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  1. tfhorst

    smoking after storage

    hello all, i am having a bit of a freak out here. i bought a 1987 supra with 80,000 on it. it has not been on the road since 06. when i first got it i let it idle for a bit to hear how it sounded. it smoked for a bit...about 6 hours of idle time, then stopped. i got destracted and now it is 2...
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    retro fitting door moldings

    So I am putting a 87 supra together on the cheap. I picked up molding off an 87 with the crusty rusty backing. I am stripping off the metal I'm going to find some way to stick it on....just was wondering if anyone else has done this. I know I should buy the 89+ and make it easy but I have...
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    factory alarm broke my headlight?

    So I have been re-building a cherry (old man drove it to church, no joke, and when the fuel pump blew he parked it with 79,0000) 87/na. I don't know much about supra's but I know cars well. This one got me though. So the other day I miss closing the door wile fitting some glass fenders. It...
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    it still won't start!! i hit it with a hammer and everything.

    So I just picked up a non running supra n/a. was pulled from a garage after sitting since 03. the fuel pump was not working when I bought it, was a new pump that burnt out in 7 miles and 3 months sitting. Have a new one in and am running it direct off the battery right now. Pessure is making it...
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    why walbro?

    So why walbro? It comes up everytime I am look for a cheap fuel pump, the reviews say good things then they are quicky followed by how loud they are. I looked at the stats and there good. Has anyone tried high flow fuel? Better stats and price and no buzzing is what there claiming...
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    zombie supra or bringing the dead back to life.

    Hey guys, I am the new owner of a 1987 supra n/a. All and all it is in good shape. It spent most of it's life in a garage, up intill this summer, and was driven by a cranky old man from the time it was new. But something went wrong and he parked it. It was found last winter and picked up...
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    the mystery of what killed my fuel pump

    Hi everybody!, given this is my first real post I am starting with a joke, those who don't have a sence of humor please skip to the next paragraph. Chicken and an egg are laying in bed, chicken is nice and relaxed smoking a cig, egg rolls over to him and says "well I guess we answered that...
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    dam.....i'm a noob again.

    hello everyone!! Today I bought my first supra and I going to need some help with this one. It is a 87 n/a, 2tone brown with full leather and 79000 on it...only paid 500 and plan on making it my dd. Down side is it is not running and hasn't been on the road since 03. Should be a quick fix for a...