Project: I dunno yet ('99 GT), NOW with pictures & video [IN COLOR]! (Update BOTTOM of pg.5) Options

[navseal345]

I'm back B%$#@s!

I just couldn't help myself, I needed to be able row through gears again; needed a project, something to do, something to cruise with w/ friends in the summer.

Somebody had posted a car on here it was a clean southern car that sale didn't happen & it just got me hooked, I needed to get back in another Celica.

I had been searching the car sales sites & found this on Jan. 18 on Craigslist in Denver, CO (had only been on there for a few days). Contacted the seller, blah, blah, blah. Flew out Feb. 3rd to pick it up. It's mine. BIG thanks to richee3 (a.k.a. Daniel) otherwise I would still be without a 6th gen.

Had an absolute blast. Beat the crap out of the car the first few hours of ownership, drove to Colorado Springs, up Pikes Peak (it's a must for any automotive enthusiast). Car rides well, even a 100mph (Denver area Colorado drivers are the worst).

So the cooling issue... Bought the car on Saturday no problems at all, really nice outside about 57degrees. Drove down to Colorado Springs then up & down Pikes Peak no issues. You can hear the fans come on when the car is at operating temp. I mean NO issues at all, we beat the piss out of the car (is smooth at 100mph). I leave Sunday morning, about 30min outside of Denver the car overheats! WTF! I pull over & check, see that the only place coolant is coming out of is the overflow tank, but the fans aren't running, weird. Check fuses, good, swap some relays, nothing. Eventually Daniel tells me unplug the radiator temp sensor, all is good, fans work, so relays are ok. Put some coolant in (not very much was lost) & on my way. I notice that the car is running a little warm but I keep going. Fill up w/ gas at Julesburg, CO get back on the road & the car seems to run a little warmer even than before, WTF. So I'm messing w/ the heater trying different things to get the temp down, I notice that when heat is turned to full cold that the temp gauge spikes, it didn't do that before. I suspect the thermostat. I get to North Platte, NE. Pull into an O'Reillys, pop over the hood and look, no leaks, but the lower radiator hose is cold! Put a new thermostat in bleed the system. Plug the fans back in & they turn on correctly, lower radiator hose gets hot. Ok cool, I get on my way temp gauge is good going down there the road. A while down the road I pull into a rest stop to check... no leaks, temp is good, but the lower radiator hose is still cold! WTF! I'm like well car hasn't blow up yet, I continue with my journey. I get home park in the garage, pop the hood lower hose still cold. I let the car run for a few minutes & the hose gets warm & the fans kick on. [Copied from our PM cheela, lol]

The car hasn't overheated yet so I'm believing the thermostat was the fix but...

Now the clutch is toasted, go figure. I've been baby-ing it when driving cause especially after 3k rpms you could feel it. But I was driving it to work 2 weeks ago on a Wednesday morning in lovely traffic, go to give it some throttle (maybe a 1/2, I dunno) in 5th & she shoots to 5k rpms & really goes no where, lol, sorry traffic. That smell is really nasty, haha.

Here is the Flickr album ... I'll try and embed photos w/ captions and/ or details later.

This post has been edited by navseal345: May 24, 2020 - 10:54 AM

[richee3]

BIG thanks to richee3 (a.k.a. Daniel) otherwise I would still be without a 6th gen.

It’s no problem! Glad to have you back in a 6gc! And raiding the junk yard is always a good time.

(Denver area Colorado drivers are the worst).

Truer words have never been spoken. They like to blame the “transplants” but it’s not our fault that they have no clue how to drive.

[Box]

Took this long to tell everyone? GAH.

[ClevelandGaint]

Welcome back!!! Not having a 6gc should be a crime.

[navseal345]

Took this long to tell everyone? GAH.

Yeah, sorry. I'm a very good procrastinator.

I realized soon after I sold my first one I made a huge mistake. It's been 6-ish years. Feels good to be back.

