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post Sep 3, 2016 - 12:50 AM
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I missed some spots when I spray painted the brackets, just went to look at them and decided a 2nd coat was needed, I'll let them air dry over night then accelerate it in the oven in the morning before installing the lights. I think I forgot to grab some weather proof connectors too....shoot.


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post Sep 3, 2016 - 2:41 AM
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Woo new fog lights almost ready to go. I still need to sit down and waste more time than I should looking for some fog/driving lights that'll fit. Which the new harness might make a big enough improvement I may not really need to add more lights, especially since being buried into the bumper light really won't make it out to the sides where I need it anyway.

Speaking of weather proof connectors I made a run to Hell Mart since the wiring is arriving earlier than expected, didn't want to do it in the afternoon since that'd mean trying to route wiring with a hot engine bay. $4 tax included for 25 3M brand insulated 10-12 AWG splice connectors so not bad, between the relay kit and ceramic H4 plugs I bought when I did the conversion I'm ready to go once the wiring arrives.


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post Sep 3, 2016 - 3:30 AM
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QUOTE (Bitter @ Sep 2, 2016 - 8:57 PM) *
Cosmetic rust only I hope? I saw a SW20 in the shop with some serious structural rust around the engine room bulkhead area near where the braces bolt to, one or two braces were totally rotten through at the rear of the car and one was just hanging in the air, the frame it was supposed to be bolted to was gone completely.

It does go a little farther than cosmetic rust. The braces are completely gone on both sides, but the bolts and mount points are intact. The top of the radiator looks a little sketchy. Rust on all the suspension bits but nothing that needs immediate attention until we get some miles on the car and determine whether we will keep it as a toy or sell it.


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post Sep 3, 2016 - 8:34 AM
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QUOTE (Box @ Sep 3, 2016 - 2:41 AM) *
Woo new fog lights almost ready to go. I still need to sit down and waste more time than I should looking for some fog/driving lights that'll fit. Which the new harness might make a big enough improvement I may not really need to add more lights, especially since being buried into the bumper light really won't make it out to the sides where I need it anyway.

Speaking of weather proof connectors I made a run to Hell Mart since the wiring is arriving earlier than expected, didn't want to do it in the afternoon since that'd mean trying to route wiring with a hot engine bay. $4 tax included for 25 3M brand insulated 10-12 AWG splice connectors so not bad, between the relay kit and ceramic H4 plugs I bought when I did the conversion I'm ready to go once the wiring arrives.

You might be surprised, with projector lights the focal point can be set far away from the lens so they do spread out even though they're buried with plastic on the sides. Try out the longer of the projector fogs I linked, they look like H3 clones of the infamous and OEM for many GM vehicles 'Blazer' fog lights. Using a H3 bulb vs the 880/884 is nice since H3's are much cheaper and come in colors more readily than those weird GM spec bulbs do.


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post Sep 3, 2016 - 12:58 PM
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These I guess? http://www.ebay.com/itm/361457918064?_trks...K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I thought they looked like they might fit, but I'll have to sit down and measure things out. But yeah turning onto any road at night is slightly unnerving just because I really can't see since all the light is going straight out. Waiting on USPS at the moment to deliver stuff.


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post Sep 3, 2016 - 1:33 PM
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Worth a shot at that price for sure, but if you can find REAL blazer fogs they're pretty darn good, but sadly not made anymore so hard to find and expensive when you do! Those look similar enough that they probably perform about the same. They were my 2nd choice, you could set them at a slight outward angle to light the shoulders more. Just tap the power for the relay off the headlights and then use a switch for ground so they'll turn on with the low beams but off when high beams are on like OEM would do and still give you manual on/off control AND be unable to be accidentally left on (unless you left your headlights on too).


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post Sep 3, 2016 - 2:11 PM
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Took the SW21 for the first drive today. Went about 100 feet! woot.gif I found one small coolant leak and the alternator belt mandated to flip itself inside out, despite the fact that I fixed it just prior to driving it. Coolant is almost completely filled and burped. Brakes need a little more work, as the rotors are rusty and the pads won't grab (hence my 100' drive.) But most importantly, I discovered the car was too dirty to be able to see out of so I gave it a quick bath.




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post Sep 3, 2016 - 3:19 PM
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Measure twice, cut once, or at least ****ing look at what you're making a bracket for.

Both fog light brackets I made won't work. The back of the plastic bumper bar I'm bolting to isn't flat like | it's shaped like [ so there's an area of plastic, a gap, and an area of plastic. My brackets will put one bolt on the edge of the lower area and the other bolt in the air. So I just whipped out two new ones with my remaining steel bar and now need to go out and get a drill bit to punch the larger hole for the fog light bolt....then paint again. Kind of don't even want to paint them but I know they'll rust up pretty fast and that'll bother me even though I never see them.


