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Thank you all for the reply. I'm hoping to get started on it Wednesday. I took you're advise and ordered a OEM clutch kit but I ordered a Timken bearing to use instead of the one that ships with the clutch. I also ordered a Felpro rear main seal. It's been leaking for quite some time now so this is the perfect time to do it. I'll let you know how it all goes.

Thanks again!!

Hello All. This is my first post so please forgive me if this question has been asked elsewhere. I searched and didn't see anything that answered my questions exactly.

I am a pretty busy guy and my wife and I only have two vehicles. I have a 95 Celica ST with a manual trans and it has the 1.8 in it. For starters the motor runs like total crap as far a power is concerned but that is another issue. The clutch has become the more important issue right now. I have known it was going out about a year ago but wondered how long it would hang in there. Well...a year. That's about how long.

At any rate, on to my questions. First, I'm not new to auto repair. I know that sometimes on older vehicles 3 things will break while you are fixing one. Are there any parts on my particular Celica that I should repair or replace while I have the clutch out? I have honestly never worked on a standard transmission before but I have a cousin that is helping me and he is well versed. I'm just afraid something will either be broken when I take things apart, or something will break while changing it and then get a comment from some genius like, 'hell, I could have told you that". I'm just not really in the mood, lol. Aside from that, having to wait 2 weeks while something ships from BFE.

Thank you so much all.
Jason

Hello all. I'm a new member and I am hoping someone here can answer a few frustrating problems for me. I have a 95 Celica ST with no factory bells and whistles. It's a hard top couple, manual crank windows, and manual door locks. The only extra power draining option is the AC.

I am an audio hound. I have a rather large stereo system and wanted to power it with ease. The electrical system in this car has always been lacking and I didn't want to take any chances with it. My wife and I purchased the car fairly new, (one owner with less than 20,000 miles on it). Even then the headlights would dim when the AC or heater were running, so I have always had a reason to question the electrical system.

To remedy these concerns I took my stock Alternator to a local Alternator rebuilding shop, in business for more than 30 years with a good reputation, and had it gutted and rebuilt from the ground up. It actually had to be completely rebuilt because of diode acid damage to the internal parts. It still functioned somewhat, but it definitely needed to be rebuilt. Any way, almost $300 later I had an Alternator that would put out 14.8V consistently and capable of 160 amps, which is what I wanted. Now, to keep everything separated, (the "car", from the stereo) I installed a brand new AGM battery for the car, and a brand new AGM battery to run the stereo. I ran a 0/2 Guage wire back to the trunk to a diode isolator (300A) with a 2/0 Guage wire running back to the car battery. I upgraded all of the ground wires on the vehicle to 0/2 Guage, just to be sure everything was good.

Now, on to the problem. It functioned perfectly now for almost 2 years. About 2 month ago my battery light came on. It came on while I was on the interstate so I couldn't do much about it at the time. I drove the rest of the way home without any issues other than the light. I realized that if the car was turned off and restarted it would function for a few days without the light coming on. I tested the voltage output and narrowed it down to the voltage regulator. I replaced the regulator inside the Alternator and it worked fine for a week. Just for the heck of it I put the old regulator back in and it functioned fine for another week. Then the light returned.

Honestly I think the voltage regulators I keep replacing are manufactured for a stock Alternator with a stock Alternator output and this one is now stock voltage. I called the local guy and the only help they would really offer is to keep replacing the voltage regulator when it dies. Needless to say, I'm not doing that. What I would really like to do is find either a voltage regulator capable of tolerating high output without blowing out. I have been searching the Internet for several days now and I can't seem to find anything. If it is at all possible I would really like to find a way to replace it with an external regulator.

I am a competent person and feel comfortable with wiring and things of that nature. I guess I hope that someone on this forum will know of something that will be a quick easy fix . Not to mention affordable as well. As you can tell I have already dumped a lot of money into this car that is almost 20 years old, lol. I love the car and I love the way I have it all set-up and I would really like to keep it.

Thank you for any help you can provide!!

Jason