[cheela]

[Copied from our PM cheela, lol]

LOL I was reading through and was thinking hey, that's pretty much what he wrote to.... ah yup. it is.

looking through your album, and those 7th gen seats in red are perfect for your celi. you're gonna miss the extra cushion of the 6th gen seats but they just look so good.

[bloodMoney]

Woot! Excited to see where this goes!!!

[CoolZeen]

welcome to the "RED'' CLUB. I KNOw you dont like it ,cheela . but we are to many.

[cheela]

haha! yeah I don't like red, but yet TWO of the FOUR cars I own are red...lol.
but hopefully my RA29 will be white at some point and my RA24, matte black.

It's all good. Not gonna hate on a clean red celi though. Just that it's not my first choice for color.

[Box]

I'll hate on red, WORST COLOUR EVA.

[CoolZeen]

thats the reason i like mine because is not that factory red. is allot more brighter . i call it ferrari red. Lets see how it will be looking when it comes out the body shop.

[C3lic4]

Would like to see where this goes too. Good luck!

[navseal345]

It's going no where very, very fast. Mostly have no motivation after work during the week & weekends have been to cold to go & work in the garage.

I want to get the interior apart & cleaned, seats swapped over & such and the clutch.

[CoolZeen]

It's going no where very, very fast. Mostly have no motivation after work during the week & weekends have been to cold to go & work in the garage.

I want to get the interior apart & cleaned, seats swapped over & such and the clutch.

you just have to choose a day. and as soon as you start ,you will get motivated when you start seeing the results ,you will not want to stop. Plus you got us waiting!

[njccmd2002]

a link, is not a pic

[navseal345]

Ok... (sorry it took a long ass time)

Here are the photos from the sellers Craigslist ad...








































And here is/ was the ad

[navseal345]

Here was my Facebook reveal, lol...



And how can you not take a car you just bought up Pikes Peak...
Thanks richee3 for some of these photos (taken just after the halfway point)













From my potato cam...



Top of Pikes Peak (looking manly east), Elevation 14,115ft. Wait for it... wait for it...

wait for it... wait for it... There it is! (looking manly south)

[navseal345]

Fixed the battery hold down...

Better than a rubber hold down


Made a junkyard run... Got a full set of floor mats, black carpet, interior trunk plastics & a few other misc. pieces. And it only cost me $42!

Took the carpet & mats to the car wash & gave them good cleaning!


Like a week later went back & got some 7th gen seats & some other interior carpet bits for only like $50!


Not the biggest fan of the feel/ design of the 7th gen seats butt they sure are better then the faded/dry/ torn tan leather ones. They will do for now.



I still need to really get going on this project
Clutch is toasted,
I have parts sitting in the living room just need a free weekend/ rack at work to do it.
It will get done! (I hope. lol, jk)

[Box]

It is a great car for a first driver, they speak troofs.

[bloodMoney]

I like where this is headed!

[TimeslideZ]

Nice!!! But damn those photos are huge, had to reduce my screen size to like 33% to get a good view haha.

[navseal345]

Knew someone would say that, lol.
I did that so that all could get the full experience, lol.

[Box]

It auto adjusts size for me, so meh.

[navseal345]

Did some work on Sunday. Started taking the interior apart. Had ordered new speakers & when taking the speaker panels out on the right side found some previous damage. Looks like it was repaired well?



Started putting the speakers in at work because that's where all my tools are. I was really hoping that it would be easier, like bolt in easy but stuff like that never happens.



Tried to take the least amount of material off, speakers don't seem to be to much heavier than the stockers. Still need to finish them up.



This is the progress...

[bloodMoney]

Woot! Progress!

[cheela]

should put your black interior in while you're at it.

[navseal345]

That's the plan. Just got to clean/ scrub stuff down before I put it all back together.

[navseal345]

So I finally got the factory alarm key fob programmed. Thanks to cheela / richee3.

