was metal. What ever it was punctured one of my tires. Just got these in March. Doing some more fidgiting under my hood, I doscover a flat spot in my TPS. Somewhere around the half way mark it just loses continuity...
  9. Kckazdude

    What would you offer?

    I have an opportunity to purchase an 89 turbo hardtop. Problem is I think he is asking too much.. Looked the car over fairly well yesterday but couldnt get under the car. Odometer reads 160 ,ish. The good: Decent body. Only opne minor dent on left fender. Minimal paint fade for being a red...
  10. Kckazdude

    How to get out of the Sunday chores

    First off this is not how I planned to spend my only day off. I manage a NAPA auto parts store and am very short handed right now so I run the store by myself. A few weeks ago my wife calls and tells me her '94 Camry stopped running. After getting it home I determine the t-belt has slipped 3...
  11. Kckazdude

    Kckazdude'S car thread

    Picked this little jewel up for next to nothing a little over a month ago. So far I have replaced battery, fuel pump, alternator, lower control arm, tires and brakes. That was the bare essentials to get it on the road again. I also threw out the stock air intake hoses and resonator. For the...
  12. Kckazdude

    Electrical problem

    Having a slight problem with dash electronics. Whenever I depress the brake pedal I lose lighting to my HVAC control panel. All the HVAC works but I los the indicator lights and temprature setting lights while brake pedal is depressed. When released everything lights up perfectly. When lights...
  13. Kckazdude

    New car 4 me

    Proud new owner of a '88 Supra. N/A auto nothing fancy except for a body kit. Just picked this car up 2 weeks ago. I figured $600 couldnt be a bad deal for a car that was all there. A fuel pump and alternator later and it runs. Add a set of tires, some belts and new intake hoses with a tune up...