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post Sep 3, 2016 - 4:30 PM
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I'll try and find some of the real ones but the eBay ones look pretty good for the money. That was also part of my reasoning on using 12 AWG so I could easily add fog/driving lights. Speaking of the wiring and shift stick arrived, the wiring looks great and I honestly don't know how they're selling 25 feet of copper 12/3 for $12.50 shipped. I guess it must be old stock, it's seriously tempting to buy a couple hundred feet to stockpile. Which for once something was faster than what it was said it'd take, maybe 5-10 minutes to change the shifter stick out and that was with taking pictures I'm about to upload to the project thread then it's back out to do the wiring.

QUOTE (Bitter @ Sep 3, 2016 - 3:19 PM) *
Measure twice, cut once, or at least ****ing look at what you're making a bracket for.

Both fog light brackets I made won't work. The back of the plastic bumper bar I'm bolting to isn't flat like | it's shaped like [ so there's an area of plastic, a gap, and an area of plastic. My brackets will put one bolt on the edge of the lower area and the other bolt in the air. So I just whipped out two new ones with my remaining steel bar and now need to go out and get a drill bit to punch the larger hole for the fog light bolt....then paint again. Kind of don't even want to paint them but I know they'll rust up pretty fast and that'll bother me even though I never see them.

That bites, it's always something.


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post Sep 5, 2016 - 8:41 PM
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Brackets were painted, not as nicely as the first set but they're literally invisible unless you stick your head under the bumper and shove it up in there for who gives a rip. I got one side installed to make sure it fits right and it does, I'm going to set the other one in place and mark the pilot holes to drill and do that tomorrow on lunch since twirling a drill bit by hand is getting old real fast, the plastic is too thick and tough for the screws to go into on their own!

The light sits in the right spot, it looks nice, the little rubber boot really classes it up and hides the hinge mount thingy and wires nicely, I need to replace the connections with fresh ones though as one looks like it got toasty at some point. I'll get pictures when it's done but it looks kind of 80's retro with the rectangle fogs, I dig it.


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post Sep 5, 2016 - 9:45 PM
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I have to stop myself at times like that, my OCD kicks in for crap that'll never see the light of day again. I love the 80's, at times I think I'm the only one that still likes two toning. laugh.gif


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post Sep 5, 2016 - 9:46 PM
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Nice job Daniel.


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post Sep 5, 2016 - 10:03 PM
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QUOTE (Batman722 @ Sep 5, 2016 - 9:46 PM) *
Nice job Daniel.

I can't do it anywhere near as fast as you guys and I wouldn't dream of putting a 2GR in the back of an MR2. I'm still playing catchup with you guys. wink.gif


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post Sep 5, 2016 - 10:17 PM
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Will the 2 just be a grocery getter or are you trying to do a full rehab?


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post Sep 5, 2016 - 11:03 PM
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I think if you were able to take care of the rust for the most part it'd be worth doing a BEAMS or 1MZ swap, since at least from the pictures the rest doesn't really look all that bad with the dent on the driver quarter aside which could be sorted.


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post Sep 6, 2016 - 9:44 PM
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QUOTE (Bitter @ Sep 5, 2016 - 10:17 PM) *
Will the 2 just be a grocery getter or are you trying to do a full rehab?

Definitely not a full rehab. If we fall head over heels for the Deuce, we'll pick a much cleaner one up. This one will be a weekend warrior, maybe the occasional autocross or backroad. There's no fixing the rust without some serious money so this one will remain a toy.


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I think if you were able to take care of the rust for the most part it'd be worth doing a BEAMS or 1MZ swap, since at least from the pictures the rest doesn't really look all that bad with the dent on the driver quarter aside which could be sorted.

If we had convinced the owner to pick up a BEAMS from an MR2, the car would've been on the road months ago. The delays have been from me not wanting to prep the motor to go in the car, as well as a few speed bumps along the way. The owner wants to do a V6 swap in a different shell if all goes well with this car. That's a job for someone else though. The rust is limited to the rocker panels and a few unnecessary bits, nothing terrible, but still more costly and involved than this shell will ever see. The interior is in excellent condition but overall, this should have been a parts car but we brought it back to life.

Still haven't figured out why it's running so rich. But I haven't looked into it that much so there's that.


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post Sep 6, 2016 - 10:00 PM
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Probably a dead engine coolant temp sensor, might be stuck cold, time to bust out the meter and take some readings! There's no AFM or cold start injector on that 5S as far as I know, the AFM is just for the 3S and cold start injectors were done away with after about 90-92 for most Toyotas.


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post Sep 6, 2016 - 10:51 PM
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It still shouldn't make it run piston-melting, fill the whole neighborhood with smoke that burns the eyes and nose rich. I get the feeling that I've had a blonde moment that I haven't noticed yet and I've overlooked something pretty big.

Here's the video of the first startup. You can see some of the smoke here. I'm definitely missing something pretty big, but haven't even had time to look at the car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8szs-dqAes...eature=youtu.be


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post Sep 6, 2016 - 11:01 PM
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Yup probably coolant temp sensor, had one go on my brother's Maxima once and it ran so rich it spit out black smoke and wouldn't want to run worth a damn. $10 or so sensor later and all was well again.


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post Sep 7, 2016 - 7:13 AM
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It could make it run that rich if it's pegged at -40 or something stupid....

but it could also be a number of other things, thought the ECT is the most common/likely


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