The little "piezo chirper" sounds like a dying rabbit but the alarm/ keyless entry works now. And now I can put the horn fuse back in & I can have a horn & not worry about that going off w/ the alarm.

Clutch is going in this weekend, hell or high water, it'll happen.

[richee3]

So the alarm works perfectly fine now?

[navseal345]

Yep! Turned off the "Passive" mode or whatever it is called. I can leave the door open & it doesn't go bat **** crazy.

[richee3]

Awesome, glad it was something easy!

[cheela]

glad it worked out for at least one of us. lol

[navseal345]

Put the car on the 2 post this weekend...

I'm liking that it's fairly rust free underneath.






Found some previous accident damage, oh well...


Got the clutch done (replaced the flywheel also). I really don't want to EVER do that again. Took way longer than what I thought it was going to (basically a 2 day project). Tried to clean stuff up, years of engine oil & clutch dust. Ended up putting in 2 new axles seals & a starter (someone had over tightened the nut that holds the power wire to the starter & when I went to go take it off the stud that goes into the starter broke inside the starter case, it was a reman unit) & of course the reman unit sounds like **** & seems like it grinds. Got to find a higher quality one or used OE from the junkyard.
I'm believing that the clutch might have been the OG w/ ~ 169,320miles because it had AISIN stamped on it, but whatevs.

[Box]

Those hotspots on the flywheel though. FWIW Aisin makes o.e. replacement clutches for certain applications, but that one definitely looks all of 169,000 miles.

[navseal345]

Yeah, I put an Aisin one back in. Super happy I didn't have to adjust the clutch pedal at all.

[Box]

Now you get to break the clutch in, exciting.

[richee3]

Update time!

[navseal345]

Update time!

Lol. You're a funny man.

[bloodMoney]

Oh come on... You have all that interior to put in it!

[navseal345]

Ok, ok.

Chris, that starter works wonderfully. Cleaned it up a little w/ a wire wheel & installed that last Friday during lunch. Much better than that loud piece of chit I got from Hoe'Riellys.

Got some vids of both I'll upload sometime.

And yesterday I went to the car wash & power washed the carpet & other floor mats.
I want to get the carpet in this weekend since it will be "somewhat" cooler.

Not sure the best way to clean those black leather seats. Some parts of the seats are pretty dry & hard. Just might spray them off & rub them down w/ something.

We'll see what happens.

[richee3]

Interior cleaner and a Magic Eraser works wonders to clean leather seats, but you have to be careful so you don’t end up pulling the dye out of the seat. As for softening it, I’ve heard Vaseline will do the job but I don’t have any experience with that so further research is needed.

[NgoFcukinWay]

Not sure the best way to clean those black leather seats. Some parts of the seats are pretty dry & hard. Just might spray them off & rub them down w/ something.

We'll see what happens.

Not sure how bad the leather is, but give Leatherique a try. If that doesn't work, my next suggestion before getting them re-wrapped is Connolly Hide Food.

If neither of those work, then you can at least use those products on other **** around the house like purses, shoes, belts, etc.

That Connolly works wonders on purses if you have an S.O. that has a worn-out bag. Massage it into the leather, leave it out in the sun for a little while, and BAM! good to go.

[cheela]

Not sure the best way to clean those black leather seats. Some parts of the seats are pretty dry & hard. Just might spray them off & rub them down w/ something.

We'll see what happens.

Not sure how bad the leather is, but give Leatherique a try. If that doesn't work, my next suggestion before getting them re-wrapped is Connolly Hide Food.

If neither of those work, then you can at least use those products on other **** around the house like purses, shoes, belts, etc.

That Connolly works wonders on purses if you have an S.O. that has a worn-out bag. Massage it into the leather, leave it out in the sun for a little while, and BAM! good to go.

You know way too much about purses.... and you have no S.O... which leads to believe one thing for sure.....

...

..

.

You're a purse salesman!!

watch out for this guy, he'll try to sell you a purse!

[NgoFcukinWay]

Well, if you wanna score brownie points...gotta do what you gotta do.

