 Troubles with Accelerator Cable and JDM Engine, I'm sooooooo furious right now... |
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 Nov 7, 2003 - 5:04 PM
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 Administrator  Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%)  |
I just got off the phone with my mechanic, and after eleven or so weeks of waiting, he finally tells me that he cannot finish my car, because the accelerator cable won't line up since the new AE101 4A-GE engine is out of a RHD car. Also, he said that my A/C and power steering won't work because they don't mount up, so he says he can't do finish car and that it's impossible to do.
 So I'm wondering what everyone with a JDM engine swap has done in order to get their accelerator cable to work. My mechanic said something about since the engine is from a right hand drive car, the accelerator cable is on the wrong side, or something like that. It's obvious now that he's incompetant, at least when it comes to working on Toyotas, and I'm furious. Over the weekend I'll probably get my car towed to a shop in Seattle to get the rest of the work done, because I've put up with enough crap with my mechanic. -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Nov 7, 2003 - 6:00 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 13, '02 From BC, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i'm really sorry to hear that dude. 11 weeks?!?!? that's crazy long to be celica-less
 how far are you from seattle anyway? |
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Nov 7, 2003 - 6:02 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
I'm about an hour and a half away when I'm in Bellingham, and about two hours away when I'm in Yakima. -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Nov 7, 2003 - 7:02 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 13, '02 From BC, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
cool! i'm just a couple of hours north of you then
 Vancouver, BC, Canada 
This post has been edited by AJcelica: Nov 7, 2003 - 10:49 PM |
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Nov 7, 2003 - 7:09 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Anaheim, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
they buy some steel cable for about $10 and make one long enough.
its not hard at all. dont pay him anything. take it to another shop that will make custom accessory mounts for the PS and AC -------------------- 1994 Celica GT4 WRC Edition
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Nov 7, 2003 - 7:28 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 10, '03 From South Central Los Angeles Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Aight coomer. Here's what i think. 1. If i were you, i would have kicked his ass a long time ago for taking so long. But that's just me. 2. There is no problem if the cable wont line up. I assume you mean that it wont screw up onto the firewall inside the car. The holes where the screws go are probably in a different angle or place on the clip. All he has to do is make new holes and screw it on. Now, I'm not sure if the cable is long enough. If you cable is long enough from where it comes out of the firewall to the throttle body, then it should'nt be a problem. But if it's too short, then you're gonna have to get one made. I dont think it cost that much, but i know that it can be made. 3. For the A/C, i believe he has to use the one that came with the 4A-GE engine and not the one from the AT200 engine. If he's using your old A/C, then that's where it's ****ing up. If he's using the A/C that came witht he clip, then theres no reason why it should'nt mount up. 4. Power stearing is the same thing. He should be using the power stearing from the 4A-GE engine. The only problem i would see there is that the return line might be too short because of the fact that the clip is RHD and your car is LHD. But that return line can be custom made. I have never seen this swap done or have any knowledge about it, but i think that it might help a lil. I just say you let me go over there, and we torch his place down. I'm crazy enough to do it . Muahahaha |
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Nov 7, 2003 - 8:41 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 4, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
sphinx I think he means the ps / ac from the 4age doesn't mount in the same place as stock ps / ac.
Bad luck bro
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Nov 8, 2003 - 6:40 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From San Juan, PR Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
Coomer...you mechanic is not resourceful...don't pay him a penny...after 11 weeks, he had time to do research or fabricate something...don't loose hope, buddy, your problem has a solution...it's just the MECHANIC that can't find one.
-------------------- Past - 7A-FTE: Will never forget you
Present - 3rd Gen 3S-GTE: Swap in progress QUOTE (SinisterSinner @ Dec 19, 2009 - 10:52 AM)  I dont want to even think of turbos, they blow up way too often... |
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Nov 8, 2003 - 10:16 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 16, '03 From Wichita KS Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i would not pay the mechanic what he was asking just for the simple fact that it took 11 weeks and he still hasn't got you a running car.
