The Small Questions Thread

[te72]

If nobody has answered your question, I suggest doing so if you haven't already disassembled everything and mixed it all up... reason being, to my understanding, these things can wear, and we're talking about tolerances of thousandths, so... I would keep it as close to spec as you can possibly manage. Good time to check your specs too.

For what it is worth, when we put my cams in, only ONE shim was in spec where it came out of, and even after mixing and matching as best we could, we still had to get 20 more shims.

 

[DOUBL3 D]

Is there a walk through anywhere for changing a head gasket other than the Tsrm. I have that but I learn better with pictures and need to know how to clean the block etc.

 

[te72]

IIRC, there was a "changing your headgasket in ## easy steps" thread that was stickied somewhere in the Mk3 section. Should give you some good ideas and pointers.

 

[DOUBL3 D]

IIRC, there was a "changing your headgasket in ## easy steps" thread that was stickied somewhere in the Mk3 section. Should give you some good ideas and pointers.

This sounds perfect. I'll check it out and let ya know

 

[Cyrus]

you can also look in the Supra Build Up forum. a lot of people have done simple rebuilds while taking pictures of the key steps and posting the photos to the forum in their own build thread.

 

[RPSil13]

question about tail lights

tail lights wont turn on at night/when headlights are on

brake lights work, bulbs appear ok

any insight or point me in the right direction, what should i be looking at

thanks

 

[ryansmith]

Like above, to do with tail lights, they are leaking on wet days as I have heard this happens with many other mk3's
Replace the tail light gaskets and hatch rubber/seal, both or either or ?

Thanks

 

[destrux]

I believe you should check your "lamp out" module. IIRC that will cause some of the rear lights to not work when it fails. They should have equipped the car with a "lamp out module out module" to let you know when the lamp out module fails. Then they would have needed a "lamp out module out module out module" though...and so on. Maybe they should have just left it up to the driver to check for burnt out bulbs. Much simpler.

So nobody knows about the canadian child seat anchors?

 

[te72]

Maybe they should have just left it up to the driver to check for burnt out bulbs. Much simpler.

Or the nice officer...

So nobody knows about the canadian child seat anchors?

Got a picture? Never seen one, or even anything that would suggest such a system in our cars. I've only ever seen the LATCH system on cars with rear bulkheads.

 

[Korg77]

Is there an successful solution of installing interior airfilter into supra?

 

[destrux]

Or the nice officer...


Got a picture? Never seen one, or even anything that would suggest such a system in our cars. I've only ever seen the LATCH system on cars with rear bulkheads.

http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/EPC/291420/catalog.aspx?F=7104&P=1

Part number 73709. Came only on "NATO" models. It was for the child seat tether system. Looking at it now, I'm not sure that's the same as the "LATCH" system. They picture one of them in the diagram, but you need two to use the system on our car seat, and a third mounted high for the top tether system (which is optional, but secures the seat better). It might be for some other system that they used back then. I found out that a bunch of car seat advice websites had this same part number listed for people who wanted to add the latch system to mid 90's camrys.

After looking into this, I think it's possible to do this, but it seems like it would be hard to actually use them. Toyota wants you to bolt them to the bolt that anchors the rear seat belt buckles judging from the picture in the EPC, so you'd have to fish the car seat latch through the hole in the seat every time you use them, which would suck.

Actually... I noticed in the pictures that the 89+ cars look like they came with a center rear seat belt....89+ owners, am I right about this? If I could fit that into my pre-89 car, I could put the seat in the middle and use the center belt to strap it down safely. IS the seat different too though? \

Old cars and child seats are a pain in the ass.

 

[te72]

Part number 73709. Came only on "NATO" models. It was for the child seat tether system. Looking at it now, I'm not sure that's the same as the "LATCH" system. They picture one of them in the diagram, but you need two to use the system on our car seat, and a third mounted high for the top tether system (which is optional, but secures the seat better). It might be for some other system that they used back then. I found out that a bunch of car seat advice websites had this same part number listed for people who wanted to add the latch system to mid 90's camrys.

