After at LEAST 1 1/2 years...

EdgeSupra

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I bought a battery yesterday, hooked up a couple ground wires, plugged a bunch of open vacuum ports, put some new gas in and cranked my rebuilt supra to life.....I have never smiled so much before:icon_bigg

My dad was looking for open vacuum lines and plugging them, then we actually got the car idling! we revved it twice and then shut it off. I honestly did not think the car would even start, let alone idle with a little help.

Whats wierd is that when I was swapping interiors, my friend Colin (mkIIIman089) noticed that that switch near the clutch pedal wasnt hooked up, but the car still started without it. I missing half my vacuum system and a bunch of hoses arent clamped or anything. There were no fluid leaks of any kind. It had a very raspy sound, but thats only because the downpipe is not bolted to the back of the turbo and theres a 1/2 inch gap between them.

We were a little worried when I put my semi solid motor mounts in, it seemed that the oil pan sat way too close to the sterring rack, but after revving the motor we could tell that nothing was hitting.

I still have things to do before I can actually drive it, but I'm happy we are making progress.
 

suprahero

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Good job Edge. Glad to see you smiling. Supra's have a way of making you smile alot, and cry alot, and cuss alot. Glad to see you're in the smiling stage...........lol
 

mkIIIman089

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BTW, just revving it will not give you the full movement of the motor mounts. Once you get it in gear and mash the gas you'll really know if it hits the pan or not.

Now... off to replace my water pump, LOL. ;)
 

mkIIIman089

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IDK... all I know at this point is that there is a film of coolant all over everything below it. I'm hoping its a hose and not the WP at this point. Plus I think my CPS is leaking oil somehow, since there is oil below it, and its not from the valve cover.
 

suprahero

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Both of those things are normal. The car came that way. If you try stopping the leaks, you're going to mess up your oil pressure and your coolant temperature........Man, these newbies don't know anything!!!!!!








Good luck non the less................lol
 

SupraDreamPDR

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suprahero said:
Good job Edge. Glad to see you smiling. Supra's have a way of making you smile alot, and cry alot, and cuss alot. Glad to see you're in the smiling stage...........lol
more crying than smiling... but in the end its all worth it. glad to hear you got your Supra running.