[njccmd2002]

came here for update, and went out side. too much lip

[bloodMoney]

Ok, ok.

Chris, that starter works wonderfully. Cleaned it up a little w/ a wire wheel & installed that last Friday during lunch. Much better than that loud piece of chit I got from Hoe'Riellys.

Got some vids of both I'll upload sometime.

And yesterday I went to the car wash & power washed the carpet & other floor mats.
I want to get the carpet in this weekend since it will be "somewhat" cooler.

Not sure the best way to clean those black leather seats. Some parts of the seats are pretty dry & hard. Just might spray them off & rub them down w/ something.

We'll see what happens.

I'm glad it worked well! I sounded good when I pulled it out of that junk car, so I didn't expect any surprises.

[Box]

For the love of all that is holy don't use petroleum on leather, Meguiar's Gold Class leather cleaner and conditioner works really well.

[bloodMoney]

Well there you go Devin.

Personally, I use Leather CPR. Haven't the damndest clue what's in it, but it works good.

[narly_charley]

This thread sucks... We need moar fotos.

Just kidding about the thread sucking part - you know I kid... He he.

[cheela]

Idk if he's kidding. He's really not the kidding type. and.... this thread does seem to lack a certain visual imagery of the digital type....

[navseal345]

Alright, alright, alright!!

Here are the vid of the crap reman. Hoe'Riellys starter...
VIDEO0020 by Devin Caldwell, on Flickr

And the one I got from Chris...
VIDEO0021 by Devin Caldwell, on Flickr

It's kinda hard to tell on video, but it's a night and day difference. Some at the Midwest Meet 18' heard the crap starter. (Did that around June 29th.)


Got the 7th gen seat swapped over to the 6th gen, looks pretty decent, feels good... (Did that on July 8th.)



Cleaned the back seats & pass. side front seat. I just used some warm water w/ dish soap & tried that MrClean MagicEraser. That combo worked well since the seats got a little red spray paint over-spray from a house project I did.

Put the back seat in... (Did that July 24th.)


And the pass. front seat...


Now I can have passengers, lol. Was really spacious in there without the other seats.

Then I decided to have a place (that I've used before & they did great work) detail the car. They did a wax & polish then interior, turned out decent for a turd.





Did bring some shine back to some of the hatch & roof that was faded.



Anywho...

A list of current things I need to fix/ address are..
- Oil pan is leaking (previous ****ty RTV job)
- One axle seal (apparently I did something to fudge up the new one putting it in)
- The car has a slight rpm fluctuation at idle (vacuum related? or IAC?, I dunno)
- PCV hose & valve cover to intake hose (brittle & torn)
- Especially above 3k rpm, car seems harsh (like a vibration, could be the front & rear mounts that had slight tears in them(noticed when change the clutch), or the cheap Nittos that are on the car) I don't recall this vibration when I bought the car, maybe it happened after the clutch change, maybe its in my head, I dunno.

That's about what my mind can publish tonight.

[bloodMoney]

Damn thing cleans up pretty good!

[cheela]

dang! that did clean up nice!

red always comes back to life with a little bit of lovin'.
at least your door handles aren't pink.

[navseal345]

Kinda forgot I had this picture. Interesting that how rust free the chassis is, one would think it was a southern car.

[SwissFerdi]

Shiny indeed. Gives me inspiration to polish mine, it is needing more than wax now.

[navseal345]

HOW COME MY THIRD BRAKE LIGHT IS A 1156 STYLE BULB AND NOT A 921 LIKE DATABASES SAY IT IS?

This post has been edited by navseal345: Aug 5, 2018 - 11:24 AM

[Box]

Does it look like the wiring and housing has been modified? It's been years but I want to say my third brake light used 194/921 style bulbs.

[richee3]

Mine is definitely an 1156. Databases don’t think it be like it do, but it do.

[navseal345]

Nope hasn't been modified.