73709 is merely the bracket that holds the seat belt latch for the rear seats. I just took them out of my 87 yesterday, there are two of them. What I still don't understand, is where is this "third mounted high for the top tether system" that you speak of? I've never seen that part, or anywhere that it would really bolt to either...

I've been tearing apart the interiors of Supras for 6 years now, I know them pretty well, and have yet to see anywhere that you could mount a third bracket for the top, unless you were to get one of those c-pillar bars that bolt to the upper rear seat belt mounts on the 89+ cars. Then you could weld a bracket to that bar, similar to a harness bar...

Actually... I noticed in the pictures that the 89+ cars look like they came with a center rear seat belt....89+ owners, am I right about this? If I could fit that into my pre-89 car, I could put the seat in the middle and use the center belt to strap it down safely. IS the seat different too though? \

Old cars and child seats are a pain in the ass.

My 89 had a center rear seat belt in it when I tore it all apart after first getting it... from a GM van. Pretty sure that was never an option on our cars, at least not here in North America. Have you ever sat in the middle of the rear seat in a Mk3? Not comfortable at all, and I'm not a large guy by any means. It could probably be used in that method though.

All that said, I commend you for sticking to the Supra, where most parents think having a child is the equivalent of automotive defeatism. My mom had a 442, a Trans Am, among other awesome cars when I was a kid. Why can't modern kids experience that level of awesome? I mean... I turned out alright... right?

 

[ryansmith]

Does anyone know if the front crash bar behind the front bumper of the GA70 series supra is the same as the MA70 series?

I have ga70 supra front bumper as a replacement which came with the crash bar and it would be better imo to prep the bumper and crash bar and put the whole assembly on the car at once than taking off the current one from my ma70 and prepping that.

 

[te72]

Does anyone know if the front crash bar behind the front bumper of the GA70 series supra is the same as the MA70 series?

I have ga70 supra front bumper as a replacement which came with the crash bar and it would be better imo to prep the bumper and crash bar and put the whole assembly on the car at once than taking off the current one from my ma70 and prepping that.

I'd be a monkey's uncle if they're different. No reason for Toyota to spend the money when the only things different (as far as I'm aware of anyway) on the GA70 is the engine and the front fenders. Are the rear fenders on those ones skinnier too?

 

[#04]

next to the fuel resistor pack and fuel relay, (mk3) there is another relay, what system is it for? ABS?

I ask because I am cleaning up the wiring around there and think I may tuck it into the fender with the fuel stuffs after the 12V+ mod...

 

[Riceman83]

 

[#04]

^dosen't help. I have the proper 87 FSM and I could not locate an ID....

unless it is item T2...

I found a random interweb photo, I am refering to the relay under the 45 degree rubber intercooler pipe, passenger fender well/apron frontside -- (dirty)white round plug

question #2

the vac line with the valve goes to ? the middle vac line goes to the top of the valve, and behind the valve is the 3rd port which goes to vac port on the intake mani?

EDIT: thanks - - - - http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?145678-DOCS-all-1jz-exploded-views

dosen't show the 3rd line in the back

 

[ryansmith]

On an N/A is there any point having a catch can running off your valve covers ? Was thinking about removing all the old (mostly corroded and cracked(tubing)) components and replacing it with a catch can located on my firewall...?

 

[Riceman83]

^dosen't help. I have the proper 87 FSM and I could not locate an ID....

unless it is item T2...

I found a random interweb photo, I am refering to the relay under the 45 degree rubber intercooler pipe, passenger fender well/apron frontside -- (dirty)white round plug

question #2

the vac line with the valve goes to ? the middle vac line goes to the top of the valve, and behind the valve is the 3rd port which goes to vac port on the intake mani?

EDIT: thanks - - - - http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?145678-DOCS-all-1jz-exploded-views

dosen't show the 3rd line in the back

Wish I could help more but I'm not having much luck finding it either. I've looked threw my tsrm and term and I can't find anything that's a absolute answer, and it's not on my car so I'm out on this one.

 

[#04]

better photo, the relay on the strut tower... what does it do? TEMS?