1MZ-FE into my MR2, Building a 3SGTE these days. Options

[cjh4l22]

I have pin locked jack stands in the garage, I just grabbed these. Never had a problem with them.

dude the first time you have a problem with them will likely be the last time too... just lookin out

Ohh, NICE WORK TOO!!

This post has been edited by cjh4l22: Mar 20, 2011 - 8:32 PM

[epocsirhc]

Tight is good! It just looks like it belongs in their.

[presure2]

PLEASE get some safer jack stands!! The ratchet lock style are VERY unsafe, get the kind that you insert a pin through please or at the very least modify yours so you can place a bolt through them to ensure they do not accidentally unlock and drop down.

i would disagree.
provided they are good quality, and used correctly, they are quite safe.
once they are properly locked in place, and weight is on them, you cant really unlock them without shifting the weight off the stand. (at least thats how my sets work anyway)

[95CelicaST]

Yeah, they would need to have the weight lifted off, and they would need to rise up an inch or so to release from the notch they are sitting in.


Either way - I am sore from this weekend. Bleh.

[Bitter]

PLEASE get some safer jack stands!! The ratchet lock style are VERY unsafe, get the kind that you insert a pin through please or at the very least modify yours so you can place a bolt through them to ensure they do not accidentally unlock and drop down.

i would disagree.
provided they are good quality, and used correctly, they are quite safe.
once they are properly locked in place, and weight is on them, you cant really unlock them without shifting the weight off the stand. (at least thats how my sets work anyway)

I'll disagree with your disagreement. But not just for the sake of argument, there is a reason that OSHA and other safety bodies do NOT approve that style of locking mechanism. Its much easier to accidentally dislodge than a pin through style with a spring ball retainer, accidentally hit the handle with hammer, pry bar, your foot, whatever and it can pop loose and down she goes. NEVER have a single point of failure like that, always have a 'tripod of safety' so that should one support fail you have 2 more and the car will at worst become unbalanced and tilt on one stand. I often used a nice stump that I carved a groove into with a hatchet for the pinch weld of the car to rest on in conjunction with the two jack stands. should the one stand fail the log would catch the car and hold atleast one side of it up and I was always mindful to NOT let any part of my body linger under the side that could fall.

An example
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...70117&st=80

[presure2]

scary thread.

mine have both the clicker, and the locking pin.
i dont normally use the pin...maybe i should..lol

[95CelicaST]

Stuff that still needs to be installed/sorted out:

- Ordered a gallon of Redline Lightweight Shockproof yesterday. ~$56.
- My modified tach came in yesterday as well - so when I have it back on the ground I'll pull the cluster and swap it and another fuel gauge in (I have a suspicion that mine is broken).


- Need to figure out a coolant line solution. The driver's side pipe from the radiator needs to go to the passenger side of the motor, and the same for the passenger side.
OR I can connect the lines up to the wrong sides and use a flexible hose under the car to X the lines to the appropriate hard pipe.
- I have vac lines off the intake manifold that were marked Power Steering - but I don't have power steering. What do I need to do with those? Cap them? Reroute them somewhere?


Spoke to the vendor that I got the coilovers from about the brake line bracket hitting the inside wheel well and he said that I should just bend them out of the way, so I'm going to take the coilovers out and hammer on the bracket a bit to make them work. That's the only thing preventing me from putting the car back down on the ground and pushing it into the garage.

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Mar 22, 2011 - 11:25 AM

[SwissFerdi]

Espresso and white mocha with breve huh? Somehow I saw that coming.

Are those coilovers specific to the MR2? If so, seems like a real production flaw to have those brackets in the way.

[95CelicaST]

I could say an iced grande white mocha americano - no water, with cream... but that actually costs more, as it's rung up as an americano.


I'm from Seattle - I'm a coffee snob. Geographical requirement and birthright as a Seattle native.

[SwissFerdi]

Oh, it's not that. Merely, the beverage parallels your persona - a bit of a tough center, but really just surrounded by a lot of white fluffy stuff.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Mar 22, 2011 - 1:40 PM

[95CelicaST]

..... Okay Freud

[HectortheRican]

Oh, it's not that. Merely, the beverage parallels your persona - a bit of a tough center, but really just surrounded by a lot of white fluffy stuff.

You're my new favorite philosopher.

[samir0189]

I can't wait to see this all finished up. Looking good....

Oh, it's not that. Merely, the beverage parallels your persona - a bit of a tough center, but really just surrounded by a lot of white fluffy stuff.

You're my new favorite philosopher.

x2

[95CelicaST]

Hacked off the brake line bracket and actually got the car on the ground.


Coils are set WAY too low, so I need to raise the car an inch or so.

Pictures to come tomorrow.

[SwissFerdi]

[95CelicaST]

Raised the rear coils up an inch last night. It was so low that I had trouble getting my jack under the crossmember. No coilovers on the front yet. That is what I'll be doing tonight I hope. Then it'll sit level.



It is still sitting weird because the spare is on the passenger side while that rim is off getting resealed.

I ordered an engine lid shock that should be here in a day or so... So no more prop rod for me!

[HectortheRican]

What the whole motor is being help up by.


Just kidding, man. I'm really excited for you.

[95CelicaST]

zipties make the world go 'round

[HectortheRican]

They're what's keeping my front bumper in contact with my fenders. I really need to get the actual OEM part for that. Ha

[mak5603]

They're what's keeping my front bumper in contact with my fenders. I really need to get the actual OEM part for that. Ha

Lol that's what EVERYONE (my self included ) says...years down the road the zip ties will still be there hahaha.

Your car is looking awesome Matt, that engine looks perfect in that bay.