It is just super confusing.
On page 186 of the owners manual, it says the "High mounted stoplight" is a 921 BUT designates it as a "C, Single end bulbs".
But a 921 is "D, Wedge base bulbs".

BUT Its a 1156! Aaaaaggggghhhhhh!




This post has been edited by navseal345: Aug 5, 2018 - 10:13 PM

[richee3]

I think I did the same thing several years ago. Bought 924 LED’s per a lighting guide I found online (maybe even here on the forum) but when they came in and I went to replace the bulb, I found it was an 1156 and I had to order different bulbs. Then I found that there’s an issue in my wiring after the paint job and I’ve never bothered to track it down, so I just don’t have a third brake light. Who needs safety equipment, amirite?

[navseal345]

And you have never been pulled over for it. My luck I would have been.

I did order some LEDs yesterday, some interior & other misc. bulbs.

Also ordered a new fob case & new remote (as an extra).

So we'll see how all that goes.

[cheela]

Do a 3rd brake delete and no one will ever even know... except for us...

[Box]

Maybe '94-95 is 921 but '96-99 is 1156 for some reason? Wouldn't be the first time something small like that was changed within a generation of a car and then never properly documented. I want to swear mine were 921 in the third light because I replaced all the bulbs on my Celica at one point so then I'd know they were all fresh.

[navseal345]

Maybe '94-95 is 921 but '96-99 is 1156 for some reason? Wouldn't be the first time something small like that was changed within a generation of a car and then never properly documented. I want to swear mine were 921 in the third light because I replaced all the bulbs on my Celica at one point so then I'd know they were all fresh.

Maybe, I dunno. Suppose next time I'm in a you pull it lot I could check.

[CoolZeen]

they are different on my 94 it has one type and on my 97 the other.

[richee3]

You inspired me to fix my 3rd brake light. Haven’t seen it lit up in years. Definitely took an 1156 bulb for my ‘98. Interesting that Toyota would change that when so much of the car stayed the same through the years.

[cheela]

BUMP for update!
I'm assuming that since you weren't at the meet, you spent that weekend doing a 3s swap on it. cool!

[richee3]

3S? He told me he was pulling that 5.9 Cummins out of this truck and dropping it in the Celica!

[cheela]

yes, you're right. The 3s is going in his truck and the 5.9 Cummins into the celi.

[navseal345]

Actually Cummins has a crate engine program. Expensive but worth it.

[NgoFcukinWay]

Do an LS4 swap and call it a day.

[navseal345]

So back on October 6th w/ about 171,114miles;

I changed the oil, resealed the oil pan (hoping that solves a leak I was getting) & re-did an axle seal on the passenger side (must have installed the last one crooked or something when I did the clutch).

The whole project took way to long, most of the day in fact.

Here are some pictures of the oil pan & stuff...



Really surprised that I could still see some of the cross-hatches on the cylinder wall (at least on this viewable portion).








I have yet to do a good verification if said work fixed the leaks but whatevers. Sorry, not sorry on the procrastination.

[cheela]

HEY!...... you're suppose to be mid-swap by now? what's going on...

[navseal345]

HEY!...... you're suppose to be mid-swap by now? what's going on...

Ummm... waiting for your Beams to have low compression so I can use some of it for parts.














See what I did there? LOL

[cheela]

Just so you know... I already have a BEAMS that's low on compression and can be used for parts so.... !! come and get it.



This post has been edited by cheela: Nov 7, 2018 - 8:54 AM

[Box]

BEAMS 5S-GE?

[bloodMoney]

BEAMS 5S-GTE?

FTFY

[richee3]

BEAMS 5S-GTZE?

FTFY

Fixed again. Twincharged FTW.

[navseal345]

BEAMS 5S-GTZE D?

FTFY

Fixed again. Twincharged FTW.

Is it true?!

[Box]

Compound charged Franken-motor with VVT, that should be fun to tune and manage.

