eraezer - Supra MK3 -89 -Swedish Build

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2010-09-27|:-

Today I wanted to primer the sway bars and the other bars.
When I had put the paint gun together and prepared everything else I
noticed that I didnt have any primer with me :S

I made a call to a friend who told me that the frame in one of our
formula student cars is painted with this kind of paint without primer.

Since I had everything out I did the same.
The small bars had some primer on, but we'll see how well this goes.

I started painting the front sway bar and it turned out great but when I
was about to hang it up to dry....I dropped it
So I had to wipe all the new paint off and start over.


Pictures:

Swaybars plus some other bars

 

[spencyg]

Great restoration! I am about to start cutting rust out of my "new" '87 MKIII. It was very helpful to see your pictures and get an idea of what I'll see once I get in there.

What kind of welding gas are you using? It seems like your welds aren't hot enough. A weld bead that sits on top of the metal has very little strength and is usually a sign of a weld that is too cold, or the wrong shielding gas. I've been welding for many years, and very few of the welds I come across that look like this are very strong. Have you done any distructive testing on some of your welds? I must say a few of your pics make me nervous...especially where you're welding on structural members.

Overall though, great work.

SG

 

[eraezer]

Thank you SG,
I'm using Mison 18 for shield gas.
On the structural members I had some problem with contamination (glue or sealant) between the plates, so the welds in the pics might lie sometime. The welds have burnt through which I checked by looking at the welding area from the other side. I took me a couple of welds till I understood how I needed to go about the glue/sealant, so yes there are welds that arent burnt through but in 99% of the welds there is a first weld underneath which is better. Since I didnt get to much criticism during the work I tried to be my own critic.
Also, before paint I did check most of my welds for errors, grinded those down and re-welded. The stock spot welds are left untouched.
I tested my welds every now and then and they hold up better than they look. Inconsistence wire feed is a problem that I've had so welds could start out good with proper burn through and then a jump in wire feed which will build up the weld to much and then go back to good again.

Thanks again.

btw, the engine said wroom yesterday morning

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2010-10-02|:-

Today I spent som time in my new garage (still no place for the supra) and
the idea was to paint a coat on the calipers and brackets.
But when I started mixing the paint itself was not like it should. Comp. A (the paint)
need some mixing on its own since all the good stuff was left in the the bottom
of the can. So instead of mixing comp. A like anyone would I did a brain fart
and poured comp. B into comp. A can and mixed all paint I had left.
So now I had to paint till everything was done.
I went home at 3:30 in the morning :S
But the calipers and brackets are done in the paint stage.


Pictures:

Painted calipers and brackets

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2010-10-09|:-

There were some other people in the garage working on another car
which made today a lot more fun
The fuel tank is now completely painted now.

To save some time and to make it easier for now till I have a new garage
for the supra (still nowhere to put it) I decided to re-install
the stock oil filter holder. Of course after a lot of cleaning.

Another thing I wanted to finish today was the hard lines under the car.
Which I did I painted the T-joint for the brake lines yesterday in the
garage where I have the Porsche so I picked it up on the way to the supra and
installed it with pipes today. The brake lines are completed in three of
four corners. I still need to finish the one for the front right brake.
But I will do that when the fuel tank is out of the way.

In the right rear wheel house I had some clearance problem.
So I bought an air jigsaw to cut out the steel which is in the way.
Since it's driven by air it's small and since it's a jigsaw I don't have the
heat problem like I would with a angle grinder which would destroy any nearby paint.
I then painted the area with some epoxy primer.

After all of this I started with the reinforcement for the toe arms.
I did the outer edges but I need some drill bits to do the inner.

It was a long day today, I didn't get home until 6 or 7 in the morning.


Pictures:

Painted the top of the fuel tank

Switched back to stock oil system

Brake and fuel lines completed

One more bar installed (yes it's red in real life)

Took care of the clearance problem in the right rear corner

Started on the toe arm reinforcements

 

[Yblegal91t]

I've been following your build for awhile now. Impressive work. And getting all the little bits and pieces along with it is a nice thing.