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Nov 9, 2003 - 5:36 AM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
I'll make sure that he doesn't get a dime of my money. I've got my parents and a lawyer to back me up if necessary, so on Monday I plan to talk to my mechanic, figure out exactly what is and isn't done, and then determine where to take my car to get the remainder of the work completed.
The trouble is finding a new mechanic, because the only other shop in town that deals with import engine swaps has blown up or destroyed a few engines on some cars from the area. So what I'll probably end up doing is having the car towed up to Seattle, which is two hours and approximately 150 miles away, because there are many reputable shops in the Seattle area that should be able to finish up my swap. I'm worried that I may not be able to afford what some good shops will charge though, and if that happens, I probably won't be driving my car until next summer.
-------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Nov 9, 2003 - 4:52 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
well, I had an e-mail from a guy that had a functioning silver top. But It's gone now.
I suggest getting on Celica.net. they can help you. |
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Nov 9, 2003 - 5:36 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 27, '02 From Barbados Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Can you please take some detail shots of your engine bay, harness, underneath the car and so forth.
Please send all to me. -------------------- West_Minist
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Nov 9, 2003 - 8:25 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
I can take some more photos tomorrow and post them on here for you. -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Nov 9, 2003 - 8:26 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 30, '03 From Virginia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Coomer, you know you are so respected on these boards. I'm pretty sure that if we could, everyone on here would jump at the chance of kicking that guy's butt for you.
.The news about your swap is horrible. I'm sorry your mechanic is inable to work on your Celica. If he didn't know exactly how to do it, he should have never agreed to take the job! Didn't you say something a bit back about how he said he was going to "do your swap for free" if he didn't finish within a week or so. Well, I think that this is his way of getting you out of his hair because he knows he won't get paid for any of it. With his logic being, "Why keep working when I won't get paid anyways." So if he tells you something is "impossible", he figures you'll leave and go to another place. I'd take him to court and sue him. Hit me up if you want to talk about it. This post has been edited by Inferno: Nov 9, 2003 - 8:27 PM |
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Nov 9, 2003 - 8:38 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
That thought came across my mind as well, and I think it's probably pretty likely, as he claims to be so competant and some of the work I've seen him do is amazing. What really, really infuriated me today was that I went down to see my car, only to find that it's now got a nice area of red paint and scratches on the rear bumper from some car hitting mine! So tomorrow I'm going to talk to my mechanic, and he's going to pay to have my rear bumper repainted, or he will get sued. Also, he's going to need to help me get my car done somehow. I'm just so furious and angry right now, and if I knew that I'd have to go through this, I would never ever even think about doing an engine swap. It is a total nightmare, and I hate every bit of it.
-------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Nov 9, 2003 - 8:43 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 26, '03 From Wisconsin Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
stuff'll buff out. i went out to my car one day to find marks ALL down the side. Theres a jeep in the lot that matches the colors so i think im going to break out it's windows.
what a turd for a mechanic, like i told you before... just tell him his existance serves no immediate purpose -------------------- i am awesome
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Nov 9, 2003 - 8:57 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 30, '03 From Virginia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
This is the kind of guy that will dump you into a meat-grinder. . Andason, your personality is one-of-a-kind.
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Nov 9, 2003 - 9:04 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 26, '03 From Wisconsin Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Its mostly based on the sick punative ideas of our world today I have never been into a physical fight though, generally I'm able to baffle them with my cunning linguist skills. Thanks for the compliment - if thats what it was
-------------------- i am awesome
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Nov 9, 2003 - 11:29 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
LOL, that's great! the whole, "don't look at me or i'll kill you" attitude,
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Nov 10, 2003 - 5:25 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 6, '03 From Fairbanks AK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
sorry to hear about your dillema. and let me just say nothing is impossible. i got a freind of mine who's dad runs a small shop up here in east podunk alaska and he was able to swap a jdm spoon prelude engine into freakin' 80's accord. granted when he was done he said he'd never do it again, but he did it!!!!!
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