[BonzaiCelica]

if only some computer nerd would make a base map for the 3sge beams redtop in a 6th gen celica/mr2 and give it to a company like adaptronics or aem that way we could save some monies and be able to drive it to our local tuner!!

[navseal345]

How long have you let your car sit/ in storage before starting/ driving it again?

Been about a month for me. Had a wet few days so hopefully it washed the salt off the roads. So I couldn't resist... feels good.

[richee3]

How long have you let your car sit/ in storage before starting/ driving it again?

Like 4 days, tops. Poor thing never catches a break.

[navseal345]

How long have you let your car sit/ in storage before starting/ driving it again?

Like 4 days, tops. Poor thing never catches a break.

Then again you have vehicles that are more likely fun to drive.

Sometimes I just surprise myself when I get them buttery smooth shifts, like... "Nailed it!"

[navseal345]

So... I drove the Celica today, first time since like early February. Of course the battery was dead, so I put the trickle on for a minute & it fired right up.

Was also nice not to have any leaks on the garage floor. Hopefully it stays that way.

[bloodMoney]

Nice!

Make sure it's ready for the spring meet!

[cheela]

^that!

[navseal345]

A little late but...

A fellow member on here had some JDM tails for sale, so I picked them up. I was a little hesitant but in person they look great & they bring the car up to date, like from a mid-90s Toyota to an early 2000s Toyota. I also like more of the amber turn signal. Here is a question what have yous done with the extra bulb socket from the USDM harness so it doesn't get water/ short out? Was just thinking of cutting the socket off & heat shrinking to prevent anything bad happening.

4-19-2019
Before...


After...


Added an LED 3 brake light bulb...


I had also pick up some yellow fog light bulbs & installed them in some new/ used non-broken housings. No pics but yellow fogs equals all the coolness.

Last year when I put the new clutch in I had left off the splash shields because there was some leaks I knew I want to fix. Now that those are taken care of (I hope), I FINALLY put them back on & now have all the aerodynamics.


I believe that's all for now.

4-20-2019
Went to the Mid-West Meet & Chee(& his S.O.) had taken some pictures.





Group shot... LOL

[Box]

If you're concerned about water I'd just use a balloon over the socket and cable tie it into place, that way not having to cut into wiring and having to seal those off individually.

[Bitter]

Condom, LOL.

[Box]

Family forum, balloon. That or use some rubber or nitrile gloves if you have those on hand. See what I did there?

[navseal345]

On Wednesday the 10th I put some LED bulbs in the map/ dome light & in the hatch. Literally a night & day difference, especially for the map/ dome.
Also put in a brighter LED for the ash tray, which also helps out a lot.

Cool story I know.

[bloodMoney]

Little updates are still updates.....

[Box]

Updates without pictures is where you failed.

[navseal345]

Update...









Made you look! Haha *sigh*

[bloodMoney]

Way to be....

[navseal345]

Actually did stuffs to the car last weekend and this weekend. I would post a true update but I don't want to break the forum.

[navseal345]

What?! I made some funnies... The broke forum posted it 4 times, made another funnies & now they're all deleted. THIS IS B.S.!

[cheela]

What?! I made some funnies... The broke forum posted it 4 times, made another funnies & now they're all deleted. THIS IS B.S.!

BUMP

[navseal345]

So back on May 2nd (2020 in case thats not clear) got the urge to do something about that nasty tan door card fabric (w/ moms help of course)...







Its not perfect or professional but it works


Then on May 9th I decided to change the oil (had 174,651miles), since the last I did it was October 2018 when I resealed the oil pan. AND its not leaking! While there I adjusted the E-brake & rotated the tires (found one rim was slightly bent, but I'm just gonna send it).

The old turd cleans up well...






Yesterday went out for a cruise w/ a friend that I havent seen face to face in 4+ months thanks to "self-quarantine/ stay at home orders" & COVID-19 BULL$HIT.
We did not break any speed limits but lets just say I blew the cob-webs out & there now should be less carbon build-up on engine componets.