 

[eraezer]

Thank you Yblegal91t

 

[gemiz]

Looks amazing, just wish i hade some of the same spirit you have working on the car...
Lykke til videre

 

[scotty]

Lots of great progress Lykke til videre ja!

 

[eraezer]

Thanks you my Norwegian neighbors
It's nice to get some response. As usual I'm behind on updates but I need to move the supra from my garage this week so I'm working hard on getting it rolling.

 

[gemiz]

are you going to take this supra to the tracks... since you are reinforcing the spot welds of the car?

 

[wiking]

Proper job. Just as good, if not better, as your Mazda.

 

[eraezer]

Wiking, thank you very much
It's good that you think the supra is getting better treatment than the mazda, since I'm always learning and trying to improve my work as best as I can. (Compromises are unfortunately unavoidable)

gemiz, yes, thats the idea. But I will not rush it. The Porsche that is pictured in this thread which I share with a friend will be driven hard to learn and when I feel confident enough with the Porsche on the track and the supra on the streets I will take my supra to the tracks

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2010-10-13|:-

Parts update!
I had to study today so no real work with the supra today.
But I did pick up some parts
Handbrake parts and end links.


Pictures:

The packages

End links

Hand brake shoes

Several parts for the hand brake assembly

 

[Grimsta]

Lookin good

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2010-10-16|:-

Big update today!
The mission: Don't leave the garage until the engine is started.

Before I could set my focus on turning the key and smell the fumes from my 7M-GTE
I had to complete my rear toe arms.

I used drill bits to finish the reinforcement plates and the welded these to the arms.
For some reason I thought ahead and test fitted them on the car to see if I have
any clearance issues and of course I had!
I had to grind down the top half of the reinforcements so that those would clear
the sub frame and I had to drill out the holes for the end links a little.

I then cleaned them of and painted them with primer.

Now I can focus on turning the key

Since I don't have a good harness for the rear of the car I had to do something
to get electricity to the fuel pump.
Most of the connectors are still good so I cut the connector including some wire
from the harness and used another wire to connect it between the harness stubs at
the a-pillar and the fuel tank.
For the earth I did another solution, I used some jump leads to ground the pump
on the negative post on the battery.

I filled the fuel tank with about 10 liters of fuel.

Earlier when I was moving the fuel pump and other stuff from my old fuel tank to my new,
I found out that my safety valve (to prevent fuel from pouring out if the car tips over
from the ventilation) does not fit. The one from my old tank is bigger and the cover plat
is also bigger
I'm thinking about making a new plate and just seal of the hole and then drill an ventilation
hole in the filler cap.

What do you think? Please come with some advice on this.

For today I just taped over the hole to prevent dirt from falling in and open the
filler cap when it's time to start.

Another, but much much smaller problem I had was that I didn't find the hose for the stock
blow off valve. Luckily I had some hoses in my stash that worked.

Mission status: Completed!
Time spent in the garage: about 17-18 hours

When then engine made some sounds I became a five year old boy again
It was amazing, first start in two years!

I had only installed the first half of the exhaust.

When I opened the door to air out the fumes the warm morning sun light greeted me and the
feeling was unbelievable. I just stood the and enjoyed what I had accompliced during the
past two years and the beautiful morning...I was happy


Pictures:

Reinforced rear toe arms with end links

Primered

The safety valve does not fit my new fuel tank!!!!

Temporary hose setup for stock blow off valve

Movies:

Supra MK3 first start part 1 2010-10-16
[video=youtube;xCDGIec7Snw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCDGIec7Snw[/video]

Supra MK3 first start part 2 2010-10-16
[video=youtube;BSHWMOCIeJU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSHWMOCIeJU[/video]

 

[sous]

its sound like a big old diesel its a good sound after two year good job

 

[Enraged]

keep up the good work!

 

[gemiz]

Where did you get your endlinks from?

 

[scotty]

Any idea of whats wrong with engine on startup? Doesn't sound too good..